Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 114

Caught the bus into the city today and am now at the royal national contiki hotel. Met up with 8 people from my tour so far, have our meeting at 7pm so will meet the rest then. Leave at 6am tomorrow, so will try to have an early night tonight. Had our pre tour meeting at London Coffee and met heaps more people. There's a few South Africans, Canadians, Americans, Kiwis and of course lots of Aussies. Our tour manager is Amanda and our driver's name is Marty. Went to Tesco with Nat and Brigitte and got some pasta for dinner, then met up with the others at the London pub for a beer. My room mates are a Japanese girl who's going on the discovery hotel tour tomorrow, and I haven't met the other girl, ... read more

So last night not much was going on and honestly my legs were killing me from the walk to the Tower of London. I chilled in the common room with the Irish guy Ken and watched a couple movies until about 12:30am and got some Burger King, £4.55 or almost $9 for a chicken sandwich, quite the deal i must say. The burgers are dirt cheap but im not getting any ground beef here in the U.K. with the mad cow disease and all. Actually most people here seem to be staying away from it. I got up this morning around 12 as I think I slept through my alarm clock...oops. But I showered up and headed down to the common room agin to watch a bit of tv before heading out. Until today ive gone ... read more

Hey guys, Just so you know im pretty sure ive been getting all of your messages. Well the other night after I posted and went back to my room but since I hadn't met anyone it was a little lonely to be honest. So I went to a backpackers bar down the street called "The Midas Touch" I sat around for about 10 minutes and recognized some people from the hostel earlier that day so I jsut went over and asked if they minded if I joined them. Of course they didnt so we all hung out at the bar until it closed at 12:00!!! I dont know what is up with that but the bars have to close at 12 unless you go to a nightclub which is open until whenever apparently theres a loophole ... read more

5th April 2005 South-East London, England. I've arrived! I had so very many last-minute half-forgotten things to write about Thailand. But now it is all in the past, forgotten. London fills my head to overflowing. I had thought it was Spring here (again making incorrect assumptions about the weather of another country, lah), which it actually is, but that doesn't stop it from being possibly the coldest place I've ever been. I stepped off the plane from Bangkok in my ghekko top and a light-weight skirt.... and with all the jackets and woolies packed deep within the bowels of my packpack. A very bad decision. But the sun was shining, and I survived the "tubes" and buses and the walking to my hostel with my unbelievably heavy bags, and so all was good with the world. ... read more

Updates: Belfast: Really cool. Quite an unusual feel with a mix of cultures and cultural history. We left Limerick early Saturday morning and arrived in Belfast by the afternoon. Unlike years past, there are no longer border checks or anything, so you don't even know when you cross from the Republic to Northern Ireland. When we got up there, the bus driver dropped us off at the Linen House Hostel where I stayed in a room of like 20 people, fortunately all from the International Society at UL. Then I went out with Chris (Dutch), Dimitri (Belgian), and Kelly (US) to explore the town. First, we went to the Belfast City Hall, which was quite an impressive building (especially when we saw it lit up later that night!). There was a Titanic exhibit there (the Titanic ... read more