Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 719

HI EVERYONE! O my gosh! we are here! after a very long flight of 14hrs we arrived at Dubai! the plane was very hot and so was dubai! we didnt leave the airport, but we heard it was 32 degreess out side and it was only 5.45 am! After a two hour stop over in dubai we borded our plane to london! on the plane there is a camera that you can watch which is either at the front or on the bottom of the outside of the plane! i watched that pretty much the whole way! dubai from the air is very arid looking. very sandy with white houses, not many trees! i saw snow on the mountains over bucharest, we flew over the middle east which was interesting!i saw the freway in vienna ans ... read more

Well right now im in a small indian/muslim internet cafe in the eastern half of london (far from beautiful westminster) Im sitting next to my new friend Ed who is also on the internet. Today is the third day of our training for St. Petersburg. We are staying at the Wycliffe Center in High Wycombe, England, about a half hour train ride north of london. Its actually the place wheere most of the bible translations for other languages happen in the UK. It's pretty great fun. We are doing surveys in this little district of london because it is very heavily muslim/buddhist/hindu and for some reason, they want us to get a little cultural experience before we head off to a whole different culture. Watched the England v. Sweden World Cup football match last night, sadly ... read more

I'm only updating because I'm sitting here whilst Devan tries desperately to figure out his bank card situation. I don't know what's going on but at the moment at least, it seems to be my role to play it cool. Last night we went a watched the England-Sweden match down at The Old(e) Swan. Great game. Tied 2-2 which means that England retains first seat or something of the like. Nothing more fun than hanging out in a pub with a bunch of drunk locals. Sweet. Stace inadvertantly befriended a portly fellow in front of us who couldn't seem to stop staring at her between bouts of rambling at us about cheering louder and whether or not California bikers would accept him given that he rides a BMW. He would've been creepy were he not so ... read more

Well Clapham (where I’m staying with Rodney and Javier) is a rather nice spot in London, but like everywhere else it was it’s quirks………like the fisherman I stumbled upon who were camped out and fishing in a pond on Clapham Common about 10 metres away from a busy thoroughfare (it was an odd sight). The Tube is great to access everything in the city, and so I’ve used it to venture into the city centre on most days. I’ve already seen a few major sites that I missed on my last trip here (the National Gallery, Photographers Gallery etc), but there’s still plenty more to do when I’m back next. Rodney, Javier and I also took a trip to Brighton on Saturday (only about 45 minutes away by train from Clapham Junction). I was pre-warned that ... read more

Hello again, Well it has been over a week since I have been able to get to a computer. Have had a great stay in England and been doing things every day but feel nice and relaxed! Have had a good catch up with my nan, then had a couple of days with Lesley and her girls and got to catch up with Lizelle - had a bit of an Aldgate Colony reunion which was a lot of fun, with lots of wine too! Then spent the weekend with Frances topping it off with a Champagne High Tea at the Ritz in Piccadilly on Sunday night which was very posh. Off to Paris tomorrow to meet up with my beloved! CAnnot wait to get over there and see him and hear all about his travels so ... read more