Kensington Palace London

Londra este pentru mine cea mai frumoasa destinatie europeana. Cladirile cu arhitectura lor deosebita, monumentele istorice, strazile aglomerate, atmosfera trepidanta din puburi si restaurante, toate acestea iti rasfata privirea si iti ofera o vibratie unica, vibratie pe care aici am intalnit-o pentru prima oara. Londra este inima Angliei, iar eu, …

My fiance and I went to London for a week in the fall. Fall and spring are ideal times to go to the UK since the weather is still decent and the prices are longer (although still expensive by American standards). Both of us have previously been to London so it we did not do all of the big touristy things (although how can you not take pictures by …

Rise and shine to yet another beautiful day in London.

Today's Royal London Tour led me to Buckingham Palace, Royal Parks, Kensington Gardens, and Kensington Palace.

By the time we left for Buckingham it was already noon time, so we stopped by a British pub on the way for a quick bite. Adding to my postcard London experience, I …

Much of our time was spent just searching and applying for jobs and apartments, from day to day. This becomes quite frustrating/exhausting - not just from searching and applying to countless positions - but from the constant stream of rejection letters, or responses to say there are no positions available.

That's why it is good to get out …

I began working as a receptionist at Astor Quest to fill in some time and have a place to live for a while over Christmas. As I've said before, the place is really great and sociable - with great staff and a central location. The role gives me a free bed and brekky, plus a small weekly salary - which is just enough to help me survive while I can …

Our last break was over Thanksgiving and was five days long. For this one, we decided to go to London for two nights and then take an overnight cruise to Amsterdam, where we also stayed for two nights. We had no class Tuesday the 20th, and took a flight out of Milan that landed in London around 9pm. Our hostel was in the center of Paddington and …

Woke early and stuffed ourselves with the all you can eat breakfast. Dramas with delays and closures meant we ran a bit on our journey to Westminster. Palace tour was fantastic. Learnt about Queen Mary's pearls and Elizabeth of York. Guide was very dramatic. Queued for Westminster Abbey. The Lady's Chapel was by far the best part. Thought we'd go …

My home away from home here in London is a hostel called Clink78. Clink was converted from a Victorian court house. This results in a bunch of kitschy accommodations in which they can get away with housing people in jail cells. At this moment I am blogging from the Clink Internet cafe which is set up in the old court room. I am literally typing to …

Up later today, I had just finished breakfast when Adrian called and we made arrangements to meet at the Maidenhead Station at noon unless I call him otherwise. At some point I should think about getting a cell phone that I could use with sim cards in foreign countries. The meeting arrangement works out well because I can go to Paddington …

We woke up a bit late as it was our fist day to sleep in since arriving on Sunday. Today, we decided to walk to Kensington Palace at around three-thirty. Which happens to be a short walk up Glouster to High Street. On our way there we stopped for a sandwich at a small cafe. I got a brie and tomato sandwich, which was delicious!! We toured the …

... ; despite hanging around the front gate for hours, the Queen refused an audience with the Princess), Shakespeare's The Globe Theatre, Kensington Palace (where the new Princess also refused to meet my Princess), Thames River Cruise, and The Tower of ...

... ). As today's temperature was no different from yesterdays, we were hot and sweaty and getting sun burnt by the time we reached Kensington Palace an hour later. Inside the palace was just as hot as outside - the difference being, there was no refreshing ...

... here and we went to Canterbury, Leeds and Dover.  Well, before they left we also had time in London.  Mom and I attempted to see Kensington Palace (Princess Diana's former home), it was closed.  I went a few weeks later to see the new ...

... our program. Yesterday we took a coach (bus) through all of the major sights in the city of London, including Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, the V & A museum, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, ...

... means work perhaps. If you want to be in the mix of it all, weekends are the best time. Back around Hyde park to Kensington palace, once the home to Lady Diana..the back section has been opened to the public with a themed display on ...

... with other, older royals). This Palace was nice but nowhere near Buckingham or Hampton Court Palace (explained on Day 3). After visiting Kensington Palace we walked to the Orangery (the greenhouse of the palace) and had tea, scones, lemon cake and ...

... endurance as well.  Can see why they sell industrial strength umbrellas here! Eventually made it outside & walked up to Kensington Palace to have a combined lunch/breakfast at the Palace's Orangery.  On the way, we stopped for a chat ...

... , such as ironworking, glass, clothing, all the 'arts' that make life beautiful. Then I walked into Hyde Park, looked at Kensington Palace (where Princess Di lived). I had toured that years ago, when she was in residence. They had a display of her ...

... . We got there late in the afternoon, our hotel was in the Nottinghill area, next to Hyde Park (where Princess Diana lived in Kensington Palace). We got to our hotel & they said the credit card machine wasn't working & that we would have to pay cash. ...

... traveling during the winter season...or its just another excuse not having to work :-P This week has been pretty relaxing. I visited Kensington Palace, Hampton court and Kensington High Street (a nice shopping area) and the oxford university (it was ...