Westminster London

• Lord Mayor of Westminster’s 1996 New Year’s Day Parade

• I should have bought a stupid brochure... they actually had a picture of my face in it

Early rise today because we're still on Aussie time so got down for brekkie and scoffed more croissants (we needed the energy!) then set out for a Big Bus Tour Of London.. Open top bus in the freezing cold. Great!! Waited an hour for a bus with other disgruntled foreigners!!! And thick tour guide operators but we got there eventually and set off.< …

After a long flight across the Atlantic, I have finally made it to London!

The Flight & Getting Settled
On the flight, I was seated next to a very interesting Italian doctor. He had moved from Italy to London in order to continue working as a medical researcher. His visit to the US had been to South Carolina, so we had a nice long …

We left Calgary on May 1st, 2011, traveling on our overnight journey across the great Atlantic. Arriving at Heathrow airport the next afternoon we were greeted by Uncle Peter and Molly. We then headed off with our driver, Robyn, to our 'flat'. Our place is located right in the heart of London - a few steps from the London Wall and the Museum of …

Le mardi 21 mai 2013

Quelle journée chargée!

Ce serait trop compliqué conter notre journée entière. Il sera plus simple de nommer les attractions visitées et de commenter les plus saillantes... Alors voici:
- Madame Tussaud Wax Museum: trois heures à rencontrer les célébrités les plus impressionnantes et à se faire envouter …

I will keep this update short and sweet as today was spent connecting with my family, my Dad and I visited St Paul's Cathedral, not because it is a thing to see for tourists but because Sir Christopher Wren who is responsible for the design and building of modern London after the Great Fire of 1666 is my ancestor and I felt it was the right time to …

After a restless night due to the old man snoring and yelling in his sleep in the bunk below me, I got up early for a flight to London this morning! I got into the airport and then I had to figure out the London "tube", yikes...It's actually not that bad once you know where you're going though.

So I unloaded my big backpack at the hostel …

Today started off as a bit of a lazy day for me, I actually slept in until 9:30! I headed out to Piccadilly Circus and wandered for a bit, only to discover that in this case the use of the word "Circus" actually means "intersection". I managed to find the theatre I was looking for and scored a ticket to Les Miserables for tonight!

With …

Finally got a good night's sleep. We were just waking up and talking about the day when the phone rang. Our landlady was looking for payment. Anne volunteered to go next door and take care of it. She came back pretty quickly and said the landlady was looking for cash, not a credit card. The landlady lives next door. Her husband has MS, so they have …

I've been here just over 6 weeks and I'm still sporting a stupid Cheshire cat grin on my face. I have fallen hard, deeply, truly, madly and loudly in love with my London life. Like a cat, I have fallen on my feet. I've found a lovely home with a equally lovely London gal, found a better than great job that I'm truly enjoying and have a awesome …

... 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 his noonday bells ...

... itself is right on Trafalgar square which we wandered around for a few photos.  We also visited Big Ben and the rest of Westminster.  Ly and I had seen these places before but it was still good to go back and refresh the memory! We had a few ...

... metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in Lambeth, London, England, north of Westminster Bridge. It is a must visit place in London! That day the weather was fine! Sunny and windy. We (I ...

... , St Paul's Cathedral, big Ben, the London eye, the bridge that gets twisted and destroyed in one of the Harry Potter movies, Westminster, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery (to get out of the rain for a couple of hours) and ...

... .  With wet feet and a slightly dampened spirit, we trekked on to see the sights - Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Covent Garden (where we escaped the rain for a well-earned Cornish pasty), and Harrods.  Our willpower finally ...

... to 5 job.  We did a lot of window shopping, enjoyed free concerts in various churches, sat in the choir for a service at Westminster Abbey (thanks to one of Chris' watch contacts), had tea when we felt like it, woke up when we felt like it, wandered ...

... Taken as a whole the tombs and memorials comprise the most significant single collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the United Kingdom. No two visits to this distinguished British landmark would be the same.  Exploring the numerous ...

... War Rooms. Although they are under ministerial buildings on Whitehall and adjacent to many notable sights like Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, I'd never really known they were there. Sounded fascinating though so I paid my 8.50P student ticket (11 for ...

... Put a smile on my face too, I like London.  We took them walking around the city to see the London Eye, Big Ben and Westminster abbey, through St James park to feed the squirrels haha!  Love the squirrel's!  Buckingham palace, Trafalgar ...

... towards Madam Tussauds but it was 24GBP to get in so I decided to give it a miss and jumped on the tube down to Westminster. I walked past Downing Street and there were crowds of people standing around. I stood around for a while and could see lots of ...