Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

I work for a company in London but I am based in the North east. I had never met anyone from the company that I work for as it is Internet based, so because I like to get out and about, I decided to take a few days off work to go and visit them. My day started at 6.30 in the morning. I had to catch a bus to the train station which is in Newcastle, no problem with this part of the journey. Getting on the right train for London was a different story however. I spent twenty minutes looking at the train times and found out which platform the train was due to leave from. That was my first mistake, I got on the wrong train and soon realized that I was ... read more

I swear I’m going to throw one of the suitcases overboard. If it weren’t for the help of strangers I would still be at the Tilbury Railway Station. Enjoyed a smoked salmon and scrambled egg breakfast, checked out and had a delightful cab ride (in a metered cab) to Fenchurch Street Station. The driver was chatty, interesting and because of the construction I got to see different London sites, elegant Mayfair and the British Museum to name a couple. There were many cruisers on the Tilbury train and I sat with two women, Carol and her daughter Angela, from Sydney, who are traveling together while their husbands are at home taking care of things. We compared travel adventures and plans for future trips. Angela was particularly helpful with the luggage. I would probably still be on ... read more

Having spent the summer that I lived here traipsing around the continent, putting on as much weight as I could humanly manage whilst on a gastronomical tour of Italy, France, Slovenia and Croatia, this time around I settled upon spending a few weeks of the summer in London. One night I was walking to a pub in Notting Hill to see a friend from my teenage years spent in Ballarat and, lo and behold, who should be walking towards me but none other than Jimmy Page! I did an about-face as he entered a restaurant to my right, felt giddy and realised that I was wearing the grin of an inbred half-wit who just experienced for the first time the rush gained from drinking his uncle-daddy's moonshine. With the classic Led Zeppelin riff from Kashmir flooding ... read more

Yah we have finally made it to London... a day I never thought I would see! We are just settling down into our BnB/Hotel type accommodation... a very small room with an even smaller bathroom but it is nice and cozy! We flew Buisness Premier to Hong Kong which was nice and we all managed to sleep about 4-6 hours then our Hong Kong to London flight we were in Economy (not as nice but I won't complain!). I had quite bad pains during landing in Hong Kong but nothing in London... my only concern that I have just discovered is that I have MASSIVELY swollen ankles (about twice the size of normal! Well the rain has stopped so we are off to explore! TTFN (Ta ta for now) Love, Danielle (+ Steve)... read more

Hi yall, Thought i would start this so everyone back home can see what I am getting up to on the other side of the world. I am writing this on thursday morning, but lets just pretend its yesterday, otherwise im going to get confused! got off the plane @ 6:30 this morning - flight was ok, food was good but not enough off it. It would have also been nice if they told us they were doing a surprise stop over in Dubai ... which isnt really that exciting at 1:30 in the morning, but at least i can say i have been! Customs was ridiculous - they ask you your life story now. Yes i am on holidays, and it none of your business how i am going to pay for it. Do I ... read more