Birmingham
Travel Blogs from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Knowle to Mexico City
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...
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 ...
Farewell BBQ
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
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 ...
Uncle Jawad
After over three years away I finally make it back to England. The reason? Have a look at the ...
5 Months to Go
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, ...
It's good to be back home
We've been back a couple of weeks now and it's good to be home and sleep in your own bed, and eat homemade cooking. We really haven't had much time to wish we were still travelling as we've been so busy. After Jill and Paul's wedding weekend, we had a ...
Loafing in Birmingham at Matt and Lisa's
At Matt and Lisa's for a while. Bought too many books, owe them a wing on my house ...
Hearing people who sound the same
... 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 ...
Making dad jump!
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
... 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 ...
Three months in England!
... be greeted by good weather. After five months on the road, we really enjoyed catching up with friends including a local Birmingham gathering titled Swanfest: a garden, a bbq, a fire and a few tents. There was the slightly larger event ...
Biding our time in Birmingham....
See mates, work on Brian, 'sort things out'. Departure? Roughly 5 weeks we reckon. We're back staying with our old neighbours, who are very very kindly putting us up on a week by week basis. 4 adults, 2 kids, 2 kittens...a full household! I doubt we'll ...
A lesbian in a beauty salon
More appropriately I should include "stereotypical" in the title; as an adjective for both nouns. "A stereotypical lesbian in a stereotypical beauty salon". Despite it being a college beauty salon where the customers receive very cheap sessions, I ...
not long now
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!
... 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 ...
Not the best start
My travels got off to the worst possible start other than not flying at all. Firstly was the 1h30 delay on the plane from Birmingham, which was apparently due to early morning fog in Dubai. However, this was the least of my worries, as when I checked in, ...
Meeting, Greeting, Fleeting, Eating, Seating,
Wow. On Monday evening, the entire UK team traveled up to Birmingham all raring and ready to go! Everyone arrived around 5 or 6, however I had different ideas! I decided bravely to work the bank holiday (double pay, I'm no fool!) so arrived much ...
Friends, Frolics & Farewells
... and will miss you all! Hopefully some of you can fly out and meet us somewhere. We have one more leaving party tonight in Birmingham which will inevitably be messy! ha ha. Before i forget we have just brought a worldwide sim card so you can text us ...
M&S Joy
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 ...
Well, this is it.
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
... 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 ...
you've come a long way, baby
It was great seeing mum and dad waiting for me at arrivals, we had some big hugs and left for home. Cosby's good too, recovering well despite not really enjoying his physio (apparently he pooed in the hydrotherapy pool twice lmao), and it is always ...
Preparing to Volunteer in Birmingham
... Verspätung meines Fluges wegen dem Pilotenstreik bin ich doch relativ problemlos in dem VSO Trainingszentrum am Rand von Birmingham angekommen. Nach einem reichhaltigen Frühstück am Flughafen und 4h lesen von psychologischen Erkenntnissen über das ...
of airports and accents
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.
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 ...

