Birmingham, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Knowle to Mexico City
Dec 8, 2004 (2 photos)

And so it all begins, we left Knowle behind at 8.00AM, 1 hour later than planned due to 3 hours sleep the night before! It was a nervous jounrney down the M40 through thick fog, thanks to Rog for the lift. We bought the last few things we needed from ...

Only a couple of days to go...
May 15, 2003

I sold my car today. Cutting it fine I know, but this seems to be the current theme for my preparations. My last travel vaccination was yesterday and my travel insurance policy was delivered the day before. I'll probably still be packing the day I ...

Checking out the Balti Capital of the world.
Aug 14, 2009 (22 photos)

Checking out the Balti Capital of the world.

Farewell BBQ
May 4, 2003 (6 photos)

For those of you who wanted the recipes for my mother's Tikia and my sister's Banana Loaf I shall type them up here if I get a chance before I go. Just in case I don't get around to it and you want to have a go, keep in mind the following: Top Tip ...

The pay days are running out
Oct 25, 2003

Less than 8 months to go, 8 salary slips to come in, then the end of 17 years working for one company - the end of security, safety, but hey, Life isnt a rehearsal, and I cant wait to go - the time is just dissapearing, and I feel I'm ages from completing ...

Uncle Jawad
Jul 15, 2006 (1 photos)

After over three years away I finally make it back to England. The reason? Have a look at the photo...

5 Months to Go
Jan 3, 2004

So time is creeping up on me...pretty much finished what I need to do to the house to leave it in a reasonable state, am slowly buying everything I need, and packing everything I don't into the loft. Have had most of my injections , Hep A & B, Yellow ...

Loafing in Birmingham at Matt and Lisa's
Aug 5, 2006

At Matt and Lisa's for a while. Bought too many books, owe them a wing on my house someday.

Hearing people who sound the same
Dec 12, 2008

... not! My bags arrived safe and sound, and I made it to tourist info without any hassles. The first train home meant a journey to Birmingham New Street station, at rush hour. Nightmare! Would I manage. It was cold, cold, cold - but by lugging my bags with me ...

Making dad jump!
Dec 12, 2008

As I walked up to the door of my house, video camera in hand, I was feeling very excited. Mum and dad had no idea I was coming home for Christmas, and this would be the second time I would surprise them with a quick visit home this year. As I turned the ...

Canadian Chums and Bulls in Brum
Sep 1, 2005 (4 photos)

... to show me around. Anyway, just thought I would let you know.' I replied, "Hi Reg. I am in Penkridge, a few miles north of Birmingham. I'll explain why later. Want to meet up? I'll be here for a while, so if you make it to Brum, just call and I'll ...

not long now
Sep 5, 2007

Just a few days to go before I fly to San Fran, I don't feel as though I'm ready yet but I'm sure and I be happy once I get going. I plan to catch a Chiltern train to London on Sunday and stay one night at the travel lodge in Marylebone. My flight is at ...

Packing and waiting!
Sep 28, 2006

... my friend and Jamaica companion resides. i'm sure I'll be feeling less than fantastic as I'll have had a night of partying in Birmingham on Friday! Am hoping i can sleep it off on the train. Plans for Jamaica are: negril, ochi rios and then back to ...

Birmingham
Aug 15, 2007

Birmingham

M&S Joy
Sep 12, 2008

Coming out of Birmingham train station I half expected to be greeted by smoking factory chimneys and miles of curry houses, reminiscent of some thatcheresque industrial utopia, but was surpruised to see it was clean, sparkly and... basically like any other ...

Well, this is it.
Sep 1, 2009

It's been a few weeks since my last post, and as this is my final night at home I thought I'd better put a little update in. In that time I've moved out of my flat in London (How I miss having my own pad in Canary Wharf!). I've also left the Navy, just ...

The big closure
Mar 2, 2008

... terrified, but have nowhere to go?  I can't remember what we did.  We probably walked round the centre of Birmingham and had inane conversation.  Prior to the operation I'd convinced myself that if something were to go wrong then I'd feel ...

of airports and accents
May 8, 2007

Hello everyone! So here I am, in Birmingham, England, which, if you didn't know, is really in the middle of nowhere farm country. My flight has been delayed by 3 hours and I am dead tired because technically it's about 5am at home right now. The cool ...

Konecne nejake velkomesto.
Dec 3, 2006 (24 photos)

Mozno z nudy a mozno sa vo mne ozvalo svedomie, ze treba tymto anglanom vratit a oplatit ich trpezlivost, toleranciu a da sa povedat aj pohostinnost. Preto som sa podujal na skoro az mission impossible a naucit ich nieco po slovensky :-)). Dulcie, staru ...

Leaving Party
Mar 12, 2004 (37 photos)

Just a few pictures from our leaving party.

Brum
Oct 14, 2005

Well I finally finihed my backlog of trips. I am stuck in Birmingham now doing my degree until at least Christmas when I am hopefully going skiing. Once I graduate in July I am hoping to go back to Africa, but this time to Kenya and work my way down. After ...

Navsteva z generalneho stabu...
Mar 5, 2007 (5 photos)

Kedze sa vysunita jednotka /ja/ dlho neozivala, prisiel sem na velku inspekciu sam velky "generalisimus Nikiticenko - Gazdina". Mrs.General s plnym kufrom "slovenkej delivery" vykolal kontrolu mojich stravovacich navykov, ubytovania jednotky a ...

Brum
Mar 23, 2009 (2 photos)

Caught the National Express bus from Victoria Station. Birmingham seems to be a pretty cool little city. Second biggest after London. I had a look at the Markets and the main shopping centre. Apparently it's been used for that sort of purpose for about ...

mais teatro...
May 25, 2008

Ja falei antes da historia do teatro... A historia continua. O tempo foi se aproximando e nada de comecarmos. Sempre tinha alguma outra coisas para se fazer. Organizar, estudar, trabalhar ou seja la o que for, mas sempre tinha algo acontecendo. Toda ...

and so it must end
Jun 21, 2008

........we're back in Brum now, but our last few weeks were jam packed so here's a quick summary of our last few adventures. firstly we went over to my friend Chris' place n had her secret family recipe - Bop Soup. i like to call it Bee Bop Soup. it ...

The journey begins
Oct 26, 2008

We (Me, Ash and Craig) left for plymouth quite late in the evening, after strapping Craigs recently cleaned laundry into his car and cramming in all of our stuff as well, we climbed in to the car and set off on the two and a half hour drive. Hilariously I ...

Birmingham x2
Jan 16, 2007

Went back to "beautiful" Birmingham for a couple of job interviews. As expected, the city remains one of the most hideous spots on earth.

Birmingham
Jan 12, 2007

The Lonely Planet only has 2 paragraphs on Birmingham, England's second largest city! I'll have to see if I can illuminate it anymore for you... Nope I can't help - we only had such a brief look at the city as we were running so late after missing a ...

Rotary International Here we Come!!!!
Jun 19, 2009

... a neat project and something we were interested in contributing to.  We also saw the international service project winners from Birmingham, Alabama.  They did a project called Ready 2 Read.  They set up in class libraries for ever 2nd grade ...

Birmingham
Dec 11, 2001 (6 photos)

... 'd head up to Liverpool. It was one of the handful of British cities I had heard of. So we headed that way. But then we got to Birmingham and the guy at the train station said, "Liverpool is crap. Just stay here." So we did. I've posted some photos.