'Destination London' is a series of public events to mark the completion of the 'East Looks West' travel writing project. The aim of the project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and hosted by UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, was to research and develop resources and publish work on East European travel writing from the C16th to the present day. The Destination London programme has been organised by Wendy Bracewell, the director of 'East Looks West' (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) and by Tony White, Leverhulme Trust writer-in-residence at the School. In this suite of audio podcasts we feature the second in a series of selected extracts from East European writers describing their experiences of London.