Who knows me and has been following this blog regularly might have guessed by now that I am really into books. I don't only write them, but I also read them fanatically.
So it comes as no surprise that I absolutely love the bookstore Waterstones. I don't know whether I have written about it in here, but ever since I have come to the UK, I have been looking for the perfect café to write, as I sometimes have difficulties to focus in my home surroundings (probably also because JK Rowling wrote in cafés and I am ripping her habits off...who knows...). But it is true that you can find a good focus in cafés with the right establishments, after all, someone brings you food supplies regularly and it is not too loud but also loud enough to not lose the connection with the real world. Anyway, I couldn't find such a café because Starbucks is too trendy, in H+H there are too many children and the owner of the pantry around the corner of Strawberry Hill was kind of rude...(sorry, Peggy). But as it is with life, it can be a bitch and so it happened that in my last week, I found a wonderful café in the top of Richmond Waterstones which had the perfect atmosphere, especially in the morning when there was hardly anyone around. I could eat scones with jam and clotted cream, sip my tea and spread my notebooks over a huge table while typing away like a lunatic. So, the question now is...should I be grateful for having found this gem at all or feel resentful for having discovered it so late? Well, I will go for grateful as my plan is to return to the UK one day and then I can continue writing there. The people in Waterstones are also exceptionally polite and nice and I always feel really great in there. So, if you are in the UK and want some peace and a nice atmosphere, try to find a Waterstones with a café at the top (there is definitely one in Richmond and Oxford, but I am sure there are much more...there is also one in Waterstones Piccadilly Circus but after what happened the last time, I am not sure I will return there --> see my entry about the Nearly Criminal Incident from 6th September 2016) - you will never want to leave again!
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AuthorIn September 2015 I started a new chapter of my life by moving (temporarily or permanently, not yet decided) to England where I work and socialise now. Archives
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