Blogs from Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

September 27, 2006 Nice day trip to Windsor today. The age of Windsor Castle was more grand than its exterior, but the history was quite impressive. Hundreds of years of royal history behind the stone walls of this castle - whew! My favorite room was the Great Hall. The ceiling has the shields of hundreds of coat of arms from royalty around the world. Walking around in a hall that so many royals have for hundreds of years really was amazing. Saw the Queen Mum's tomb as well as many others in the chapel. The town of Windsor is so cute! I love it! We headed back on the train and then spent 1.5 hours at Leicester Square for the movie premiere of "Click." Saw Adam Sandler, David Hasselhoff, and Kate Beckinsale. We then walked through ... read more

Well the last two days have been fun .... I now have my visa, medical and flight tickets .... plus a double dose of more shots than I care to think about ... Doctors advise is to stay away from dogs and cats while out there and not even let them lick me ... (I am sure some of you will have a comment on that one!) Well the Porsche is now in storage .. and I am running around in a Astra for a few days. It's blue, has a button on the dash that says sport, but alas when you press it all that happens is a light comes on and nothing else ... Started to pack last night before the draw of the bar took over again ... It is amazing how I ... read more

Right, To save sending you all emails and updates, I have started a Travel Blog ! ... Ok so I am not really on holiday (though some of you may well think that is true) I will be putting up some updates (And Photos, Video etc) here, you will all get an email to let you know when there is an update, so when you have time in your own busy lives you can log in as see what I have been upto. Here goes first update: I now have tickets, for leaving on the 13th (what a great date that is to pick) September. I am off to a Kazakhstan, for anyone of you who did not know. Thanks to some of you who have updated me on the country, culture and places, as I ... read more

Conference presentation was this morning ("Structure and recognition of graphs with no 6-wheel subdivision", if you're curious!) - then had some free time in the afternoon, since the conference programme only went until lunchtime today. We walked down to Earley station (Earley is a suburb in Reading, and the closest station to where we're staying) and got a train to Windsor and Eton Central... quite an expedition, since buying a ticket to a particular station does not in fact tell you how to get there... (2 changes, 2 different train companies, 3 different lines) Anyway, it was worth the adventure: Windsor is a beautiful little town, with lots of little shops hidden down alleyways, and a huge castle in the middle. (Didn't go in - we got there pretty late and it closes at 4pm, also ... read more

Alrighty, time for a wee update. So I finally met up with the girls and tomorrow we are on our way to Paris!! I can't believe it. So excited and a titch nervous. I've spent the last little while in Sandwich visiting family. The girls met me there 3 days ago and we spent our time relaxing and exploring the nearby city of Canterbury. It was sooo amazing to walk around the cathedral there and explore something that dates back to the 1100s. Unfortunately, it was (is) easter weekend so everyone is on a break and I swear they all decided that Canterbury was the place to be. Totally worth the crowds though. The three of us had a proper Cream Tea outside in this little cafe. While it was a little cold it was an ... read more