Leeds, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Thats Austria you idiot!
Nov 11, 2005 (1 photos)

... excited to stay at the Hilton and thought we were very flash. It was a cheap Hilton and cost me £55 for two nights! Leeds is really just a city with nothing exciting. Nightlife and shopping seem to be the most popular activities - i suppose you have to ...

Reflection
Sep 22, 2004

... soon realised this sort of thinking would only lead to me getting depressed!! But it is strange getting back into student life in Leeds, I went through a sort of culture shock (reverese!) the other day when I was just so overwhelmed by how busy noisy and ...

Kidneys and Haggis
Dec 26, 2005

OK just a quick entry to let you all know I'm alive and well - I managed to eat plenty of steak and kidney pie, haggis, indian food and fish and chips in England and wash it all down with many a pint of Theakstons best bitter. I'm actually in a place ...

Is Togo heading for trouble?
Apr 27, 2005 (4 photos)

I'm sitting in my comfy room in Leeds but I can't sleep, I read an email this evening from an UN News agency I subscribe to and its scared me. Riots appear to be spreading across Togo, youths are blockading major junctions in the capital, smoke is rising ...

College Dropin
Oct 20, 2006

... . It was an even harsher reminder that I was back in England after spending a week in Scotland (the only nation in the United Kingdom to already enact smoking bans in public places). Once I cleared my lungs I got to learn how stupid the English train ...

The End, for now
Dec 5, 2004

I think it's fair to say this has been my hardest entry to write. Perhaps it's the pressure!! I always said I would write a concluding entry...it's just taken me ages to feel that I can finally put it online. Sorry!! I've written deleted, rewritten.. ...

Leeds- The Return of the Thai Reunion
Oct 18, 2003 (2 photos)

... the weekend with her! After a lovely bit of shopping and coffee, I was introduced to the upbeat part of Horsforth (a subdivision of Leeds) for a little pre-party before the big night, with just Lou and it was great! However, the next day was very long as ...

Volunteering
Feb 15, 2009

Websites Volunteering organisation i-to-i www.i-to-i.com Voluntary ServiceOverseas (VSO): executive volunteering organisation in the UK www.vso.org.uk For accountants: http://www.mango.org.uk/    Several volunteering organisations are ...

IKEA
Oct 9, 2007

Das ist doch immer wieder das gleiche Spiel, es wird auch in England gespielt und heißt IKEA (natürlich hier "EIKIA" gesprochen). Auch hier rennen Frauen mit langen Zetteln durch's Geschäft, nur um am Ende doch wieder alles mitzunehmen, egal ob's ...

My leaving party!
Mar 26, 2006 (11 photos)

... raspberry liquor cocktails closely followed by Gem and Alice on the kareoke! All 11 of us piled into the back of a van and headed for Leeds. We drank and danced the night away in a few little bars before calling it a night. It was great to see quite a lot ...

Exploring the UK
Oct 21, 2005 (3 photos)

After a bit of exploring around London i headed up to Leeds to visit some friends and some towns further North in England. I spent the week end partying with friends and then got a nasty cold that saw me resting for the beginning of the week. On the ...

Flight back to Leeds (in English)
Jun 25, 2009 (9 photos)

... a queue as long as a football pitch, with all their flights checking into 3 desks. Luckily, they started prioritising people going to Leeds. In the end I got on the plane and cheered myself up thinking that it's Wimbledon and I was out in El Bareto for one ...

Thank you and keep up the good work!
Feb 6, 2007

Hello Everyone, thought I would keep you all updated on how the fundraising situation is going.... well, in short, WOW! So many of you have been so generous! THANK YOU! I have now sold 44 of my days, so I am now just over half-way, which is amazing! ...

First Night in Leeds
May 26, 2006 (6 photos)

... station trying to find Danny, we go to phone him, and standing by the phones is Danny. Wrong turn apparently. I wasn't expecting Leeds to be so large and urban. After being in York all afternoon, Leeds seemed very new. According to Danny, its become the ...

About Thailand
Feb 15, 2009

Visa: Transport:  Bangkok Airline Air Pass: Thailand and Cambodia £27. www.bangkokair.com Accommodation: Cost of living: Places to see:

more trips north...
Oct 14, 2006 (4 photos)

around the city of leeds, and at the atmospheric ruins of kikstall abbey

Back in time for Uni
Oct 23, 2005 (5 photos)

Back in Leeds again, have to work tonight. Not looking forward to it, quite exausted from Jacques party.

Carpe Diem in Leeds - 6.5.2009
May 6, 2009 (17 photos)

... like to talk about women and appreciate their beauty ;D Me and Frans went back to the bus, while others still enjoyed of what a nightly Leeds had to offer a bunch of guys on tour: a sweet sight for sore eyes. I had a surprise on my bed. Magus had bought ...

About Malaysia
Feb 15, 2009

Visa: Transport: Accommodation: Cost of living: Places to see: Singapore: Free bus & boat tour Changi airport in Singapore is the greatest treat for transit travellers. You can take a swim in the rooftop open-air pool or go for a stroll around ...

Well, party time is over
Sep 16, 2005 (1 photos)

Party time is over, Brownie and I are extremely hung over. We are back in Leeds, Uni starts on the 26th so I have got to get my life back in order and get ready for study.

The Great Escape!
Apr 27, 2006

Leaving a great job and an even better boss is never the dream but, to do it under your own steam and to have a laugh with it is the mark of a good relationship with your employer I think. Parted on great terms with the senior team who assure me that the ...

Buy one of my days in Peru
Jan 9, 2007

Hello everyone, The moment you have all been dreading. After another shoddy afternoon at work, I have been driven to the unspeakable... I have been driven to ask for your mercy, and your money. (I was tempted to become a lady of the night, but Mum and ...

Leeds Music Festival
Aug 26, 2005

... and put them out. Ha, it was all fun and games thou. Tell you what, if you want to go to a crazy festival go to Leeds. IT WAS MAD!!! After the festival Jacques went home and I stayed on. I had arranged to stay with a friend of a friend called ...

2 months at home!
Sep 30, 2006 (10 photos)

I had a quick 2 month interval at home before I moved to Florida! I mainly worked, celebrated my birthday, went to London, caught up with as many friends as possible and had 2 more leaving parties! Oh yeah and we got a new puppy! Here are a few ...

Event no. 30. Rombalds Stride
Feb 7, 2009 (18 photos)

... running and finishing earlier. Kelly hadn't done anything this long since getting back from Canada. I'm trying to get her to do the Leeds half marathon in May with me. Steve plodded on strongly as usually, being pulled up the hills by Tess at first but she ...

(Sarah) Leaving Leeds and family . . .
Dec 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... all there help - I am certain we would still be there if it was not for you. Said goodbye to Aimee (or so she thought . . .) and Leeds (or so I thought . . ) and off to live at home for the first time in 8 ½ years. Two days later was back in Leeds to sit my ...

About Australia
Feb 15, 2009

Visa: Transport: Accommodation: Cost of living: Places to see: Need to get Tax File Number & Medicare card. Open a bank account: Westpac Bank. Australia: Rail passes You can travel on the Great Southern Railway for six months for A$ ...

One week and counting . . . . .
Dec 11, 2006

. . .  until we finish work!! Hello one and all!! Here is our travelogue! This will have boundless information of what we are getting up to and where we are doing it! Also, handily, this will e-mail you all when we put a new post up to save us ...

Good news and the countdown begins!
Apr 5, 2007

... must do 2 things... 1) For God's sake RELAX AND GET SOME SLEEP! 2) Spare me a thought, as I will be en-route to Leeds Bradford Airport! Ooohhh, the sheer excitement! My 2 day epic journey half-way around the world, is a matter of hours away! I will be ...

Not long to go
Aug 1, 2006

Not long to go and things are now coming together. The countdown has started and we are both beginning to get excited.... All the flights are now booked and paid for !! There is no going back ! First stop Hong Kong, Sydney then the Sunshine Coast. ...