Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 20

Well, it was a fun start to a Sunday morning in London. Rhiannon and Lynne came with me to Petticoat Lane Market which is officially my favorite market in the world. I have posted a video on youtube where you can see a bit of the market and a lively salesman! my youtube name is WONSTABLE, if you search that with petticoat lane, you should see my video there and of course, you can seee the videos previously posted too. I have done pretty good for my souvenir shopping, still searching for my perfect teapot though. Maybe you can help me vote on the teapot to purchase, see the pictures and let me know okay? I head back home on June 28, 2011 so responses would be required before that time if part of the vote ... read more

1 June Update. Well, Bath was great – albeit the rain continued. Stayed in a reasonably posh hotel which kept Katie happy – all the cheapies fully booked. Seems she’s a Champagne traveller and doesn’t like the 1 & 2 star establishments our budget was designed around. I’m sure her tolerance levels will change when it’s her turn to go backpacking in 10 years or so!! Soon after arriving, we found a small privately run museum on the outskirts of the tourism throng, which focussed on a local family business (Bowlers) that operated in Bath for 97 years over 3 generations and going back some time Mr and Mrs Bowler had 13 kids – all of whom worked the business. I was like a kid in a toy-shop with all the old metal working machinery and ... read more

Tuesday 5-17 to Sunday 5-22 Man, the flight from Amsterdam to London is really short! I think we were up in the air for maybe 15 minutes before the captain came on and told us to prepare for landing! We were met at the airport by our friend Mandy, a college friend from Boston University who moved to the UK with her British husband, Tony, a few years ago and now have an adorable 19 month old boy named Raphael. He’s really cute and a total chick magnet! Nick Note: Maybe he and my little nephew, Tomas, can get together in 17 years and carouse for ladies. They will be two wild and crazy guys. Everywhere we went with Raphael, the ladies ooh’d and aah’d over him ;o) Our first British experience was an old English ... read more

London still rocks Well well. Day 4 kiddies and I am soon to leave London for Germany for my friend Rachelle's wedding. It's funny how you leave your heart in certain places and relive your life from the past....I lived here in London 9 years ago, visited again in 2007 and now back 4 years later in 2011. I literally grew up in London...I was 20 years old, very naive about the world and in my mind, after a year of trials and tribulations I became a grown up and somewhat 'international' and not just some Canberran kid who knew nothing about the world. Flash forward to 2011 and here I am again and this place still feels like home. I came here on Tuesday, very tired but still ready for some London fun. I slept ... read more

The atmosphere in the whole of London was electric. Every window display in every shop had some tribute to the wedding. Flags were everywhere as were the souvenir sellers. Selfridges had a royal tea party going on in their window with masked royals acting out the scenes. We wanted to watch the events near to the action but with a big screen to have some idea what was going on. We got to the outskirts of Trafalger square and could see glimpses of the screen when tiptoeing and straining our necks. People were taking every vantage point possible from the top of shop verandas phone boxes lamp posts to even upturned metal shopping baskets from nearby Boots chemist (the security guard allowing it just for the occasion ). It was awesome being part of such a ... read more