Blogs from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

On Friday Siri and I decided to go and check out more of Nottingham, so we went to the caves and Galleries of Justice. The caves are all sandstone and were man made. They were used as a tannery until the 1600s. The tannery part of the caves were really rediscovered until they were going to build the Broadmarsh Shopping Center. During the Victorian era some of the caves were used as cellars and living areas for the not so wealthy. During WWII the caves were used as bomb shelters and we participated in an air raid as part of our tour. There are over 400 caves under the city center in Nottingham though most are pretty small and used as cellars if they are used at all. What was really cool was that a building ... read more

I feel a bit like I'm cheating writing this from the comfort of my own room but it's just a dry run! I don't understand the codes at all so it's all going to be plain type from here on in! If you're reading this it must be working - yey! Not much else to tell apart from only 10 days to go now, the packing is half done, I'm well and truely immunised, have enough medication to start my own pharmacy and I've finally extracted my visa from the Mexican consulate after only 4 visits to London and in 2 different locations. I'm sure the latter can't be normal! As I have little to tell travel related (apart from Spice Girls shennanigans at the weekend) I'll leave it there for today and the next entry ... read more

I spent Christmas and New Years in Nottingham. I flew from Germany to East Midlands where Kim picked me up and we took the bus into Nottingham. To give a bit of background: Last summer I spent two months living in Nottingham at my uncle’s house where his god-daughter Kim, was living. We became friends nearly instantly and thus, she picked me up from the airport and we bussed into Nottingham, where from last summer’s adventures, I knew my way around. It was like coming home, granted, home had upgraded, with a shiny new City Square complete with million dollar fountain and ice rink, but nonetheless, home. All the girls were dressed to the 9’s for the official “Friday night out before Christmas” wearing heels and sparkling dresses, and the guys ... were not Swedish. :D ... read more

Well, my Christmas vacation starts today. For break, the flat gets locked up and we get to go travel Europe. This evening I leave for Bratislava, Slovakia and tomorrow I will fly into Vienna. After Vienna I will be traveling to Krakow and Warsaw, Poland and then meet my family in Berlin. From Berlin we are traveling through Germany to Salzberg, Austria and then I am heading back up into Germany to spend a few days with Inna - a friend from camp. So, you probably won't hear from me for a while. When I get back, I will post plenty of pictures! Love Erin... read more

Tonight was the long awaited Christmas Dinner with the Living History Society. The dinner was at the Bell in City Center; the only problem was that I didn't know exactly where it was. Luckily Matt was standing outside the Bell in his chain mail, so that was a bit of a give away. Dinner was really good and quite an experience with many people wearing their kits (Living History clothing). The only problem with the main course was that everything was swimming in gravy, but I was hungry enough that it all tasted good. I did not have the Christmas pudding for dessert, instead I had chocolate cake - wonderful. I did find out that there will be no more battle practice until after Christmas break - I can't wait!... read more