Blogs from Notting Hill, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill May 26th 2009

Hey! So it´s now decided that im dusting of the old backpack heading straight south to africa!! The plan so far is to leave London on the 1st of october and head for Africa and be home for christmas. It will all start in Johannesburg, well its all still on the drawingbord so it´ll prob change a few times before we leave, where we willhead south then aiming for Namibia, we have a month down there before we´ll fly from Windhoek, NA, to Nairobi around 1st Nov to meet up with Caroline, and from then to christmas we´re gonna squeese in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mocambique....well, alot to see in 7 weeks and i have a feeling we r gonna shorten it down when we get there. Not so much more to say ... read more

First Day of Class and Mid-Weekend Update

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill October 11th 2008

ManoninEurope

Hello Again! It's been four days since I last wrote; that's not too bad, right? So Thursday was my first day of class, and it was incredible. We met up at the school at 9:45 and left a 10:10 for a mystery coach trip to an unknown location. I chatted with a girl from Israel for a bit, and it was interesting to talk to her. She was really cold - which I understood - although it was a beautiful 60-ish degree day. I was trying to follow the road signs on the drive, but having very little geographical knowledge of England, I was completely lost. We kept following the signs for France though, and I was concerned that I didn't have my passport, but thankfully I didn't need it (it would have spoiled the surprise ... read more

The Beginning

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill October 1st 2008

wanderingfeet

Hello All, Welcome to my travel blog. I am sitting in a coffee shop in Notting Hill at the moment trying to organize my life before I set off for Kigali, Rwanda next week. Rather than writing emails to everyone, I'll be updating this blog (hopefully) semi-regularly throughout the year as I travel. That is about it for now, I fly to Africa next Tuesday so I'll update some time next week! ... read more

The Tower of London and Tower Bridge

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill September 25th 2008

Tower Bridge

KatieMoffett6

A visit to see The Tower of London and Tower bridge. Then we went out to dinner and stopped by a london pub!... read more

Catching up with Karen... and some sleep!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill September 22nd 2008

We couldn't work out what they might be queueing for...

drbexl

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Roads closed to all but cyclists... that'd be fun!

Notting Hill Karneval 2008

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill August 26th 2008

Skraboska

Barancek

Ahojte. Tak som sa vam vybral v nedelu pozriet Notting Hill karneval.Je to vraj najvacsie podujatie svojho druhu v Europe, tak reku oprobujeme.Vznik sa datuje do roku 1964, kedy sa karneval usporiadaval v rovnakom case ako karneval na ostrove Trinidad. Hlavna procesia mala byt (bola) az v pondelok, v nedelu bolo vsetko zamerane skor na mladez.Prve co ma po vystupeni z metra zaujimalo bolo jedlo, kedze karibska kuchyna ponuka niektore zaujimave pokrmy.Stankov bolo habadej, ale ponukali zvacsa velmi podobne jedla.Tradicne je marinovane kura na grile, grilovana kukurica, taka hnedava ryza, solene ryby, kozlacina a plantain - co je plodina co vyzera ako banan a je sa ako priloha.Ja som si dal kozlacinu s ryzou, salatom a kuskami toho divneho bananu - chutilo.Ako dezert sa ponukala lupana cukrova trstina a na pitie stava (pita priamo) zo zelenych ... read more

Feathers, Fun and Sequins

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill August 25th 2008

Tribal action

m1ssjane

It's just you, some friends and about 500,000 other people packed into a few miles of London to see amazing costumes, hear (very loud) music, smell the illegal substances in the air and stuff yourself silly with wonderful Caribbean food - welcome to a true London experience - the Notting Hill Carnival! The Carnival started in the 60s as a way of overcoming racial tension by showcasing the diversity of the Caribbean lifestyle. OK it wasn't always successful, with a fair amount of violence and rioting in early years - it's much better now, they leave the little showdown to the end of the Carnival. Miss Jane's carnival tip #1 - leave a couple of hours before the end to avoid a bottle in the head. I must admit that one of the first thing I ... read more

Mel & Tiranth consulting on the way forward

Notting Hill Carnival

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill August 25th 2008

London Underground

Jacqui Knox

Pictures from Notting Hill on Bank Holiday Monday. I'm still rubbing the smoke out of my eyes.... read more

London

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill July 30th 2008

Sarah and Stuart

Hello all! We are having a great time here. Really nice and hot! Intresting seeing cars parked on either sides of the rd facing both ways haha! Nice cars here. It only gets dark here around 10 -10:30pm and light really early. We are staying in Ladbroke grove which is a 5min walk from Notting Hill. We have a british number but hmm i dont have the number on me haha so ask Mum and Dad for the number if you want it :) Tomorrow we are going to be going into the city and checking everything out including the shopping!! Yippee!! Look forward to hearing from you all soon oxoxoxoxoxox... read more

Portabello Market and the British Museum

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Notting Hill July 26th 2008

Rosetta Stone

McGoose

Today we went to the Portabello market and got some good eatins. Sat and ate our good eatins in a park nearby. Then we made our way over to the British Museum for some educational stuffs. Laters we made our way out bar hopping in the West End.... read more

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