Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 1710

Hi all, my title comes from one of the many quotes that came about when i was sat in our local pub discussing my trip with my friends...they had images of me trekking through the wilderness carrying my backpack for 6 months straight!! (had they not been reading my blogs!!)...anyway I'm back up north (where we talk funny apparently!!) after landing in London i headed for Kent and stayed with my boyfriend and did the touristy London bit as usual I relised just how much of a rush everyone seems to be in over here...I just wanted to say to them all just slow down!! We saw the Shrek 3 premiere which was my highlight (he looks much greener in real life!!) it was only spoilt by someone clambering up my shoulders to get a better ... read more

So, quick one before dinner and my walking ghost tour of the "Most Haunted City in England." Good day so far, hanging out with some peope, seeing the sights. Having dinner in 30 minutes, but wanted to post something today, in case I don't get the chance later. Getting to be better friends with the Australians, very nice people, as you would expect. The ride in was rather uneventful with one kind of cool stop off. The truck stops in the UK are awesome. Really cool restauraunts, slot machine rooms, big bathrooms with strange urinals. Would have taken a pic of one, but was not sure on the British attitude towards bathroom photography. It was very nice, almost bought a DVD of "Hot Fuzz" but it would have worked out to $40, and that seemed a ... read more

June 22 @ 10:09 p.m. London, what a cool place. In my honest opinion, it resembles Seoul in so many ways. The subway system, the way there are no frekn’ street name signs, the smell, the weather, the cigarette smoke, how the light switch is outside of the bathroom... So I’ll tell you how I got here, I arrived around noon local time, something like 3 a.m. LA time. I was tired, but the flight wasn’t too bad, but I was worried that I met get sick because the girl next to me was coughing. I knew I should’ve taken an airborne before I got on. Needless to say, I took it as soon as I got off. My first purchase was a bottle of water: .90 pounds. That’s roughly $1.80. Ridiculous, huh? Everything here ... read more

Sat here as it's raining outside with my leg up after my knee operation. I've had to delay my flight to make sure my knee heals ok and there's no infection. All being well I'll be flying out to Vanvouver the middle of August. I'll have time to travel around, maybe work a little, before starting my snowboard instructors quali on 1st December... can't wait now... I can't believe how quickly it's come around. ... read more

Home to LondonNicole H Things I have learned about London so far... 1. It is probably the most complicated place I have been in my WHOLE life 2. Just because the people here speak English doesnt mean you can understand them 3. The pidgeons here tend to waddle and run they dont fly, which is really strange because you just walk along with them trotting along beside you 4. People at information booths have no information however, they will call you love and darling 5. I will never ever ever travel alone again ever! 6. London is very expensive, you think things are cheap but then you think about how much it is in dollars and it is very expensive 7. Luggage is very heavy when you have to tote it around the streets of London ... read more