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By smkwan
August 5th 2008

Mad rush in London

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Events Capital
Tonnes of musicals and performances to choose from

Everyday was long and tiring in London. Thu >> Arrived at 6am. Too early for check-in but hotel managed to provide a day room for us to wash up. Took a quick nap before heading out for a quick breakfast and meeting at London STB office. Nice cosy office. Did a quick site recce before proceding to buy tickets for our musical for this evening and also collect pre-ordered tickets for my bosses. Lotsa walking in the heels and heavy lappy. Dashed back to hotel to check-in and out again to rush for our Dirty Dancing musical. Love the dancing and [View Full Entry]

By Korean Homestay
July 24th 2008

Korean Homestay - Day 3 and 4

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Group photo at the Natural History Museum

NAME: Jina 7/23 I get up at 8:15. We have lunch noodles and dinner chicken with rice. We study English. After that we go to Greenwich park. I feel great. 7/24 Today we went by train and under ground. We have lunch sandwich. After that we go to the Natural History museum. We saw the dinosaurs and animals. We went to the science museum. We saw the space man, cars and airplanes. We play games. We have English lessen. We study countries and Nationalities. NAME: park sang huck 2008, 7, 23, Wednesday I studied English lesson. I studied English alphabet, months, [View Full Entry]

Young Gun and Sank Huk laughing in the park

By Mals
June 19th 2008

Jack the Ripper, Ice Bar, Roller Disco and Silent Disco?

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Ice Bar

Uh, oh. I have ANOTHER entry. haha. I wanted to tell ya'll about some stuff that I have done here in London lately. At the beginning of every session, our program offers a bunch of different activities that you can participate in. Of course we have to pay for them but they get us discounted tickets for everything. For this session I signed up for the Jack the Ripper walk, Billy Elliot, Wicked (which is like the Wizard of Oz), and a boat party on the second to last day of our time here. I just recently went to Jack the [View Full Entry]

By Mals
June 9th 2008

"Always look on the bright side of life..."

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sun bathing
we went out and hung out in the park one day when it was hot and sunny...this is one of the chairs you can pay 2 pounds for to sit in

Well. I have not had a blog in a little while. I believe the last thing I talked about was the pub crawl I did for one of the RA's birthday's. So, the question is...what have I done since then. Well, it was my roommates 21st birthday in London, went to a play called SPAMALOT (based on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail), ate some Indian food, and went to Ireland. As many of you may know, 21 is a special year for the people in America. I dont think I need to go into detail about any birthday celebration [View Full Entry]

By SusieQ3443
June 7th 2008

A Short Day in London

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The London Eye
What a marvelous invention for tourists to a city. A real birdseye view.

Disembarking the ship is quite a science for the Princess crew. If you follow their instructions, it is quite painless. People are going in several different directions when they arrive in Southampton and Princess is very good about getting you where you want to go. Luggage is all packed the night before and set outside the stateroom door for pick up. A tag on it identifies what your plans are when you exit the ship. Those of us going to London on private transportation had a gold tag. Jerry & Kathy, Bob & Deanie and I had booked transportation with West [View Full Entry]

By Mals
May 23rd 2008

Mind the Gap

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street signs
at all the cross walks they tell you which way to look so that you dont get run over. because they WILL run you over here.

Hello! I've almost been here a week but it feels like I have been here for much longer than that. I really love this city. Let me tell you some things that I have done recently: The other day we went to the Tower of London which was probably one of the coolest things I have done here. We had a chance to see where all the kings lived and we also were able to see all of the crowns that Queen and Kings wore. Sorry, no pictures for those. We actually went on a tour of the White Tower, which [View Full Entry]

By Mals
May 19th 2008

London

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buildings
these are the buildings across from our dorms.

Hey everyone! I decided to create a travel blog so that I can put pictures up about things I am doing while I'm in London for a few weeks. I just arrived in London 2 days ago and so far I am having a wonderful time. Despite what people might think, the sun does actually come out here. We have had the pleasure of seeing the sun 2 days in a row. It was raining the first day that we got here, but since then it has really brightened up. It starts up pretty sunny and then gets kinda cold later [View Full Entry]

By Maeve Hanley
May 14th 2008

London Day 2

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Buckingham Palace in the AM

I woke up to my alarm at 7:30 am. I stumbled out of bed because my legs were aching from all the walking from the day before. I went to the basement of my hostel where they were serving breakfast. I found some dishes and poured myself a bould of corn flakes. I made myself toast and poured an essential cup of coffee. I sat with Anna, from the Ukraine. She could barely understnad me, so conversation was simple. After being worried that Harry overslept or left without me, he finally walked into the kitchen still half asleep. He ate his [View Full Entry]

By LuNic
October 19th 2007

My first blog

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So I managed to create the blog... I think that was the easy bit. I am at my desk at work. Watching the days pass and the to do list increase... 8 working days left :-) To do: Visas Vaccinations Book tickets Pack [View Full Entry]

By TLValentine
September 29th 2007

Weekend with the Parents

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Kensington Palace
One of the gardens at the Palace

I've had a busy week at work and today was no exception, but after I was done I headed over to High Street Kensington. Just a bit of trivia...when you travel through London, many cities/towns have a High Street. This has generally been the place where VIPs are based, so it always attracted the upper-class/influential people. For example, just off High Street Kensington are many Embassies, as well as Kensington Palace. So anyway, my parents are staying at a different hotel than the first time around, but it's still in same general area. Since we had all eaten lunch already, I [View Full Entry]

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