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 and do twice. But that's just my personal opinion, you go and see for yourselves, you might love it!!! [View Full Entry]

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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 outnumber the young population and it was- might still be- a reason of concern for the authorities. I have always said to myself that [View Full Entry]

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Europe » United Kingdom » England » London By pink mona April 12th 2007 we'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 beautifully tattooed butterflies. Nothing new here, just the spring putting me in a really good mood, doing a lot [View Full Entry]

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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 three-day weekend!! :)) Easter went by pretty quickly and was not very special, though did manage to drink up a half bottle of red dry wine on my own and am pretty proud of that :PPP, and will post a video [View Full Entry]

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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 that we meet and leave marks and traces in our souls, people we will never, never forget... Ok, so, starting from we don't get [View Full Entry]

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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 practically nothing...yeah, I used to be a quiet, a bit reserved girl, I'm so annoyingly chatty now, the Latin talkativeness is running through my blood now :) and I [View Full Entry]

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I've had this entry in my mind for a long time, I mean I've 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 "I'm Fake" and now, after doing a lot of thinking and soul searching, I'm not sure and I'll just let you decide what title would be appropriate. For now I just call it....choices... Ok, as I am very straight forward, I'm gonna tell you exactly what happened. I got my work contract from Colombia about a [View Full Entry]

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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 spent an entire day to see everything!! Took 200 pics, out of which I will select the best ones to post. The lion did a very bad [View Full Entry]

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Yes, I know you must be wondering : Oh my Gosh!!!Who'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 the parking's gonna expire a-ny mo-ment now! There is what is called the Controlled Parking Zone and for instance I was visiting somebody today in [View Full Entry]

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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 bus/tube, in stores/shopping 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: any language/every language of the world :))). The Camden Borough is supporting a project which wants to bring this diversity of languages closer to everybody and encourages teaching all sort of languages after school, community languages that [View Full Entry]

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