Blogs from Camden Town, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

This past weekend I visited my best friend Kiran in London! It's remarkable to see a good friend in a foreign place -- the first hug made me feel home :) And her suitmate Masha let me have some of her dinner just because I was eying it hungrily. What a sweetheart! The first night I had to sneak into Kiran's room because she, being Kiran, did not turn in the guest request form. All of her new friends helped me creep past the security guard by locating themselves strategically and distracting him! Unfortunately, at the moment of truth, as I sprinted through the treacherous hallway toward the dorm room of salvation, I tripped and fell over and dropped my suitcase. Perhaps even more embarrassingly, I abandoned it and left it for her friend Jill to ... read more

Wow. Welcome to London, indeed! We landed in Heathrow around noon, picked up our Oyster cards and packed all of our luggage to the tube station for the final stretch of our journey home. Of course, saying it like this makes it sound so simple... but we had a lot of luggage! So, it wasn't that simple at all! We loaded all of our stuff onto the Picadilly Line train, and sat down for the hour or so journey into town. The train slowly filled up, and by the time we got into London proper, the train was so packed that there was no way we could get our stuff off the train! We were very worried that we wouldn't be able to get our bags through the crowd, but luckily, by the time we got ... read more

Il semblerait que mes "blog entries" ne se publient pas très bien. Donc pour l'instant je vais tâcher de faire quelques essais sur ce blog. Excusez par avance le manque d'infos palpitantes! Derniers jours avant de quitter la perfide Albion. Les cartons s'accumulent, et les heures défilent. Et dans deux semaines, après un bref séjour en France, ce sera le grand décolage. Yesterday, last drinks at the colonies - Thanks everybody for your nice words, the flower, the presents and Shayne for all your precious advice! Talking to a talk dark handsome stranger has no longer any secret for me ! ... read more

So we showed up in London and Paul remembered that he has a cousin that lives here. He sent him a message just after we got into the city, and by noon we had plans to go over to his flat for dinner. We wandered around during the day on Sunday, checked out Camden Market which is just up the street from our hostel... a pretty interesting place. While we were at it, we found a shop called Cyberdog... the decor in the store was quite elaborate. Unfortunately they didn't allow photos. Maybe I can find some on teh internets. As we were walking past some stalls, Paul also recognized some artwork that one of the artists at his office had sent out as something interesting to look at that he'd found on the internet earlier ... read more

Geo: 51.5406, -0.143337I knew the day would come, it has been put off until today. It was my last chance to go shopping in Camden at the markets. I was hoping to buy some clothes for summer in South Africa. I loved walking through the market, so much character here. I've never known any other market place like it. It can be a lot to take in, so much to see. For lunch I tried a new place that I had not seen before. It was on the corner of the main road and the canal- also vegetarian! There was so many nice looking foods to choice from- why is this always the way? Discovering new places just as I'm about to leave for good :(After lunch and feeling much more energetic , I continued to ... read more