Blogs from Kilburn, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

So it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve last posted because school has been eating up my life and nobody wants to hear about that so I’m just going to move onto the Halloween Party that Erin and I threw this weekend. Friday night we began the prep by going to a Lidl, which is a cheapo supermarket chain, where we go lots of food and drinks for insanely cheap. It’s quite ghetto with the vegetable isle next to an automotive/cleaner isle, so that was a whole separate experience all in itself. Then Saturday was literally non-stop cooking, decorating, and pumpkin carving. Erin never carved a pumpkin before, and to think of it I don’t think I ever had either. I had painted pumpkins with Vicki when we were little, but never carved one--so we ... read more

Hey guys, I've recently come to London as a study abroad student and am living in Kilburn. To be honest I chose London because it's English speaking and a big city that I though would be good for my career. Yet the more time I spend here the more I discover all the great things the city has to offer me, stuff I hadn't even thought about before I came. Beside all the touristy stuff, which is all worth doing, the museums are amazing. I recently went to the Science, Imperial War, Tate Modern, and the British Museum and they have all been overwhelmingly great. The British Museum is enormous and can't be seen in one day, so I will be going back there soon. The Imperial War was really interesting and took a lot of ... read more

After time in Dubai and Paris, I'm now settled in London. The first few days were filled with the touristy stuff (Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Oxford Circus shopping, West End musical etc) then I found a place to live and a job to finance the travel! All has been good and a really easy move...thankfully! London's funny, I think you either love it or you hate it. So far I'm just taking it all in and going with the flow. My first friday and saturday nights were awesome. The first club I went to had been converted from horse stables...so random! I've since been hanging out with an old mate who I've known since we were seven. With the help of stalkerbook I've caught up with heaps of long lost mates who have come over and ... read more

It seems an odd and unexotic location for the start of a travel blog, Kilburn, North London. But all great journies must begin somewhere. Ours is due to start from here on Friday, as I write, the pile for packing is growing behind me, the amount of ticks on the "To Do" list is growing. But that does nothing to alleviate my sense that something has been left forgotton and undone. Seasoned travellers that we are for weeks I have felt confident that all is in hand and after all, going away for 12 weeks is not such a big deal, but now the day of departure draws nearer, it is a big deal! We will fly on a tiny plane from The City Airport to Amsterdam, before boarding our real flight to Delhi. How bizarre ... read more

Today I visited the Tower of London. Unfortunately, although it was wonderful (and quite hot), I was still suffering from occasional overwhelming bouts of homesickness. Nevertheless, I managed to enjoy myself - I went on a guided tour (which was free) and the tour guide was a former soldier who knew everything about the gruesome bits of the Tower's history and was very entertaining. Then I wandered around for a bit before heading off over Tower Bridge towards London Bridge. Of course, being me, I got lost on the way to London Bridge, but I discovered a wonderful little old part of Southwark that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. The down side is that I now feel like I've inhaled a whole stack of soot and ash - that's the London smog for you. During my ... read more