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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Buckinghamshire » Milton Keynes April 18th 2002

After spending a few days in Milton Keynes I'm started to get a feel for the place. It's large - everything has been given a great deal of space. I arrived at Milton Keynes central rail station and walked the mile up to the city centre to explore. The city centre is basically a series of huge intercontected malls and car parks. The city has been described as a series of endless roundabouts - from my point of view it was a series of endless underpasses. To be honest walking around Milton Keynes was no where near as difficult as I had expected, the walkways and cycle paths are combined and it seems possible to get to any other point in the city without having to cross (or cycle on) one of the many dual carriage ... read more
The Open University
Uncle Simon and Cat
Lake House

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City April 17th 2002

One of the stereo-typical questions that people around the world will ask me upon discovering I'm English will be "Have you met the Queen?" - I haven't so yesterday I went to Buckingham Palace to change that.She was really nice - sat down for a cup of tea - corgies running amuck in the royal tea room. Chatted about the state of the nation and the weather. Well OK, I visited the outside of Buckingham palace anyway - I don't think the Queen was even around - probably at Sandringham.My trip to London was for a couple of reasons, firstly I met up with my former boss and colleagues to have lunch - pizza - and we chatted and they wished me well - the suggestion of moving the department out to New Zealand was made ... read more
St James Park
Big Ben

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay April 10th 2002

So my travel website so far consists of going into work and staying at home. I promise it will get better soon :) But I've been making the most of my time off - I've spent several hours playing my guitar with Weezer - well their CD. I've also played on my playstation 2 for hours on end - it's just like being a student again! I'm still debating on getting a round the world ticket as opposed to single flights. The plus side of the round the world ticket is that its cheaper, and my trip is more organised. The down sides are that I might end up rushing my trip when I don't really need to. I think overall the round the world ticket has it. So I'm looking for places to get one.Here ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay April 6th 2002

I have about 2 weeks left in Billericay - it's been my home for the last 18 months. But in order to see the world I've sold up and am moving out. I went to Chelmsford around lunch time - picked up a Lonely Planet guide to Baja California, looks fantastic whale watching, deserts, surfing and cycling. I will definetely make sure I visit there on my travels. I spents some time in Norsey Wood - one of the best features of Billericay, ancient coppiced woodland consisting largely of Sweet Chesnut. At this time of year spring is just kicking and vast swaves of Woodland Anemones carpet the ground. Usually I run around it but with my slight hangover a walk was all I could manage, got some nice pictures though. I've just been watching the ... read more
My house.
Wood Anenomes
Inside my home

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City April 5th 2002

Today is my last working day before starting a new life of travel and leisure. As working days go today is going to be pretty good. Arriving a little on the late side, going for a long lunch and then leaving early to host my leaving drinks. I've worked in an investment bank Lehman Brothers in the City for the last nine months, but it isn't really what I want to do long term - I don't think I'm well suited to financial corporate life. (Hi everyone from Lehman's) Lunch - first we tried the trendy city pub just behind Liverpool St. station, but no joy, huge queues and a 45 min wait for food. So we went to one of my favourite places in the area Old Spitalfields Market. Lots of (relatively) cheap food and ... read more
Inside Hamilton Hall
Leaving Drinks
Lehman Brothers

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » Hammersmith March 23rd 2002

Yes I know its been a while since I last wrote, and yes I know I have yet to send anyone any postcards, pictures or anything else, but let me try to put things in perspective: 1. Jan-Feb - the settling in & finding a job months - I spent sp much of my time doing this that before I knew it it was March; 2. Feb-March - this has just been one hell of a party. Just ask Matt who had the fortune (misfortune) of spending the night in the Lounge of 120 Rannoch Rd and you'll get a small indication of what I mean.....the term "you're going to send me home in a body bag" was uttered as I dragged him from the pile of bean bags where he'd crashed at 2:00am whilst ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London February 17th 2002

Before my spring break when I was in Spain I took a 5 day trip to London. While I was there I saw many of the typical sites such as Westminster Abby, the London eye, Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, and many other typical sites. We also went to see the play Les Miserables. My favorite site was probably the world famous British Museum which holds tons of artifacts from the Greek, Roman, and Ancient Near East history . . . which is my favorite part of history and what I spent a lot of time studying in college. Getting to see actual artifacts from Roman battles or pieces of the Greek Parthenon. This is not to mention the worlds greatest collection of Egyptian pieces. London probably has anything that a person would want (if you ... read more
The British Museum
The Tower Bridge
Phone Booth

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London August 4th 2001

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London July 22nd 2001

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