Blogs from Canary Wharf, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Our First Entry. After a difficult start to the year, Andrea and I decided that if either one of us was made redundant, we would take a year out and go and see the world, something we had both wanted to do for some time. As it turned out it was me that got the push in April and so we started to plan.... We have now bought our six main air tickets and will be away from home for 8 months... Tuesday 1st September 2009 - London to Lima via Madrid Tuesday 1st December 2009 - Santiago to Auckland Tuesday 22nd December 2009 - Christchurch to Sydney Tuesday 19th January 2010 - Perth to Singapore Tuesday 31st March 2010 - Bangkok to Hong Kong Tuesday 13th April 2010 - Shanghai to London We have found ... read more

Mult hetfon vegre allomanyba kerultem az HSBC-nel :) Azt hiszem, irtam/mondtam, hogy volt jo par adatlap meg kerdoiv, tobbek kozott olyan kerdessel, hogy milyen targyakbol es milyen eredmennyel erettsegiztem, de ugy tunik, az osszes adat megfelelt. Ezt megunneplendo az egyik ceges ebed melle egy nagyon jol kinezo es mennyei izu sutemenyt valasztottam: Gateaux opera. Kakaos piskota-retegek valtakoznak narancskremmel, es a tetejen vastag etcsoki-bevonat, disziteskent egy kis krem es egy malna. Nem tudom, mennyire lehet nehez elkesziteni, de az elfogyasztasa egy elmeny! Az utana kovetkezo napon is volt meg, nem birtam ellenallni :) A hetvegen ket filmet is sikerult megneznem, ezekrol kovetkezik most egy kis ajanlo/ismerteto. Az egyik egy tavaly keszult Woody Allen-film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Roviden arrol szol, hogy Vicky (Rebecca Hall) es Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), ket jo... read more

Madrid In late May, Jo and I, accompanied by the ever reliable Penny, Stuart, and Duncan, flew to Madrid for a weekend. The weather was a little iffy for the weekend: spells of warm sunny weather interspersed with periods of heavy rain... Overall, it was hot and sticky, but a pleasant change from London. We spent the majority of this trip taking in the sights. We spent a great morning at the Spanish Royal Palace. I especially liked the armoury, which had a great display of weapons and armour, including some fully armoured horses. The Spanish Royal Palace also had several Stradivarius violins and cellos (very cool!). We also saw several art galleries. One of the galleries held Picasso’s Guernica, one of his more famous works. The Guernica was huge! About 2m tall, and about 4m ... read more

Today I ventured into Eastern London, Canary Wharf. This is the Wall Street NYC area of London that is beginning to really boom in the economic world. There are skyscrapers (well, sort of, for London at least) and underneath the shiny buildings is mall after mall and shop after shop. The point was to take my High School Skills class on a field trip. Uh yes, I took kids from Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Spain, and Texas on the train and the tube. Interesting to say the least. We first visited the Dockland Museum. How you must wonder, did we tie this into our class??? Well, there was a Jack the Ripper exhibit which was gruesome. And of course a scaled model of the Old London Bridge which tied math into the trip. Then we ... read more

Hello everyone! Our first blog - wow! So, the tickets are booked, the notices have been handed in, and the leaving drinks have been planned! It's just a question of counting down the days now... Here is the itinery as it stands: 6th June - Heathrow to Tokyo 10th June - Tokyo to Sydney 25th June - Sydney to Cairns Between 25th June and 31st October we'll be doing an extended road trip from Cairns to Melbourne, stopping at the lovely places on the East Coast on the way....lovely! 1st Nov - Melbourne to Auckland 1st December - Auckland to Bangkok Hopefully we'll be travelling all over Thailand and we're aiming to get to Malaysia and maybe Cambodia from there too. 5th February - Bangkok to Heathrow So that's it folks!! ... read more