Alex has been my friend for a very long time, we don’t like to say how long as it shows how old we are.

Our paths crossed so often around the world, it felt like someone up there wanted us to meet and we just weren’t getting it.

We started modeling around the same time (a long, long time ago) and we first met in a Parisian elevator when visiting our agency current agency.  We said a polite hello and then Alex mentioned a cockroach she was fighting the night before in her apartment, I immediately found her both funny and a little weird, I still do! When I got home I looked up the word ‘cockroach’ in my huge English-Czech dictionary, that at the time I had to take everywhere, I cleaned my apartment twice that night.

We continued to cross paths at castings in Paris, London & New York, always just a nod and a smile, then one day I flew for a job in Ibiza. It started on the plane, I was traveling so much I think my body decided to give up? Painful ringing in my ears, a high fever and hallucinations just to start. I could barely stand by the time the clients walked into my room to discuss the shoot. However, instead of taking me to hospital, they immediately panicked about the shoot and decided it was my fault- why didn’t I call and let them know I was sick? They finally left and I fell asleep. When I woke, the cockroach girl was sat on my bed, she assured me that it was an easy-going, not to worry, I’d be fine. She brought me soup, water and Aspirin, she was so lovely and kind, a real guardian angel. I woke  a little better and was able to get through the shoot, I was then rushed to hospital! When I asked about the girl, I was told she had already returned to Paris and that her name was Alex.

One year later while waiting at a casting studio in New York, a gorgeous blond girl squeezes in next to me and asks, “I don’t know if you remember, we met in Ibiza?” “Oh my God” I replied, “of course, you’re Alex!” Well from then on, the meetings were less accidental and more planned. We’ve never really managed to live in the same city for more than a few months at a time, but we’ve always managed see each other and stay together, in London, New York, France, Warsaw and lots of other corners of the world. She’s awesome, she’s weird, she’s crazy and she’s my family.

Alex has now lived in London for 5 years and she knows the place! She researches hidden treasures, she knows where things are happening, where to get the best coffee, exercise and food. I can’t think of a better person to show you around my favorite city. Here’s the “London City Guide, by the one and only Alex”: