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

As usual, ages without any writing, came on here as I've been yet again bitten by the travel bug and just came back from Rome. Have a whole report on the trip, but thought I'd write about my London life a bit as so much has changed since I last wrote almost a year ago. So I came back from home #1 determined to find a new place to live and was thinking about Camden Town, where I used to be all the time and would be a nice change as, for my non-Londoner friends, it's in North London and I had always lived in the SW. I'd had this particular friend for quite a while, pretty much since I moved to the UK, and, the day after I came back from Brazil, he texted me ... read more

Well kiddies, For the last couple of days I've found myself in London at the mercy of 'Queen Lizzie' ... praise be to Jeebus I finally validated my God forsaken visa ! After being delayed out of Oz, I ensured that I asked the Customs lass at Gatwick at least half a dozen times whether or not a single stamp in the middle of my forehead (on my visa photo of course !) was sufficient to validate ... and just in case she was wrong, I also queried the lass at the medical post ... talk about 'Paranoid Anadroid' ! But can ya blame me ? So the lovely Laura served as my host for four days of crazy fun fun fun. Laura has a nice little house in suburb called Golders Green and as she ... read more

Another cold clear day in London as my brother and I undertook our latest adventure in London. The destination was Hampstead and its adjoining Heath. We caught the tube from Borough Station directly to Hampstead. Hampstead is located about 6km north-west of Charing Cross. It is part of the London Borough of Camden. It is also home to some of the most expensive housing in the London area with large houses regularly listed for sale at over twenty million pounds sterling (about AUS$50 million ). Apparently the village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of Britain. It is also the hub of intellectual, artistic, musical and literary life. Using Paul's London City Walks card we followed the directions of its map from Hampstead High Street to the Heath. We passed ... read more

13 more days until home! We are leaving for Venice and Rome, Italy in a couple of hours.l 3am is the time our bus leaves for the airport. Then our flight is at 6:30 am. We should arrive in Italy at 9:30 am. Very tiring and we even have a long day ahead of us. Thank god i am young. So we have finally arrived in London! 5 hour train ride and then the subway, and then another train.. once again, very tiring. Well i can honestly say this trip has been great. No one is really fighting and I LOVE traveling. I should have become a travel agent. It is extremely tiring but just think of all the countries i have visited and everything i have seen. Here i come venice and rome!... read more