Blogs from Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

East Midlands Airport Welcome to East Midlands Airport one of the best regional airport in Great Britain and one of the busiest. "Floating airports" are being designed which could be located out at sea and which would use designs such as pneumatic stabilized platform technology. EMA also runs thriving businesses in property development and management, car parking, airport security, fire fighting, engineering, advertising and motor transport with budget and family hotels: East Midlands Airport hotels . A military airport is known as an airbase or air station. The terms aerodrome, airdrome, airfield, and airstrip may also be used to refer to airports, and the terms heliport, seaplane base, and STOLport refer to airports dedicated exclusively to helicopters, seaplanes, or short take-off and landing aircraft. If you want t... read more

Torsdag d. 10/6 Mariam ankom til London kl. 15 og vi tog sammen toget til Derby. Vi gik rundt der et par timer, fik noget mad og ventede på at John kom. Omkring 19.30 mødte vi John og kørte ud til Donnington Park, hvor Download bliver holdt. Vi var heldige og fik plads til vores telte i Black Camp som var forholdsvis tæt på scenerne. Download er bygger op med camps opkaldt efter forskellige farver, The village, som er boder og forlystelser og så Arenaen som er scene området. Fredag d. 11/6 Vi startede med at se Unearth, et metal band der efter min smag var lidt for meget skrigeri, og lidt ligegydligt. Bagefter så vi Anathema som spillede mere melodisk dystert musik og var faktisk ok fedt. Så så vi Killswitch Engage, jeg kendte dem ... read more

Well today i thought was a good day to start my blog. This is the day i have been planning for probably around 3 years.... You see i missed out on the backpacking when i was in my early 20's - my own fault really.. having a boyfriend etc but now glad i did, I am 33 years old (in 2 weeks) and on the 28th Nov 2010 - i am doing the most spontaneous event i have ever done... i am quitting my job and taking a trip around the world for 3 months... For the past couple of months i have scanned the internet on destination advice, read blogs, quoting fares, pricing up hostels etc etc to build up my courage and confidence for today - the day i book my flights !! I ... read more

Monday 24th August, Derby Shopping day today.I wanted to get our vodafone sim cards sorted and the girls were dead keen that we helped Robin buy some clothes. Apparently someone had given her some money on a card at Debenhams, a big clothing store in the middle of Derby. Along the way we went to a couple of op shops. Altho' the idea was to get Robin new clothes from D's in Oxfam we saw a lovely green skirt, it had a really interesting hem line and was her size, only 5 pounds. I had to bully her in to it - but everyone who saw it thought it looked great. Off to the mall, there Robin introduced me to LUSH - they make gorgeous soaps and creams etc out of natural products, wonderful names and ... read more

21 August (Friday) 5 am, DerbyBy 9pm just could not keep the eyes open. Rob & Jerry went off to visit Mim, good thing they did'n't stay home to be sociable coz Ann & I were neither. Woke just before 3am. Ann had gone - not sure where she is - I suspect she stole a bed in Kirsten's room to escape the snoring! Pip was due home tonight but we weren't awake to see her - she was going to sleep in the lounge (Ann & I have her room). Later... It was lovely to meet Pip she is a delightul young woman. She is doing some work in a local pub over the holidays. Friday Robin decided not to visit Mim in the morning and we set off for the day. First stop was ... read more

Dearest all, Took the fast train (Eurostar) from Brussels to London, it only took us 2 hours i think we realized once on the train that we had no map and no idea about where the hostel we had booked online was or even what the name of it for that matter.. just a street name Katie asked for directions from these American sounding people that were also on the train hoping they too were tourists and had a map we could look at turns out they worked in london so they gave us directions to the nearest 'tube' station we ended up wandering around with our packs.. on the right street but couldn't find the right building number so we stopped into a bar to ask if they knew the place and turns out the ... read more

HEIDI It only seems fitting that we touched down at Heathrow airport in dense fog. We have spent almost 2 weeks in England with family and friends. Highlights so far... 1) Our friend Chris Fitchew's 30th birthday party in London at the Cobden Club. He put on quite a show, including the lead singer from Rent on Broadway performing a song, a trapeze artist, ukelele playing women and amazing singers and dancers. 2) Seeing the entire Liverpool football team in our hotel lobby. 3) Amelia dying Justin's hair blond then shaving it so he looks like an older version of Eminem. 4) Eating in a turret at The Bay Cafe on Kilburn High Street - really delicious cheap Eastern European food by candlelight. Some tips if you are planning a trip to England. Take money out ... read more