Milton at Gatwick Horley

... opinion the best example of a church from the middle ages in Britain. I have a tendency to agree with them bit then again I think that I have a preference for Gothic architecture.The castle also gives the public the chance to see the ceremonious "Changing of the guards." This is a better place to watch the ceremony than Buckingham palace as the guards are not obstructed by large gates and due to the timing of our travels, no thronging crowds.The two hours ...

... food is better than Air Canada food. I was/am pretty excited about it all. Its wierd, the cars were on the wrong side of the road as we landed in London, who new!!! Well thats about it i'll attach the pics i snaped as we landed at Heathrow. As you may notice i done this one after the one for today so you can read it to get my first impressions.

... to drinking the champagne - it was saved for New Years. The next few days we just wandered around, having a look at some of the landmarks and pretending we were cool. Then Poh Tee, a great friend of Mum's and a truly lovely lady, called. "Why haven't you called us?" she asked, and we had no answer except that of course we'd go to visit. So we did. She lives with her equally lovely husband, Mike, in the incredibly green, incredibly English, incredibly sweet ...

... the day.  The first half of the day was spent on a walking tour of the city with Jenneke.  It was pretty cool, even if Jenneke isn't the most enthusiastic tour leader.  We started off by seeing Parliament and Big Ben!  It was so cool!  I didn't expect it to be so pretty, but Big Ben was actually beautiful.   I thought that was a little weird, but maybe it was just me.  Anyway, then we got some coffee near the London Eye before heading towards St. James Park ...

... meet Ying (and Jake as well). We had lunch at a Chinese place near Marble Arch and Bond St. stations. Afterwards, I met up with some friends for Soho Pride. That was fun and also went very late into the evening (or early the next morning....). Monday Aug 18th - I slept in a bit this day as I had a late one on Sunday night. Did a little shopping and took it easy the rest of the day. Tuesday Aug 19th - I did various sightseeing this day. I was supposed ...

... all of the staff! Thankfully, most of the kids are pretty good! I supervised while the kids played sports a little bit and then went to be part of a murder mystery game! The students had to solve a murder crime in English by interviewing the suspects. I was the cook so each small group of students came in to interview me and they got very into it so it was adorable! Debbie, Gordon, and Beibei were the ...

... glasses of wine, was rather a good one. Combining dance with meeting new people in different countries. One difficulty would be finding the dance partners in each country - knowing how reluctant men often are to dance...but not insurmountable. It was a good idea but it could mean a lot of countries. I'd recently been made redundant - well two days ago precisely. IT Projects had apparently been "diminishing" in the ...

We were mildly disappointed to be put on stand by when we got to Heathrow to leave on our adventure with visions of our meticulously planned itinery going up the swannie but we did get on the plane at the last minute and arrived safe and well the next day in Hong Kong.

... I have probably done close to a dozen over the years. They also have ones in Paris should anyone be there. Heidi had warned me that the last few days included all types of weather and so I had my brellie ready to go at a moments notice! I needed it about 20 minutes into the tour but only for a few minutes. The tour guide David (an American from the mid-west moved here to do his PHD in English Lit 35 years ago) enthusiastically told stories about the ...

... sun and the sea, we decided against it and settled for another 6 months here in London. Not only is it financially advantageous for us to stay in London, but also more 'animated'. Mallorca had been great for us last year as a landing ground for our first trip, but it was also tedious and monotonous. We decided that we had already been there and done that, and as far as experiences go, we don't want to relive one that ...