Blogs from Trafalgar Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

My parents arrived in London in the afternoon of 17 June. My parents-in-law had booked the rooms at Premier Inn in Stratford between 17th and 21 June, and came to London with the National Express coach in the afternoon on 17 June. I met up with my parents and John & Mary at Premier Inn hotel on 18 June. As we had decided to get on London Eye, I took them to Jubilee Line’s platform and travelled to Waterloo. I remembered getting on the London Eye with John & Mary and my mother in 2002 and it has become one of the London’s landmarks. The sponsor has been changed from British Airways to EDF Energy and the price for the ride has risen. London Eye still seems to be very popular after 13 years of its ... read more

This weekend commemorates Queen Elizabeth's 60th anniversary as Head of State of the United Kingdom. This event is recognized as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and has most of London going completely bonkers, in hopes to get a glimpse of her majesty at one of this weekend's celebratory events. Not only have Londoners gone mad due to the excitement of this weekend, but many occupants of other parts of the UK have traveled to London this weekend to witness the variety of events occurring throughout the city. One event, in particular, is "The Queen Art & Image" exhibition held at The National Portrait Gallery between May 17 and October 21, 2012. This past Wednesday, I decided to pay to see the exhibit, in hope for a closer look into the life of Queen Elizabeth. Upon entering the ... read more

Had an excellent hors d’oeuvre for my holiday watching the opening ceremony/ game down in Trafalgar Square …. An excellent atmosphere - although of course nothing like the real thing next week. There were even a fair few vuvuzalas - although fortunately I didn’t dream about being attacked by hornets!!!!!!!! Just about got over the hang-over when its time to do it all again for Eng-er-land.... read more

Today we left Brighton and took the train back to London. We took the 10:55am Southern train and arrived at London Victoria at 12:06pm. The Underground ticket machine wouldn’t read the card we were trying to use (Travel tip: Use cash to buy tube tickets! It’s so much quicker!) so we waited in the long queue instead to buy our one-day travel cards. After taking care of that, we took the tube from Victoria Station to Pimlico, where our hotel is located (Blades Hotel, same one we stayed at when we started our trip). We checked in, dropped off our bags, and then walked to Westminster Abbey to visit the gift shop because it was closed the last time we tried to go (we wanted post cards because you can’t take pictures of the inside of ... read more

Finally I decided to do one of my dream trips and that was London for Christmas. I have made numerous trips to London over the years. Dec 23rd the trip, the weather was rainy icy first our plane had to go over to see if it needed to be de-iced I felt like this little toy way traveling over watched the de-icer work and we were told nope we dint need de-icing. We drove back to the run way we were told we were #2 for take off after sitting a bit we were told now it was icy rain it was mandatory to be de-iced. We "drove" back and then they told us it was it was rainy/icy too heavy so we would not be able to take off unless it warmed up a bit ... read more