Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 819

It was during the 2003 heat wave, so most decisions were about getting shade or air con, including leaving during the second half of Richard III at the Globe Theatre where the umbrella men were selling paper hats, instead, to the groundlings, before heading to Westminster Chapel and so on, but I was too cheap to go to the Tower of London and some other sites, so I'll undoubtedly return someday to enjoy it all more and still probably just force down fish and chips once and then eat the wonderful Indian food the rest of the time.... read more

Heathrow Airport’s immigration and custom was a breeze. The tube (London subway), priced accordingly to districts covered, is an extensive and excellent subway system. District one and two ticket is perfect to cover our trip in-and-about London, and it costs £21 for one full week. We met several interesting people at our first tube ride, including two Americans from Boston and Tennessee who advise us not to skip Edinburgh, and a burly Norwegian lady who scared us at first because she looked like about to swallow us alive when she asked whether we’re from the States (later on, she advised us to take off our American Airlines tags that were still hanging off from our backpacks, that identify us as Americans). The USA has no popularity in the world lately due to the recently started Iraqi ... read more

phew!!! just wanted to let y'all know that teresa and andy finally made it london. in fact, we are completely done with our london touring segment. we could easily go on and on about how much we've seen and how much fun we are having... but we don't want to bore you too much, and we are actually pretty damn tired. we finally found an internet cafe after walking our asses off around the city. its past midnight and we leave for amsterdam at 6:45AM in the morning, so we need some shuteye. nevertheless, we want to give you a quick update: yesterday, we arrived EARLY morning after our painful 12 hour red-eye flight from SFO. we immediately hit the streets. first stop was st. paul's cathedral. for tourism? no, no, no. for mass!! what triumphant ... read more

Monday (Temp. 2deg. Windchill -9deg) fine. Went on 'Original Tour' London sightseeing bus 9:30am - 11am. Got off, had McDonald's. Got back on, went to Tower of London 11pound50 entry, tour bus back to Trafalgar Square. Hotel is very central. Had a nap after changing rooms again (bad smell like dead rat). Fire alarm went off 3 times! Met Jules and Roberto in Irish bar, Callaghan's, downstairs for drinks. Jules looks so London and sounds like Kylie Minogue. Knee starting to get sore. Forgot to have dinner. Lost gloves in rush of packing & fire alarm.... read more

Well, after being away almost 6 months it was nice to get some visitors from home. First it was my sister and her husband Paul. They were taking long service leave and doing the grand European tour, with London being one of their destinations. They got to see what a London pad was like after I crammed them into my single bedroom in Hammersmith and slept in the lounge. My housemates didn't mind. Day 1 and we went to the Ship on the river in Hammersmith.....where I introduced them to Snakebites......consequences.....well the next day's siteseeing was a little slower paced. We walked around London (given it was a fine day) and went to the London Eye, walked along Westminster bridge, up and down the Southbank and generally had a pretty relaxing day. I think they were ... read more