Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2256

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

full circle back to where we started. it was nice because we had one last night in london and we were lucky enough to get half-price tickets to see Les Mis. I've already seen it before and Teresa's seen in 6072 times, but we wanted to see it in London. the show was great but the theater was old and cramped. once again, knees against the chair or torso twisted sideways?? its good to be back in my large comfortable office chair. i'm glad america is obsessed with making things unnecessarily big - like SUVs, homes, and office chairs. REFLECTIONS =========== we've learned lots of things about europe, and about ourselves. that's the great thing about traveling. here are some things we'd like to comment on: * we love america for having FREE toilets. yes, FREE. ... read more

Just a quick note to advise that I have arrived safely back in the UK and made it through my first 2 weekends and a week of work. Lets just say after 4 months off work proved a small shock to the system as the mass of grey matter which resides in my head was forced for the first time in a while to think!!!! Before starting work though I had a couple days to aclimatise......what better way than a session at the Temple walkabout to celebrate Australia Day......started early, went late and woke up with a sore head! The other thing which I had to get used to was the fact that it was cold. Having not experienced cold weather (aside from 3 days in Dublin in Oct) since May 02, this has proven to ... 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

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