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

Hello all, once again thank you for visiting my blog page. In lieu of our upcoming trip the London I have been busy getting together a rough itinerary which will help us put into perspective some of the sights we want to see. By the way the brackets show the nearest tube stops! the LONDON trip September 12th to 20th ITINERARY September 12th • Overnight flight from YVR (Vancouver) to LGW (London Gatwick) departing at 405pm September 13th • Arrive in London Gatwick at 955am • Take transfer to Central Park Hotel (9/67 Queensborough Terrace, London W2 3SS, 020 7229 2424‎) • Hang out and explore the area around the hotel Harrods (Knightsbridge) Kensington Palace/Park (Queensway) September 14th Get tickets for 2-day double Decker pass Walk from National Gallery seeing/visiting such sights as: Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar ... read more

So... its the day before the off and the whole of Britain has woken up to a blanket of snow! In London it is reported to be the heaviest in 2 decades and of course the transport system is on total shutdown. All buses, tubes and trains aren't running and both the runways are closed at Heathrow for now but hopefully it will all be cleared by tomorrow night and the backlog also cleared. Got myself togged up in every warm thing I own and set out this morning to collect my passport - worried that they wouldn't have been able to get the Vietnamese visa stamp. No need to have worried... despite all the banks and most of the shops being closed, Trailfinders were open and had everything ready for me. Phew!... read more

Hi, it's Bee Dandy. We've had a fun couple of days. Food, food, food galore. Seriously. We haven't been in London more than a week yet have already travelled to Borough Markets twice. I've never seen anything like it before. Must be heaven. I can't even begin to describe the atmosphere of this place. It's Londons oldest food market, has been running for over 250 years. It's a wholesale fruit and vegetable market, meaning you can buy directly from Londons farmers & sells some very fancy pants food straight from the people that make it. Plus, Jamie Oliver shops there so that gives it extra points obviously haha. Day 1 Thursday: I think my jaw was permanately dropped.The only downfall was not being able to buy everything. Smic got a wild boar sasuage sandwich & I ... read more

January 15th I have been in London for about five days now. The flight here from Fresno wasn't as long as I expected most likely the result of anxiety and benedryl to put me to sleep. I got lucky at the airport since the American Airlines attendant didn't really bother that my bags were heavy and over their limit. I arrived into Dallas fairly early and got some good ol' chinese food before I left for London. The 9hr flight to Heathrow was pretty good being that no one sat next to me giving me a good bit of extra space to but my backpack and food that I broguht on the plane. We were about to land a full hour early but London as well as most of Europe was experiencing an extreme cold spell ... read more

The plane ride was average for the first 7 hours then it allllllll went downhill from there. Smicy was Mr. Grumpus and I was whinging because the travel sickness tablets made me feel sick. There were crying babies EVERYWHERE. We did not look pretty at all. Some people on the plane still did at the end of the flight which really irritated me! London lights look freakin awesome from the plane though! :) Fun fact: I was almost denied entry to the country as I didn't have my return ticket on me or any other crap you apparently need to get in. I know, I know, stupid me but Smic had everything in his bag and Mr. Irish citizen got to go straight through. End result: I got yelled at for about 15 minutes but I ... read more