Foodies Festival 2015

Regardless the drizzly day, we have been at the Foodies Festival on Sunday. It is a food festival which happened between 26-28th June this year, and as a novelty, it has been held at the beautiful Clifton Downs instead of the Harbourside. As recommended by the organisers of the event, we took the bus to get to The Downs, and our invitations were waiting for us at the ticket office right at the entrance. Two days earlier I was lucky enough to...

Bristol Big Geek Meet

Are you an anime fan? Do you like board games? There is a chance this Saturday, 27th June, to meet up with other gamers, cosplayers and geeks at the Bristol Big Geek Meet. Invite your friends and make new friends ahead of Bristol's big event next October (more info here)! The meet-up will be this Saturday, 27th June at Bristol Temple Meads Train Station. The plan is to meet up at 12.30pm and move on at 1pm, go shopping and grab some food. They...

Cycle as bare as you dare!

The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport (normally bicycles) to deliver a "vision of a cleaner, safer, body-positive world". The dress-code motto is "as bare as you dare", a distinguishing feature of the WNBR against other cycling events. Although nudity is not compulsory, the World Naked Bike Ride will be riding...

Fundraising for Cancer Research on Father's Day

I am sure all of us know somebody who has beaten cancer, who is fighting it, who has lost the battle... or who sadly didn't even get the chance to fight it. That person might be a friend, a family member, a colleague... or it might even be ourselves. Either case, as my mom says, cancer is nowadays a common disease; 15 million cancer cases were diagnosed in 2013. It has always existed, but now we have a name for it, a diagnosis and many, many cases....

Bristol Grand Prix Bike Race

There are many plans for this summer solstice weekend. On the one hand, there is the Jamaica Street Open Studio (read here) and on the other hand, we have the Bristol Grand Prix Bike Race. On Saturday 20th June, you will be able to show your abilities to cycle. This annual race for cyclist of all ages and levels, aims at inspiring people to cycle for leisure, travel and sport, and what better place to host than UK's first cycling city? The...

Jamaica Street Open Studios

Jamaica Street Studios, one of the largest artist-lead studios outside London, will open its doors this weekend. The opening night will be on the 19th June 2015 (7-10pm) and studios, which are housed in a former iconic carriagework, will be accessible 20-21th June from 11am to 5pm. The Fundraising Auction (21th June @5pm) is an annual event where each of the 40 artists at the studio contributes with a mini canvas, all the same size, which will...

Applying for the NIN

The National Insurance Number (NIN) is a number used in the United Kingdom in the administration of the social security system, necessary if you wish to work in the UK. People born in the UK are assigned a NIN shortly before their 16th birthday, but people like me, coming from abroad, we need to apply for it to the Department of Work and Pensions. I have applied for mine this morning and I am going to share with you how the application process...