Blogs from Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Gondoltam, meggyujtok egy illatos gyertyat - hangulatos a fenye, es jo az illata :) Ismet eleg jol (el)telt az ido, bar most nem volt sok tortenesben reszem. A munka szokas szerint ment, tul vagyunk egy negyedeves riporton es az ahhoz kapcsolodo tulorazason (messze nem annyi, mint az Exxonban vagy Szegeden), es most kicsit alacsonyabb fordulatszamon porgunk. Egyik nap, epp mikor igy tettunk, kineztunk az ablakon, es meglattunk egy anyahajot a Temzen. Vagy hadihajo volt eleg nagy leszallofelulettel az egeszhez kepest. Ahogy neztuk, nem volt tul nagy, talan Harrier-ek meg helikopterek leszallasara terveztek, mert nem nagyon hosszu. Remelem, a mellekelt kepen is latszik valami belole, es talan meg lehet becsulni a meretet is. Jobbrol az a nagy epulet a Barclays kozpontja. Haladgatok a repulovel, jo lenne mar kesz lenni vele :) Ha jol remlik, juliusban kezdtem neki, ... read more

Saturday was a wintery day in London, the clouds were low, a cold arctic breeze was blowing and the rain slapped against the apartment window. Paul, myself and Mark (who has now returned from Hong Kong) ventured out to get some breakfast at Borough Market . We headed straight to the Roast to go for some sausage and bacon baps to eat whilst we meandered around the busy market. We had coffee at Brindisa and then Paul and I did some shopping in the market for lunch time. Without the sun it felt much closer to winter than it had all week. The market's stalls were full of freshly caught winter game - venison, rabbits, pheasants, duck, quail and grouse lined the market. As always Saturday at Borough Market is a busy place. In ... read more

I arrived back in England yesterday (Saturday 25th October) to a sunny and cold London. The flight across from Milan was easy enough though an early start (4am) was a bit of a challenge. Saturday was a relaxing day, arriving back at Maidstone with friends Sally and Mick we went for a coffee and some cake before returning to their home. Mick had to work in the afternoon and later on Sally and I took their dogs Basil and Daisy for a walk through the town and into Mote Park. The Borough of Maidstone is in Kent (did I mention this is in earlier blog entry? Hmm I may have to re-check) and about an hour by train from Victoria or London Bridge Stations. In any case we walked the dogs around the town (dropping off ... read more