Blogs from United Kingdom, Europe - page 2462

Well, I've been here long enough that my own thoughts are in an Irish accent. That is to say, about 12 hours. I arrived this morning after a sleepless flight, and checked in at our hotel - the Clarion Limerick. Hard to miss, really. We saw it from miles away and just headed in the general direction of the modernist tower over the Shannon. I don't think the Irish breakfast agreed with me. I'm a bit sick today. I must say, their bacon is phenomenal. It's like thick-cut ham. I filled up on the breakfast buffet so that I wouldn't have to worry about lunch. After breakfast, I took a short nap and then cleaned up and headed out into Limerick. Luckily there are handy brown signs directing the aimless tourist like myself to the various ... read more

After a long flight from Malaysia we finally arrived at Heathrow Airport. Armed with a bottle of champers we scored from the flight attendants (neither of our inflight entertainment units worked!!) we caught the tube to Amber's (thanks for putting us up!) in Fulham. Our first day was spent with Amber , who showed us the sights of Notting Hill and Portobello Rd. We brought our LP Beijing guide from the 'Travel Book Shop' where Hugh Grant worked in the film 'Notting Hill'. After some well earnt sleep, we met with Angie (who got stuck in some doors before meeting us...) and headed to Lords, the home of cricket. We missed the opening of the County cricket season by a day which started with MCC v Sussex. The pitch looked a green top so good luck ... read more

Well I finally managed it and got everything packed...Took 5 attempts and still feel like it weighs a ton, even though on the bathroom scales it came out at 16kg, which is well under my allowance!!! So i set off tommorrow and it still doesn't seem real, I've packed up my house, said goodbye to the folks and most of my friends. So I guess this is it, from tomorrow I will be a turtle for with all my possessions on my back....lets just hope I don't topple over, ha ha ha. Not looking forward to the flight, but reckon if i don't think about it too much I'll be fine!! So next time I post an update I will be in Bangkok!! ... read more

There I was stood in Heathrow airport wondering how to get up to Manchester thinking 'If this was another country it would be so easy to find out the transport links' I went to the train station information desk, they didn't know times or costs of trains to Manchester, just the time of the next underground tram. I got some sterling, £100, that wouldn't last long, and found the real airport info. I decided to get the train as it was quicker than the bus. Even still I had to take the underground into London (it took over an hour) then the train from there up to Manchester, you would have thought they would have a better transport system really. I got off the train at Manchester Piccadilly and expected to see my parents waiting ... read more

Hello everyone! Well you might as well just scrap the last entry because everything has changed since then! Instead of doing the visa process over here, I'm going to Sydney early to do the visa application there - which means that I'm leaving in TWO WEEKS! I'm flying out on Sunday 29th April, on the 18:25h British Airways shuttle to London Heathrow and then from there I am taking Qantas flight 2 to Bangkok and then onto Sydney. I'll arrive in Sydney on Tuesday 1st May at 06:05h Sydney time - which is 21:00h on Monday 30th April UK time. I love Qantas they're even organising special meals for me because of all my allergies! Bless 'em. Robert has got a holding deposit on an apartment for us and he'll find out on Monday if ... read more