Blogs from Covent Garden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

So, the Old Me won a huge battle last week. I was meant to be in Germany this week, but OM went into a panic about the ever growing list of things to do and decided to stay home to get them done. To my credit, they are all done and OM is resting quietly (for the time being). New Me, frustrated that I couldn't bring myself to leave, kicked in yesterday and decided that some fun was due. It all started with a trip to the cinema. As odd as it sounds, I never go anymore. I reckon that £8/$16 for something that will be out on video in a few weeks is just something that I am not interested in. However, I am extraordinarily interested in James Bond and Mr. Darcy. Put the two ... read more

My adventure did not start off as planned but it is finally back on track. On the way to london the plane's engine broke down mid take off and we where unable to leave dullas until the next day, which ment hanging around the hotel and airport all waiting for the next flight. After all was said and done i made it to london a day late. My mother and grandmother meet me here and we had a great day yesterday. We didnt do the usual sights although i could attually see big ben, westmister and the london wheel if i suck my head far enough out of my hotel room window. We spent our time going around all the markets and street vendors that are around the city on sundays. Then i spent the rest ... read more

Detail of Chinese Tile in the British Museum Let me start - at the end, of our trip to London. It's spring time, April 6, daffodils and tulips are blooming, the trees are budding. And then, we wake up to snow! Big fat floaty flakes of snow! Not much accumulation at all, but enough to delay our flights so that we are 20 hours late getting back into Krakow. When is it going to be warm sunny weather?... ...Anyway. Yes, back to the beginning of our trip, spring, London, Covent Garden. So many cafes, pubs, boutiques, what a great, but crowded place Covent Garden is. The street into the market was impassable, crammed with the street performers and shoppers and tourists, and this was on a weekday. The street entertainers were really working for their pay. ... read more

Here we are on the last trip we took together. Evidently, Erik won the coin toss and I got to huff and puff my way up some mountain. Now that we have been married thirty, count 'em - 30 - years, I got to choose the trip. We're on our way to London for a long weekend and then to Paris for a whole week!... read more

When my leader group said me that we will go to Covent Graden I imagined a big and beautiful garden, but when we arrived in Covent Graden I was surprised, I didn't see some tree or some flower, it was very strange. We went to London to shop, and I think that it's very bored, because I think that we can visit a lot of places in London, and no go shopping all the day because when is your first time you want see different places and not comercial centres. The trip to London is very very long, about four hours and half to go and the same to comeback, and we were in London only three hours, so I think that we can go to others places. Well, when we, or they, finished their ... read more