Blogs from Wembley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Ed: Well, just want to start off by saying Thank You to all of you that called (even if it was the middle of the night!), emailed, smsed and sent cards. It was nice that you remembered even though I’m miles and miles away. Well - the day started with just after midnight the girls at work decided they wanted to be the first ones to wish me a happy birthday - I was in la la land so I have no idea what I said - all I remember is lots of people yelling ‘happy birthday’. Then at 5am I get a call from Cris - also wanting to be the first person to call! I think Matt is gonna unplug the phone for my next birthday as he has the unfortunate chance of having ... read more

So here we are. Last working day, 14:45 just had a drink with the boss at lunch and I've got 1 hour 15 until me and a few of the guy from work had out in town for a few bevveys. Got a couple of day to get the rest of the packing sort before we fly on Sunday evening. Really excited now but a little nervous as I'm sure we've forgotten to organise stuff... Oh well if we have I'm sure we'll find out when soon enough. Want to wish everyone the best of luck and hope you all stay safe. Please keep in touch and keep checking here for updates. Stuart ... read more

Finally! I'm here at King's Cross and I have some time before my train leaves to take me north so I've decided to take some time to post. Typing on the international keyboard isn't easy and it's going to take some time to learn that the shift key is shorter and farther away than my pinky is used to going. :-) My journey started last night at 7:10pm and ended when I arrived in London at 9:45am. (It felt like 4:45am EST--5 hours difference to the East Coast.) No problems with any of the flights or luggage or anything. The flight attendant on the flight to Dulles was fantastic. We chatted and sort of poked fun at the man in front of me that was popping Vicodin during the flight...that guy was feeling goooooood. Then I ... read more