Thames River London

After what seemed like an eternity of eating airplane food and struggling to get comfortable in sardine can seats we arrived in London on thursday 5th April.

We were welcomed to the UK with a nice fresh,crisp breeze (10oC) which we appreciated after the flights we had endured.

First impression of London was of spring, so many …

A new country!! I'm pretty excited to get the chance to see London. It's a bit strange to be somewhere where everything is in English again. After a 2 hour flight, I got here easy enough. I stayed at a hotel near the Stanstead airport then took a bus in the morning into London.
I've realized that with every travel I make, it makes traveling …

Busy day...

rode the tube
tower of london
oldest church
fire monument
thames walkway
millenium bridge
tate modern
globe theatre
st paul's cathedral

supper at old spaghetti house

Yay I survived the 12 hours flight pretty sure I slept for 5 hours
and its not 6am in London. We are now off through Customs again and
this time it takes half hour then we are venturing to the train station
to go to Russel Square where the Contiki Basement is located. The trip
is approximately 2 hours on the Tube.

Lucky …

Last night in London :( …

When we arrive in Harwich the public transport workers inform us that the train lines directly into London are down and they have arranged a number of buses. Unfortunately this meant changing at two different stations but at least the staff were extremely helpful. At Mannington station I was able to get a train straight into Liverpool. Then all I …

Everywhere I've been, people keep saying I've really lucked out with the weather. It has been sunny and pleasant in London the past couple of days (a rarity), perfect weather for sightseeing, though looking ahead I'm hoping it lasts. The train from Paris to London was surprisingly quick. Brandon and I arrived to the centrally-located St. Pancras …

Well it's been a few days since my first blog blog because we have been having So Much Fun! We had a great last few days in HK and now we are in London and loving it! Here's a recap of the last few days in HK. The day after my last post, we took the ferry to Hong Kong island to see what was on the other side. Turns out, there is a lot more money on …

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 …

So today, I was up bright and early for our all-day London bus tour. We were unfortunately not on a double decker, but our fantastic tour guide, Brit, made up for my disappointment. Brit was an amusing name to me (which shows how mature I am) because she is "Brit the British Tour Guide" now...forever....in my head. I was contemplating an American …

... underground, we were right beneath Big Ben’s Tower.  Wandering around we took at look at the London Eye, the Thames River, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.  While starting to walk towards Buckingham Palace, Ben chimed out ...

... Tate Modern Gallery, and Tower Bridge. But we had to splurge some more, so we also paid to ride the London Eye ferris wheel and to cruise the Thames River. We crammed in as much as we could and did pretty much everything on our list. We were so ...

... ), Shakespeare's The Globe Theatre, Kensington Palace (where the new Princess also refused to meet my Princess), Thames River Cruise, and The Tower of London and the Crown Jewels (they now have a moving sidewalk to whisk you efficiently by the gaudy ...

... bus and headed down to Battersea Park. The Park was great; lots of designed gardens and fountains on the banks of the Thames River. We wandered through the parks and continued our walk through Sloane Square up to the famous Harrods Department Store in ...

... interview. We got on the train headed for Reading, which cost a staggering 25 £. The Microsoft Campus was within a business center called Thames River Valley Park which had its own free bus service, that had wi-fi and all. When we got there after the ...

... of fun and see lots of things. But, on the dark side, it could break down and I could fall to a watery death in the Thames River. But, obviously, since you're reading this, you know that I didn't land in the Thames. When we got on, the first half ...

... the prisoners and all the torture and all the head chopping off and how they put the heads on pikes and then put them over the Thames River for all to see and let the ravens peck their eyes for a mid-noon snack. It was very interesting to hear about ...

... I came up to Buckingham Palace.  After admiring the massive Palace and watching the Palace Guards do their thing, I made my way toward the Thames River.  The sun was starting to set, so I decided to take all of London in at sunset from heights of the ...

... Palace - Westminister Abbey - Tower Bridge - London Bridge - Big Ben - London Eye - St Paul's Cathedral - Trafalgar Square - Thames River London is amazing and I have fallen in Love with it over night... Di         ...

... ) 2. The Tower Bridge (don't confuse with London Bridge, which does not have towers on top!) 3. Cruise on the Thames river 4. The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben 5. Westminster Abbey 6. Trafalgar Square 7. The National Museum 8. Piccadily Circus ...