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David Aitchison Joined: July 19th 2009
Logged in: September 28th 2009
Logged in: September 28th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
Thank you all for following our adventures! This will be my last blog for this trip. Enjoy the photos from days 6 and 7 which I have just added. David and Barry... read more
Hello all, we got into Vancouver at around 12 Noon PST. We have since had a nice lunch and relaxed around home. Thank you so much for taking this journey with us. I will be adding photos for day 6 and 7 of the trip within the next day or so. There's no place like home! David... read more
Portobello Road
The end is here at last. Quite sad to think we are going home tomorrow! Ah well. That's life I guess! So today we woke up early and went for our last breakfast. It was a tearjerker! Nah not really. From there we grabbed a taxi outside of our hotel and went to Portobello Rd. If you aren't familiar with Portobello, it is actually a weekly market that takes place on a long, characteristic street of London. It has great bric-a-brac, and antiques and it was something I've always wanted to see. Next we took the world's longest bus to The London Zoo! My dad being a huge animal fan made this attraction a no brainer and it didn't disappoint. Well, it had its moments but overall we had a fantastic time. We saw everything, ... read more
Wembley Stadium
Hey all, so day six was quite different! We decided it would be best to have a bit of a sleep in so we slept till about 830ish - 9am. From there we leisurely got ready and went downstairs for our breakfast. We went over the itinerary and decided what we had left to do and planned how I was getting to Wembley Stadium for the day. Dad was going to hang out around the area and sort of take it easy, while I was leaving for the concert at 12 noon. The gates opened at 4pm but I wanted a good seat! I left for the tube and took the central line East to Bond St Station and from there transfered to the Jubilee Line North to Wembley Park. Upon arriving I wasn't sure ... read more
Islington
Hey all, well day 5 has nearly come to an end. It was a very comfortable today as we had seen many of the must-see attractions therefore today was more relaxed. We slept till about 8:30 which is pretty late, leisurely got ready and went down for breakfast. We left to start our day around 11am. We took a bus to Tottenham Court Road and from there took the Northern line to Archway station. From Archway we took a bus (who's driver was a bit rude and didn't tell us when to get out so we missed our stop and had to walk back) to Highgate Cemetery! The Cemetery is very isolated and within the London borough of Islington. We walked around for about an hour and viewed the graves and tombs of deceased Englanders. ... read more
Victoria Bus Coach
Hello all! And thanks for continuing to read our blog. Sorry for the delays its just been a bit hectic and coming back from busy days its not that easy to recount experiences when you're tired ha ha! We awoke the earliest for Day 4, at 6:25am and started getting ready for our tour of the day. We went downstairs for our continental breakfast and ate up quickly as our tour bus was coming to pick us up from the hotel at 8am. When the bus arrived, we gave our tickets and sat and relaxed as the bus hit a few more hotels to pick up fellow travelers until it reached our bus destination of Victoria coach station. From there we had to change buses to find our one that we would be on for ... read more
After day two which was fantastic we were very excited to get back on out and enjoy the sights of the city. We hopped back onto the double decker bus tour and enjoyed our last hour or so of the ticket. We traveled along the blue line and saw parts of London that I'd never seen for, Baker St, parts of Marylebone and sherlock's original home. It was at the latter location that our ticket had expired from so we had to get off the bus and took the tube to Piccadilly Circus, which I wanted Dad to check out. Upon arriving at Piccadilly its neat walking up the stairs out of the tube and seeing the large advertisement screens and gorgeous archictecture. Piccadilly is after all, the Times Square of London. We enjoyed a quick ... read more
Back on the double decker
Hey all! Been a long busy day so I will write my blog for days three and 4 tomorrow. In the meantime here are some select photos from the day. David... read more
On the bus tour
Hey everyone, thanks for all the comments its great to hear from you all. Today was soooo much better than yesterday! We went to sleep before 8pm our time and I woke up at around 5am. I felt really rested as I had like 9+ hours of much needed sleep. I walked into the bathroom with my laptop and chatted on msn and facebook quietly a bit trying not to disturb Dad. With that said he woke up not much later and we sort of just relaxed in the room. I seem to think we have a haunted room though as I kept noticing strange noises coming from the closest. Of course when I mentioned it to Dad the noises never happened again...we've decided to name our live-in ghost George. Later we went downstairs to ... read more
On the plane
Hello all, and thank you for visiting my blog. Well we arrived! But it was not an easy feat. We arrived at the airport at around 1pm PST and our flight was to take off at 4:05pm. Everything went as planned! Check-In was fine, goodbyes to family were fine, but then we went to through security! I didn't beep which was rather surprising (as I always do) but Dad did! When he went through the guy took out that wand and was tracing over his body listening to the random noises it made and of course it noticed his watch, necklace, gum wrapper (?) and such. Apparently the new rule at YVR security is that they don't make you take off your shoes unless you beep the first time. So Dad took off his shoes, ever ... read more
