Lindsey2010

Sniff, sniff....last post of my trip. After returning from Paris I spent the last few days in and around London. I spent Thursday afternoon at the War Cabinet/Churchill Museum, which was one of the best museums I went to in London, would highly recommend it. Then I spend Frid in Grenwich at the Observatory and Maritime Museum. The observatory is home of the Prime Meridian Line (Longitude 0 degrees) and is used as the reference line for Greenwich Mean Time. On Saturday I went to Oxford. It was a lovely town with cute shops and beautiful colleges. I walked by Radcliffe Camera (a building in which some of the Harry Potter scenes were shot) and went to a couple of museums, then met up with a friend from university who is attending Oxford for dinner. Fun ... read more

London Part Deux OK, so last Thursday I moved to Jenna and John’s place to stay for a few days. Had a great time. Thursday I went to the British Museum and cruised down Oxford Street to do some window shopping. On Friday, I went to the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge and Design Museum. All three very cool. On Saturday, Jenna and I went to the Tate Modern art gallery and spend some time eating our way through yummy samples at the Borough Market. On Saturday night, Jenna, John and myself went out for dim sum at a restaurant in Notting Hill with the best name, Ping Pong (love, love, love it), which had great food and yummy cocktails, then we proceeded to a pub and met up with Ed. After that we went ... read more

Hello from London - I arrived in London on Friday night from Cornwall and travelled to my friends Jenn and Ed's place in East Dulwich located in the southeast part of the city. On Saturday we did a leisurely tour of thier neighbourhood and then bought some things to make dinner. Ed suggested a proper "bangers and mash" would be appropriate. True to his word he made an excellent bangers and mash. On Sunday we went to Spitalfields Market in the afternoon. There was so many great things it was overwhelming to decide what to at or what to buy - however the large bin of silk scarfs for 1 pound each was appealling. Then we went and had curry at an Indian place on Brick Lane which was also in the area. We passed by ... read more

On Sunday morning after travelling to St. Austell the night before, I got up and took the bus to the Eden Project. The place was phenomenal, truly a sight to behold. It's basically a massive garde with huge biodomes and education center promoting good environmental practices, sustainability, eating and buying locally grown food, as well as sustainable agriculture. You can go to thier website at www.edenproject.com for more info. I was totally impressed. I was there for almost 4 hours and didn't even get to see everything. Also when I visited, being only the beginning of March there were only a few of the bulbs coming up, and I can't even imagine how beautiful it will be here in about a month. There must be hundreds of thousands of plants/bushes/trees on the property. They one massive ... read more

Greetings from Kendal......Just finished day 4 of my 5 day course and thought I update you on the week. The upholstery class is great. It's held in a old stone barn that they rent just outside of Kendal on a beautiful country road. There are some picutres attached. And my instructor, Marion, is actually younger than me (yes I know you all assumed that upholstery is for old bittys but, it can be young and hip too!). Marion is from France and five months ago she knew almost no English and now she is doing all the instruction for the courses that they hold, which is pretty impressive. She also stays in the same accomodations that I am so she can drive me back an forth to the course every monrning (very convenient). However, she drives ... read more