Blogs from United Kingdom, Europe - page 2947

Someone finally gave Buff correct information about the Dr. Who Museum. It's in Blackpool, England and rather than stop in Liverpool we are going to Blackpool. Little did we know how popular a town it is, especially on a weekend. It's a seaside resort town sort of like Santa Cruz or Venice Beach times 100! Shops to buy everything and anything. Beach and wharfs along the Western coast of England. Hotel after hotel, and B&Bs, self-catering cotttages - 3,500 of them it turns out. Restaurant after restaurant. Even it's own version of the Eiffel Tower. We walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked (we had a map of the town center that we never even got to) but finally heard that distinctive music of Dr. Who. We made it! Had to drag ... read more

For starters, Melanie got a cell phone (aka mobile in British) and can be reached at any time at 011-44-789-632-7626 (where 011 is to call out of the states, 44 is England's Code, and the 789... part is here actual cellie number) Please call us, it'd make our days. Anyways, here's the blawg. Hey all, I'm not doing too poorly on the blogging front am I? Its good to hear back from many of you, GI, JayLev, 811 girls (mmmmm, Garlic and Onions, and Rice-n-beans Rice-n-beans), London, Dad, Edi, Gainesium, and everyone else. It seems like me writing in this journal is fun for all, whoopie, and so I shall continue. We are now in London Proper, uhn. We did the full-on-American-style-tourist-picture-taking-tube-taking-river-crossing-museum-seeing-chip-eating thing all in one long beautiful day yesterday. The weather in London was just ... read more

Motorhome News from Europe 37. Scotland 21st September 2005 A Royal Welcome to The Highlands. The final leg of our journey through Europe. John O'Groats, Dunnett Head, The Castle of Mey, Lairg, Ullapool, Kinlochewe, Skye, Fort William and The English Lakes There is a strange fascination with mountain-tops, places of legend and mystery and various ends of the earth that us Britons find difficult to resist. One such extremity is John O’Groats. Having arrived back on the Scottish mainland by ferry from Orkney rather late in the evening, we chose to stop at the nearest and most convenient campsite, a mile or two from the ferry, and probably the worst campsite experienced since we left home on the 1st June. Welcome home to the British mainland! Contrary to popular belief - and mine too, John O’Groats ... read more

So, last night I went to Ocean for Funked Up @Ocean which was really fun. I met up with a bunch of friends (ie John, Ruth, Steph, Kiera, and Becky) and I met a few new freshers at the bar before hand. It was really really fun. They had a live band and a pretty good DJ playing. The band was "Invaders from Planet Funk" and they mostly covered other songs but they were really good for what they did, I thought. It was thus a very late night but that's ok because I slept in until about 11:30am which I'm sure Erin and Erika are proud of because they were notorious for that on the weekend, hehe. Then this morning I worked on further figuring out what modules (classes) I was going to take which ... read more

Had the first of our Rabies shots on Saturday. Went the whole day feeling fine, our arms weren't even sore. Then at about 6 or so I started feeling a bit off, and then next thing you know I was throwing up! Missed out on one of Rémy's dinners (BOO) and felt rank all weekend. I hope the next two don't have the same effect. Stuart didn't feel a thing! Typical. Rémy's announced that he and his girlfriend are moving in together. Lovely for them, crappy for us! We had such a good flat! Oh well, Stuart and I were about to break it up anyway, so we can't really be upset with him. Still, it would've been good to have him there 'til the end. Anita's doing dinner on Sunday night so we can drown ... read more