Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 703

Went to York today and had a GREAT time. We did sooo much! Saw the church where Constantine was crowned emperor, the church where Guy Fawkes was baptized, Roman Baths, and about a million other things. It was so beautiful there. Tomorrow, i plan on going on the London Eye so I should have some great pics up soon. Check out the pictures I put up on the last post! I'm only sorry that I can't post all my pictures. I don't really know what else to say. The minster (the big church) was beautiful and we got to go during even' song, which was great. I can't believe how little time I have left here! only a week and a half. I am missing all of you and look forward to hearing from you! PS~ ... read more

Well, sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but life has gotten crazy for awhile. Monday I went to see Guys and Dolls, which was good. I'd forgotten alot of it since sophomore year. Then on Tuesday I just rested and did homework, pretty much a boring day. Wednesday I went to Kew Palace which was beautiful. King George III (?) the one we rebelled against in the Revolution was the one who built it and lived in it. His wife planted all these beautiful gardens and brought in wild animals like Wallabys!! they were cute! Then Thursday was the trip to Statford. There I got to see where Shakespeare was born, watch Julius Cesar by the Royal Shakespeare Company (which everyone agrees was very disappointing), and then see where Shakespeare was buried. The grave and house ... read more

Wow talk about an embarrasing moment. It's like 30+ degrees here and massive humidity. So i went to take a shower right, took my towel, but not my wallet. Which contained my swipe card for the 'locks as you exit your room' door. After my shower I realised I had no key for my door and noone was in the room. Had to walk down about 50m of corridoors, down a flight of stairs and to the reception wearing just a towel! Reception was packed, had to push through all these ppl to get a 1 time keycard. Nice. Luckily I was laughing the whole way because I've had soo little sleep in the past 80 or so hours that I feel like I'm super high on something. Haha. Awsome. Rack up another travel experience.... read more

Hi All, Our world tour (excluding the Americas) will soon be upon us. For those of you who want to track our progress, our plan is as follows: 22/07/06 South Africa Tour de Kruger - South Africa, Mocambique Garden Route - South Africa Overland Truck tour- Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa 30/09/06 UK Few days R&R en-route to Male 03/10/06 Maldives More R&R at One & Only Kanuhura 13/10/06 Sri Lanka We plan to visist: Colombo, Negombo, Galle & Kandy 27/10/06 Thailand We'll be starting in Bangkok... 05/11/06 Vietnam We'll be starting in Hanoi... 15/11/06 Australia We'll be st... read more

So, this is what a class system looks like eh? Cheri and I have witnessed and experienced it for ourselves - first hand. When we double checked our email from HSBC regarding our bank account it said that we should ring so as to set up an appointment so that we wouldn't be inconvenienced. Odd, I thought. Well, I guess what they mean is "call us to make an appointment as we have so many people opening accounts you'll never be able to just walk in". ie, it's for their convenience. Oh well, we could but try - and if we turned up and they turned us away - we could always make an appointment and come back later. We arrived at HSBC, marked our names on the list and went into the waiting room to, ... read more