Blogs from Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Having known that there wouldn’t be very much transport available in the Cotswolds on Sunday, we had decided to visit Gloucester on 19 June. We caught the No.94 bus from Churchdown, a few minutes walk from Strayleaves on Gloucester Road. After arriving at the bus terminal, we headed to the Historic Docks. The scene of the canals and brick warehouses reminded my parents of visiting Otaru in Hokkaido last year. As well as the remains of the Victorian warehouses which have been converted to the restaurants, museums, and shops, there were several pieces of equipment and vehicles, e.g. tractors, carts, and the remains of the rail where the trolley was steered in the past. The historic docks also contained the church, which was dedicated to the mariners. National Waterway Museum After walking through the Docks, we ... read more

Today my host Martin took me and Mareika to a Rugby match in Gloucester. It was so much fun. The drive was an hour and a half through the beautiful Cotswold country side. Mind blowing. We left at 9:30 and got to the pitch really super early. The match was Bath vs. Gloucester and they are rivals. That means it is called a needle match. The whole place was sold out- 16,500 people there! We were in a place called the shed where you stand. We had a pretty great view. It was so neat and they played really fast! A couple of nights before we watched a taped game on tv and Martin and Mareika explained the rules to me. It was great fun. At half time I went to the washroom. What a struggle, ... read more

Thursday 8.4.2010 day 176 Gloucester We woke up and finished the book we have been reading. After that we went to Gloucester and found some big shopping centres and big computer shops. They did not have what we need to fix our computer so we decided to buy another new computer this is the second laptop we have got in our 6 months of travelling. We also got a second external hard drive as all this travelling is hard work on our computers and external hard drives. We also gave our car a clean inside as well. ... read more

Definitely A Change Of Scenery!!! From Bath to Bristol took me through rolling hills and picturesque countryside for the short one hour trip. The minute we hit the city limits though, I wished I was back in Bath. Bristol is a city of workers. Coming from it's history as a main sea port for Britain and from the major centre for the slave trade back a few centuries, the city was damaged heavily in WWII and in the rush to provide housing and trade, the city constructed the blandest, most mundane buildings in the place of what used to be wealthy abodes. The city is now combating this through projects of redevelopment like the new docklands to attract trendier business and clientele. Aside from this, the city does have one of the better transport systems to ... read more

Well finally back home and as promised, some pics. Had an unbelievable time on the trip - will write about the pics individually due to being awake for 36 hours straight. According to my trusty travel diary, which I'm glad I took due to so much happening in the last month, and quite possibly a few million braincells killed along the way, we arrived in London at 12pm on 2/5/08. I'm led to believe we got straight on the tube (awesome transport system I might add) and legged it pommy-prat style to Russell Square to the Royal National accommodation. We walked around for a couple of hours but it started raining and we were pretty buggered by that stage and crashed for the night. The next day we did the tourist thing, went for a spin ... read more