Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

We all woke feeling a bit tired but with places to go and things to go there was no time to tarry. Woolly says – With everything packed we loaded the case into the luggage storage, checked out the queues for breakfast and headed out into the sunshine. A quick stop at Starbucks for tea, juice and pancakes and there I was, again flying through the tunnels deep under London. On our journeys yesterday we had passed The Clink, one of the oldest prisons in England and with the chance to torture Jo and Zoe it seemed like the place to go. For £7.00 GBP (student discount again of £3.00 GBP) we entered the dark, rat infested goal. Established in 1144 the prison was owned and controlled by the Bishop of Winchester. As so many activities ... read more

Woolly says - I was ready at the crack of dawn, bandanas for all occasions and my woolly hat incase of bad weather. We were off on an adventure to the Capital of England, London. Well not all of us were off, Ian and Ollie had elected to stay back at base which left me under the tender ministrations of Jo and Zoe. Two and a half hours and only a sixteen minute delay and there we had arrived, my first view of the city, cars everywhere, buses by the dozen and tourists as far as the eye could see. Pulling the case behind us we set off to find our accommodation. Like all big cities it is difficult to get a cheap bargain these days, I had found us a hostel, close to Russell Square ... read more

Fresh from a good night's sleep and converting to London time, we woke up extra early (around 3.30am!) to get the day started... well, maybe it was more like 6.30am that we were restless enough to get out of bed... however, wasn't happy that the sunlight was streaming in through the windows at 5am. We booked tickets for Madame Tussauds early with a combo purchase of the London Eye, so we ventured out to Baker Street to check out the 'Madame.' The first surprise for the day was Baker Street... had no idea it was the first underground rail station in the world, dating back to 1863. Plus it's the home of Sherlock Holmes, so that was an added extra 'win' for my boys. Luckily we got up early enough to be the second in line ... read more

Einen Tag vor dem besagtem Finale habe ich Großbritannien verlassen und bin mit dem Eurostar über Brüssel nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt.... read more

Hej hej, da se mal javim :) za mano sta dva tedna usposabljanja v Londonu, so far so good :) Jutri začenjamo 3 teden, kar pomeni, da lahko od tega tedna dalje pričakujemo podatke o odhodu na ladjo. Sicer pa, kar se usposabljanja tiče, zdaj večinoma gledamo tretmaje, se učimo, pa kar je najbolš, vmes tudi kakšna masaža pade :) Tako da nam res ni hudega! Prvi teden je bil ful naporen, zdaj je že malce bolje, smo se že navadili na vse skupaj, tako da se imamo super. Sicer imamo cel dan predavanja, potem nas pa čaka še učenje, tako da imamo dan popolnoma zapolnjen. Med drugim pa tudi ugibamo, na katero ladjo nas bodo dali. Ne vem, kaj naj pričakujem, ker slišimo ogromno informacij, tako dobrih kot slabih. Bomo videli, kaj bo... Upam da ... read more