Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 1711

Hello, again! Hope everyone's had a good weekend and hopefully better weather than what we had here! I had a fabulous weekend... saw/learned some cool stuff, established some good travel stories, got to know a few more people in my program, and over all just had fun. Yesterday we got up early to see the "Trooping of the Colour" which in essence celebrates the Queen's "birthday" (or more technically, the date of which she became Queen). It's sort of like a parade... the British guards and bands march starting at Buckingham Palace and then down towards a street called The Mall (mall as in shall) and so on... The British Guards were followed by others riding horses and what not, then the Royal Family (Camilla, William, Harry, etc.), and then the Queen herself rides in ... read more

Off in search of another real little English village, we set off to the Kent area for another day trip. And a little English village we did find. Goudhurst came complete with a duck pond, confused ducks that were intent on getting to the other side of the road, a very expensive pub, a slighty un-nearving diary owner, a dressage competition with lots of pretty ponies (joy!) and a pizzeria that had run out of pizzas. After a bit of a look-about, we made our way along the upcoming Tour de France route and found a great pub near Sissinghurst. All our meals were fantastic but Susi's beautiful ploughmans platter was declared the winner on the day. Sissinghurst Gardens treated us to some lovely weather and the English gardens were stunning. Check out the photo Susi ... read more

Weekend in England! Europe » United Kingdom » England » London » Marble Arch By Sabrinas TravelsJune 17th 2007 On Thursday, I flew to england with some friends from the group and hung out in London for while. It was my first experience with Ryan air, very interesting may I add. So far, almost everyone I know has lost a bag some way or another. The first two days were traveling around London, then I went up North a bit to some lake to get on my first wakeboarding experience. It was painful, and unproductive really. Didn't even get up! ... read more

our camping adventures Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hampshire » Hayling Island By kiter daveJune 17th 2007 Our first weekend away to the coast and Dave could actually go kite surfing. We started off at one beach called west wittering and they declared that as a private beach where we would of had to pay £240 to have a membership then they would see if they could allow us to use their beach. We told them to F*#@ off and went to another beach around the corner for free which was called hayling isalnd. The down fall was that ... read more

Hello Family & Friends, Jon and I are so happy that we have started our 2007 European Summer Vacation!!! Camille, Jon and I left Palm Springs yesterday and flew from LAX to Heathrow London. We managed to get 6 bags and 2 hat boxes all on Virgin Atlantic. We arrived here at the Chelsea Harbor Wydham hotel just in time for dinner and then off to bed. I was hoping that I would be as lucky as our last trip and not succumb to the jet lag monster. But, there was no such luck. I have been awake since 1:30 in the morning and it is currently 5:50 am. We are looking forward to a day of shopping and fun in London. That is when everyone else is AWAKE! Love Always, Kelly ... read more