http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/pink mona/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from pink mona en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:02:03 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:02:03 BST Me sad. Managed to get my 1st fine here . For overstaying my parking 3 minutes So not fair My parking was expiring at 14.14 and my watch was exactly 14.14 when I got to the car but that aweful lady's watch was 14.17 and she gave me a 40 fine . Me sad. Very sad. I'll try to write a letter and see if I can cancel it. Gosh and I've been back in London for only 1day and a half. Sh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-189608.html Got a bit lazy at writing. Doing a lot of analyzing of British society in general and will soon post an article with my thoughts on this subject. In the meantime did a bit of travelling just a week in Cannes got a very nice suntan which will probably go away in no time and will have to do what is annoyingly very hip here get some fake tan 50pminute not bad at all France was fabulous very http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d--Azur/Nice/blog-189558.html It's not every day that a police officer reads you your rights and escorts you in a police car to a police station.So when this happened to me last night it was pretty much like taken from a Forensics episode. Friday night outWoooooooow We had a lot to celebrate and we were both looking forward to a great night out the first one in a few good months. I met my sis at Leicester Square St http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-178326.html U like it I was going for a Victoria Beckham kind of bob just a bit longer a combination of the one that she had before and the layered one she's sporting now.I'm trying to get used to my new look I felt like having a hair change and as I wouldn't really do anything to my colour highlights or stuff having it cut seemed like the easiest option. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-174589.html waiting for bus 17 at Holborn Circus It doesn't really matter in which part of London we decide to spend our weekends it looks like we always end up on Oxford Street We were in Covent Garden all day yesterday and about 5pm we realized WE HAD to buy some shoes from ALDO so WE HAD to rush there as it was nearly closing time How annoying after all that running we didn't even find the bloody hig http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Covent-Garden/blog-170360.html Driving in London at rush hour can prove itself to be nerve wrecking you can with no exaggeration wait at traffic lights as long as 10 minutes the queues are interminableWhile you wait you grab a bite drink nonalcoholic drinks and text friends The funniest bit was when I saw girls reading magazines and books because trust me you do have the time to finish a pretty long chapter waiting f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-168913.html London parks are just breathtaking on sunny days Take a look for yourselvesI for one just love strolling and chatting on sunny days like the one we had this past Sunday. You don't even feel how the time flies byAnd it is soooo sweet to see playful squirrels jumping and climbing the treesHow my Spanish speaking friends would say it is absolutely delicious http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-165612.html I'm going through a new phase making myself pretty phase Lol my wardrobe looks like a clown's closet with all those colourful colors it's very much like a rainbow I must say. Is this somehow related to my turning 27 Don't think so I've always had a soft spot for clothes I'm a girl in the end what can you ask from me I'm buying so much stuff and now that summer is coming my w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-157136.html Thank you everybody for your emails and phone calls for my birthday. It's really nice to see I haven't been forgotten and am still missed . Here are some random photos I uploaded today.I am approaching my number 100 entry I can't beleive it the slight exaggeration is a habit I got in Colombia PPPPAm gonna travel outside London more in the next months so you'll see entries from differe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-156149.html I turned 27 on the 4th of May. 27 woooooow 30 is just around the corner Well not really but still the age is frightening . Do I feel 27 How are you supposed to feel at 27 Don't really know I just know I feel great here in London for now and better with every sunny day we get that life is beautiful and worth living.In London and in England in general the senior citizens outnumb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Totteridge/blog-155789.html As announced in my previous entry I publish the pics we took at Madame Tussaud's. A bunch of wax statues some of them excellent some not that good Jennifer Aniston Keira Knightley Michael Jackson Penelope Cruz were not so great it took some time to actually recognize them.Everybody was taking photos basically that is pretty much all you do there. It was cool but not something I would go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-155674.html museums....Harrods.....and sweetcorn pizza..Europe United Kingdom England London By pink monaMay 7th 2007serban ramona It looks like England does possess its share of Spanish puentes. The exact translation in this case would be Bank Holidayswhich for instance in May there are 2 on the 7th and also the last Monday of May which means 3 days off Is this cool or what So today early i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-154503.html Europe United Kingdom England London By pink monaApril 12th 2007we're standing back to back me and a Colombian friend from Santa Marta.I came across this photo the other day and thought it would be a nice opening to a new entry. It was taken I think this time last year in sunny Santa Marta it's my back and a Colombian friend's we thought it would be cool to take a pic of our backs and b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-147952.html Bank Holiday means obviously that the bank takes a day off and is on holiday in other words banks all over England and if I'm not mistaken all over the UK are closed. A holiday that dates way back from 1871 but who cares the fact remains I've just experienced a puente in England That is a Latin style threeday weekend Easter went by pretty quickly and was not very special though di http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Essex/Southend-on-Sea/blog-146942.html You don't get to choose your family...ok maybe this sentence isn't the best to start with but if you please bear with me you'll see what I mean right away...this entry is meant not to put down the concept of family by any means but to emphasize the idea that life is first of all about the people that surround us who we come in contact with every day about how they make us feel about people http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-143083.html 18.03.2007 10.26pm. That's how you usually start a diary right I think so I never had one except for this one which isn't really a diary it is a travel blog except that I'm not doing so much travelling any more I'm just boring everybody with the things that happen to me and new discoveries and findings in London so...yes actually now it is 10.28 and I wasted a few lines saying practical http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-139633.html I039ve had this entry in my mind for a long time I mean I039ve been meaning to sit down and carefully see how I would write this and what point of view I would take and from what stand. And I meant to call it I039m Fake and now after doing a lot of thinking and soul searching I039m not sure and I039ll just let you decide what title would be appropriate. For now I just call it.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-137964.html I love spring and I love these sunny days we've had lately they really help me keep my spirits up and brighten my days I look forward to going out and having long walks discovering London. Today I went with my sister to the Zoological Society of London this is the officially pompous name of the London Zoo. It is enormous and beautiful and we spent roughly 4 hours there but we should have spe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-137560.html Yes I know you must be wondering Oh my GoshWho's Mona's lucky lucky date .... yeah...just one of my good jokes just in case you were beginning to miss them PPPP.... Of course behind my fab title there is a story and here it goes in London wherever you go and you need to park your car there is a very annoying thing you MUST keep track of your time spent wherever you are coz th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-136298.html Yes true. I don't think it is like this all over the UK actually I am pretty sure it isn't but in London on the bustube in storesshopping centers offices EVERYWHERE you hear Turkish Spanish French German Bengali Pakistani Polish Japanese etc........... etc........ and sometimes English .So the answer to a simple question What language do they speak in England would be an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Camden-Town/blog-134872.html