Princess Hotel-Bed & Breakfast London

... or, usually at best, English spoken by non-native speakers with an accent or weird 'foreignisms'. What was even weirder was having a real, long conversation with a speaker of Canadian English from your hometown and with whom you went to school - I met someone from high school today for lunch and a walk around town (hi Riva!). It was AMAZING. I'd almost forgotten what English conversations were supposed to be like.

So. On to Iceland tomorrow!

... to be touched, which led us to believe it couldn’t possibly be real. We were all marveling at how fine a job they had done making it seem like the cat was alive, only to find out from our host later on that it was, indeed, a live cat – his pet! It was very interesting seeing how a typical family would have live during different time periods in London. The place was authentic right down to the smallest detail. Although it was expensive, Dennis Severs’ ...

Amazing!

We are so blessed to be here in London, we are learning so much about God's word and being able to share with so many cultures. London is so diverse. There is never a dull moment on the streets where we engage with so many about the love of God. One of the most important things we have seen is that there must be unity among believers. A challenge to ...

... can be at times unhelpful and unhealthy.

The night did go fairly quickly to be fair, so it wasn't too long before it was time to go back to the bar; I recognised several people, which was nice, had forty quid subtly slipped into my pocket by the boss and with that, I was more than happy to make my way to my bed, and said goodbye to my new friend Sonya, whose night of promotions had only just begun.

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... packed and I am feeling sick to my stomach! As long as I sleep on the flight I will be okay! Won't be hard though. The hard part is all of the long hours at the airports before departure and arrival in Canada. Have cousins in Calgary though so it will be a nice visit after a few years. Time to depart so adios London and I will be back! With people I know so couches to sleep on! Cheers!

... This was at the Globe Theatre, reconstructed to be exactly like Shakespeare's original, theatre and it's in approximately the same location. It's open on the top and they have no spotlights or anything modern to mar the experience. It's as close as we could get to seeing a play the same way people would have 450 years ago. I bought groundling tickets which were only $10 and you stand on the floor around the stage the ...

16th February Harrods to Hyde Park The Saturday morning was almost spoiled by engineering works and part-closures on the Piccadilly and District Lines but it didn't really matter because the sun was out and about and it was better to catch a bus anyway, to actually see some parts of London I hadn't seen yet, which was the entire purpose of the day. Before I'd left I had walked to the post office without a jacket or anything and I ...

... with her 46kgs of baggage. Man! Trying to navigate the stairways and tubes with that much baggage! Horrible. We were nakered by the time we got back to Elizabeth and Johnny's. A productive week in a way I hadn't suspected. Got my bank account set up and got my bonus! Apparently Dad has managed to sell my car as well! Yay! Alisha, Mum and I have come to my Uncle Andy's to stay on Friday afternoon. Staying just ...

... don't know how we did it. But then we couldn't find the Tube station there, and we thought we were going to die there. Twas scarry.... Today is the 29th of May. Erin and I went to go see Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard. It was great. The best part was when the various bands played ther James Bond theme song and a whole bunch of songs from the Phantom of the Opera. I nearly peed myself. Then we ...