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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 23rd 2005

Way back to London Ryanair. One Euro flight. A no-frills airline. Conny had to leave early this morning to catch a flight to Munich for work. So I said my goodbyes to her last night. So it was just me and Reimar this morning for breakfast. Some of the usual yummy bread and one last slice of plum cake…yum! I’ve come to realize that it’s really nice to sit down and have a leisurely breakfast at the table with a wide selection of spreads. Hmm, perhaps that’s what I like…that there’s a lot of choice and it’s just nice to be able to sit down and take ones time. Cuz thinking about before when I went to wok, I’d be rushing and maybe grab a bowl of cereal and a couple of slices of toast. That’s ... read more

Background and itinerary

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Guildford August 23rd 2005

The route....

globallychallenged

After months of deliberating (procrastinating?) we have finally taken the plunge and decided to take a 'career break / mid-life crisis' to experience what the world has to offer beyond the familiarity of the cosmopolitan mecca known as Guildford. Having spent weeks taking advice from family, friends and visiting the quacks for many painful jabs (both physically and financially), we have ignored most of your warnings and booked our tickets anyway. We will be leaving London on the 15th Sept 2005 starting in St Petersburg in the Russian Federation and plan to spend a year travelling East through some of the lesser beaten paths whilst not forgetting some of the must visit destinations. Even NZ! Life is supposedly all about 'the journey', so we intend to travel by land wherever practical and stay in hostels and ... read more

A Long Walk and Sore Feet

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 23rd 2005

St Pauls

chrisj

A sunny day inspired me to take off early from the flat and head into town for a day of 'tourist-like' sightseeing. I took off towards London Bridge, stopping for a capucinno and then into London's financial district which led me on to St. Paul's Cathedral. St. Paul's was an inspiration to Britain and in particular Londoners during the Second World War, when much of the surrounding area was destroyed during the Blitz, there are many pictures of the great cathedral standing steadfast surrounded by smoke and flames. Its domination of the local skyline makes it an easy landmark to find and its size is quite incredible. I’m not sure which is larger, St Paul’s or St Peters Basilica in Rome but they are both magnificent buildings. The only unfortunate thing about St Paul’s is the ... read more

I'm in London. Still. (as in not moving! Woohoo!)

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Fulham August 23rd 2005

You have to take the touristy photos doncha?

chazlie

Ahh, the land of greasy fried things, stuffy men in suits and rain! I got in at... some... time... or other... didn't really have a grasp on that sort of thing after probably 24 hours of solid travel. I definitely found it hard to beleive that I managed to leave Ko Tao one morning and be flung halfway across the world to England by the next afternoon! Surprisingly, though I don't have any jet lag today! Red met me at the airport and we come back to Fulham, got a bite to eat and a few beers (oh god! GOOD English Ale! REAL BEER! REEEEALLLL BEEEERRRRR!!!! GHAAGHGHGAHGHHHHH!!! :) and before I knew it it was 11pm and the world was starting to float around me in a strange, semi consciouss way - as a result of ... read more

Crumpets and Marmite

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 22nd 2005

Lizzikins

Here I am at Heathrow airport - 2am waiting for my flight *yawn*. My Lonely Planet guide to London has been our bible - cheers Sis! It had maps of every where in London and maps of the tube. Thank god the tube lines are colour coded - makes it so much easier. We bought day trip passes most days, which meant we could get on off as much as we liked. The tube stations were all close to the places we wanted to go - I love it!! Not like Perth's shitty transport system. During peak hour it got very hot on the trains and very personal with the amount of people packed on there. Our first day in London was a packed with sight seeing. We booked a 'flight' on the London Eye (this ... read more

Journal from London

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 22nd 2005

Superman Rich

Smooth Operator

Carl and I started our trip with a couple days in London. We flew in to Gatwick on August 13. He started chatting girls up on the train into London. We had no problems meeting up with Chris and since it was his birthday, we knew it was going to be a big night for us all. We went for dinner at an Indian restaurant with Chris and his brother Al before meeting up with his new friends, Diana and Liana (sp?). We went salsa dancing at a place called Club Havana. We had lots of drinks that night because the place had no air conditioning and we nicknamed it the sweat box. The next day we toured around London with Chris and met up with some Spanish friends of his, Txell (pronounced shell) and her ... read more

The Rain has Returned

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 22nd 2005

The Imperial War Museum

chrisj

I awoke this morning (Monday) to see a beautiful sunny day yet within half an hour of that comforting window scene, the clouds were back and the rain started tumbling down. I had intended to do a fair amount of walking and camera snapping today but the weather has prevented any extensive wandering. I did though decide to go to the Imperial War Museum, which is about a 15-minute walk from the flat here in Borough. The Imperial War Museum was founded in 1917 to record the story of the Great War and the contributions made to it by the peoples of the British Empire. As the British Empire involved itself in other wars (namely the Second World War and beyond) the museum's scope grew to include anything that documents its involvement in war. Incredibly the ... read more

2 months to go

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 22nd 2005

marjorie s diary

i've just started this thing, it's cool and pretty easy although it nearly took me an hour to figure out how it worked. but since everyone told me that i shoud do it, i've decided that it was a good idea to get everybody jealous!! ... read more

England!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 22nd 2005

Tamara

Hi all... Ok first of all Very sorry that I have not been updating my Travel Blog.. seemed too busy, but will be more vigilant now.. I promise.. This first entry will be a quick Summary of my time in England. I arrived on Friday August 5 in the morning and went directly to Oxford where Lori met me at the Bus station with a beer.. haha well not quite but it didn't take us long to crack the first beer. I spent the weekend in Oxford checking out the sights and the pubs. Lori and I took a day and went to Stonehenge and Salisbury. We spent all of 40 minutes at Stonenhenge.. really there's not a lot to do.. but we loved Salisbury.. the Catherdral is amazing and there are ruins of a medieval ... read more

London Musings

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City August 22nd 2005

Lovella

Did I mention that I was overzealous on Saturday morning and woke up at 3 AM to get showered and ready for my 6:15 AM train to London from Edinburgh? Actually, the truth is, I didn't have a real good concept of time at the moment I woke up. I just woke up because I heard doors slamming, toilets flushing, and lots of movement characteristic of awakenings. And besides, the light outside City Centre Guest House looked deceptively like "break of dawn" light. In reality, people were just getting back from a long night of partying and getting "crunk", as Joey would say. So... at 4 AM... I was ready to climb Mt. Everest sans sherpa! Holy shit was I ready! I should have known. In the light of my little mini-flashlight, I could see the ... read more

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