Blogs from Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 11

Well, after making my way out of Rome, which turned out ot be as easy as I thought, but a much longer train ride than planned I arrived in Pisa. I was able to get in in the early afternoon so I took the rest of the day to head across town and find the tower. Pisa doesnt have all that much to offer, not that its not a nice city, just mostly the major touristy areas. After taking in what is one of the largest churches Ive ever seen, and a giant building that was a good 7 stories high and taking up probably about half a baseball field that was used soley for babtisms I took the regular pictures with the tower. Pushing it, holding it, standing in front of it (by the way ... read more

I felt like the last time I was in London, I sufficiently exhausted the tourist activities. So this time I'm just staying with my half-aunt Tara (just two years older than me) and relaxing. She has a close group of friends that she's known since she was nine or so, and so there are plently of activities to keep us busy. On the day I arrived one of her rommates made a nice German dinner of knodel with pork and cream sauce for everyone. Last night I think about seven of us went for a Turkish themed backyard barbecue and then to a house warming party at the apartment of the son-of-the-drummer-from-Queen. During the day, I've spent a good amount of time in Soho because Tara works some of her three jobs near there. One ... read more

I absolutely cannot believe that I have been here for a month now. I guess time flies when you're having fun. Things are great, I've met a lot of new friends so far. Most are from the US, as that's where everyone on my floor is from. I now have some great friends from California, New York, Boston, Canada, and even new friends from right at home in Wisconsin. One of my flatemates moved out, and I have a new flat mate now from England which is really neat. Hopefully he can help us meet even more English People. I would now consider myself pretty familiar with this city and think I'm doing a fairly decent job of fitting in. We've mastered the tube and I usually use it a couple times a day. I think ... read more

Here are some pictures from recent events in London when our Aussie larrikin came out. The first few pics are from Derby Day 2006 at the Priory in London. A fabulous day was had by those who came to our champagne lunch. The other photo is of Ver and I at the Australia v Ghana soccer match on 14/11. Despite a solid performance by the socceroos (who were minus Viduka, Kewell and Cahill), the match finished 1:1. Love Ver&Lib x... read more

So, I participated in a five a side netball tournament this Saturday. Well, when I say netball, it was a variation of netball called 'speedball'. It is kind of like indoor netball, in that it is indoor and the courts are smaller than proper netball court, except for there are no nets. However, the walls of the court are really close to the sideline (sound familiar any St Andrew's Catheral Basketballers?) so they still have the rule that the ball never goes out and so you can bounce it off the walls. However, because the game is in a gym, there is all sorts of equipment along the walls, which obviously affects the bounce!!! In addition, the spectators are can sit along one side. so if the ball goes there - it's still in play -it's ... read more