Blogs from Piccadilly, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

On 28th May we planned walking on Green Park and Hyde Park. Part of the Green Park was used for the charity marathon’s course, and this didn’t let us follow the part of the walking course recommended by ‘Walking London’s Parks and Gardens.’ However, when we arrived at the start of the avenue flanked by poplar trees along Constitution Hill, it appeared a tranquil scene surrounded by greens and we enjoyed a peaceful atmosphere. We then reached the busy roundabouts by Hyde Park Corner. We remembered the Wellington Arch and Apsley House, both of which are managed by English Heritage, and walked past war memorials. We entered Hyde Park from the southeast side and strolled through lovely rose garden with spectacular collections and displays of scented flowers and herbaceous plants. Many of those flowers, old roses ... read more

Hello Blog-followers, and a belated happy new b'ak'tun (or happy new year if you're not familiar with b'ak'tuns.) We are a wee bit late in publishing some of our latest blogs as we got a little side tracked. We briefly bounced between 3 of the world's continents this time around. Usually we seek out sun and warmth due to our homebase being situated in the subarctic (you know - that cold, dark, windy thing at the top) but his time we happenstanced upon rain and clouds mainly... It was an unlikely trip... But not just because of the clouds?!... We left Canada on a night flight across the Atlantic and had quite the lay-over in London Heathrow. Because airports are generally quite dull structures we decided to take the underground train to Piccadilly Circus to explore ... read more

Artist: Sigur Ros Track: Sven-g-englar It's Friday, and London is certainly lively! Here I am, once again, the same location as per my first day in London. I am trying to kill time by sipping onto a cup of Hot Chocolate @ Cafe Nero, while waiting to meet a friend, Paul, for dinner later at 8PM nearby Angel Tube Station. To be honest, I am really hungry now.. but I'll just wait for him so that I can make the most out of my dinner later; wouldn't want to spoil it! Oh, forgot to update about the yesterday. I was up quite early, and decide to pay a visit to Tate Modern. A good friend in Singapore told me that Damien Hirst is holding his exhibition there. Well, I am not a big fan of museums ... read more

Ugh. What? It's Sunday? Bugger. So, I was initially planning on writing a brief little update about the shocking number of dick jokes in The Barber of Seville, and generally what a classy night at the opera can be, but finals, and more intriguingly London came up. So that's postponed til post finals. Right, so, London. I'm going to pop off, get a nice mug of Glühwein (take redwine, fairy dust and cinnamon, and a few minutes in a pot), possibly a pillow to scream in, and then I'll take advantage of this blog to bury the most costly five second mistake I have ever made. Ok, we're back, and I'm slightly more relaxed, let's gather round and hear the story of Thanksgiving. So way back in the day a group of buckle-shoed ... read more

Some pictures, with some accompanying description. Just click on the photo. A full entry to come soon. ... read more