Blogs from Elephant & Castle, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

London was cold and rainy today. Did Tower bridge, London Tower and St. Paul's Cathedral.... read more

Hi everyone, Sorry to take so long to post, but there have been internet issues here. I did not have any classes yesterday because of severe flooding of a sub-station that knocked out power to a good portion of the West End of London. But I have internet back now. I had a very busy weekend. On Saturday, I ventured up to Notting Hill to check out the Portobello Rd. Market which was a very interesting little market with all sorts of stuff to look at. I then made my way back to the South Bank and went to Borough Market near London Bridge which had just about every kind of food imaginable. If I had known how much food there was there, I would have just eaten lunch there. On Sunday, I made my way ... read more

This weekend I made my way to the Imperial War Museum on the South Bank. The Museum is massive and I only made my way through about half of it on this trip. They have many old tanks which you can see in the pictures as well as many interesting exhibits including ones on trench warfare, D-Day and a new exhibit on "Britain's Secret Wars" which look into Britain's MI5 and MI6 of James Bond fame as well as the Special Air Service which is Britiain's primary special forces unit. Last night there was the celebrity party in my dormitory. It was quite the sight with many people putting a lot of effort into their attire. I was quite proud of what I had pulled together and I was told that I looked like George Clooney ... read more

I thought I would take this opportunity to mention where I actually live in London. I live on Champion Hill next to Denmark Hill in South London. I am roughly three and a half miles outside of Central London. I have a ten minute train ride into London and then I can either take the Underground one stop to campus, or on nice days take the fifteen minute walk along the Thames to get to school. In the photos there are a couple pictures of my room. I live in a rather good size single bedroom in a dorm for about 500 students. Students vary from first years to grad students and there are about ten other Americans from here that I have found. One photo shows the window side of my room and the other ... read more

Hey everyone, So as you saw from your email, I'm going to try and do this travelblog after I saw one of my friends using it. I am in my third week here in London and it is amazing. The first two weeks of my time here I spent taking in lots of the sights. I went to the British Museum twice, National Portrait Gallery twice as well as John Soane's house and a visit to my favorite football club's stadium. I'm sure there have been other things but I have done so much they are probably slipping my mind. This past weekend I did a homestay with an English family in Herne Bay which is on England's East Coast on the North Sea. The Couple were cops so it was fun to hear some of ... read more