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Travel Blogs from London, United Kingdom
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This is a top pick! At the airport, we made our way to the British Airways desk to drop our main backpacks off, and I greeted the gentleman behind the counter with a friendly "ohio gozaimasu." He seemed to take an eternity to look at our passports, and was busy pressing ...
Going to London to Visit the Queen...
This is a top pick! ... a day of ‘power touring’ we were wiped and ready for the ride back into the quiet and quaint Cotswolds. London was interesting, and I’m glad we went. I know we only scratched the surface (and barely even that) of what it ...
London
This is a top pick! I met Rick by the London Eye. It was a drizzly, damp, gloomy day. Normal London weather, I suppose, but not exactly promising sweeping vistas of the skyline. Ah well, we boarded our capsule and were bourne up towards the sky. Water droplets stuck to the ...
First day of my travels
This is a top pick! ... . I would find out later that my GPS tends to find a less direct route to where I want to go, but with the roads near London being most confusing and certainly no grid pattern, I don't think I could have gotten out without the GPS. So, my first impression ...
Difficult start to London
This is a top pick! ... me stay at his place given he was moving in the next few days. He lives in Brixton, one of the rougher suburbs of inner London. When I arrived it was obvious why he was moving as his place was falling apart in the middle of a construction site. There was ...
Weird
This is a top pick! Friday we land and go to Barnet for the first time to see unborn Nephew, Ben (and James and Liz). Saturday we realise we don't have a visa for Vietnam and we kind of need one. Shit. Sunday we have lots of family and friends over and they are ...
Home Sweet Home
This is a top pick! ... in Ireland than in Argentina. With Kevin back to work only 10 days after we got home we had to head back to London after a couple of days. It's still very surreal to be back but we have some amazing memories and hopefully lots of interested ...
We're in london still..
This is a top pick! Alright? Hope everyone hasn't given up on the blog but not much to report again. Our last few days in London went quite quickly. We visited the National Gallery a few times for the free tours they offer. There was a great selection of paintings ...
Dec 24, 2011
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Up up and away............
This is a top pick! ... had plenty of time to make our way there. We stopped off in Leicester Square for lunch in Wetherspoons and then realised that it was to difficult to travel around london with our heavy bags, so we just took a train to Heathrow and waited for the ...
London City
This is a top pick! ... stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in Lambeth, London, England, north of Westminster Bridge. It is a must visit place in London! That day the weather was fine! Sunny and ...
Bon Voyage! Heathrow - day 1
This is a top pick! So, the day had finally arrived. In the preceding few days, both Lauren and Ross were still frantically trying to tie-up loose ends in readiness for their flight of freedom. For example, on a day that should have been for quiet time ...
Kings, Queens and Double Decker Buses
This is a top pick! ... in our hands, working to catch up and listening to a great Irish band in a crowd of thousands in Trafalgar Square. It was London's annual St. Patrick's Day festival, and everyone had managed to find a bit of Irish in their blood. What I really love about ...
Long Flight to London
This is a top pick! ... was long but not too bad. The meals were very average but I guess that is expected on a plane. Our hotel is nice and modern (Another Ibis Hotel) and next to Euston station which is great for access to London. Glad to be here again. Daniel ...
Flat's starting to look empty.... (Liz)
This is a top pick! So we seem to be getting there. The flat is efficiently almost empty with a whole 2.5 weeks until we leave.... It's good from an organisational perspective although quite depressing that I have no good clothes to wear until then!! Still have 3 Muse ...
Taddy Bye!
This is a top pick! Tears tears tears, not from me though. Got to the airport fine, Elle jumped in with her family and I drove with mine. Traffic north and south on the M25 so went through the middle. The time flew and it was time to say goodbyes and we were off. ...
A day of travels
This is a top pick! ... lounge for a couple of hours before we headed out to London. This was a business class flight, so we caught some shuteye. Arrived in London, we camped at the Heathrow BA lounge (we had a 5 hour layover). Here we took a nice shower and did some admin ...
London, St. Neots and Cambridge and London and....
This is a top pick! ... a good old knees up in south London near where I was born, for a part in New Cross, dirty beats, drunken smiles, and north London crew, what else could a couple of dip sticks ask for. I managed to make it to the pub the next day at around midday ...
Finding it hard to concentrate on work.....
This is a top pick! It's 3 and a half weeks until i finish work and 6 and a half weeks until Kevin and I leave the UK for a mammoth 15 months. Surprisingly i'm finding it hard to concentrate on my work when there is a considerable amount to sort out! Most recently it ...
Hogmanay for New Years (Edinburgh)
This is a top pick! ... so cold all morning felt warm. What crazy things people do for fun. Memorable though. After another night out, the tour headed back to London on the second of January. My Scotland trip was now over. Scotland was freezing, I got wet so many times. The ...
The Beginning
This is a top pick! It's the night before we set off on our adventure to East Asia and we can’t believe it has come round so quickly! It has taken several months of planning and lots of last minute trips to Go Outdoors. We have said goodbye to friends and family and ...
London, GB
This is a top pick! As Monday May 1st was a bank holiday, Des, my brother Lou, and his partner Lynn and I spent the day at Windsor Castle along with every other tourist in England. I particularly enjoyed Queen Mary's Doll's House and The Armoury. St George's Chaple was ...
London calling
This is a top pick! ... how long a 50 mile journey in South America would take? There is a heat wave in the UK this summer. When we arrive at London Victoria station there are blue skies. From here we walk around the usual sights: the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, 10 Downing ...
Quick update.....
This is a top pick! Oh how plans change..... have been contacted by an old school friend (we went through school since we were 3 years old!) who is currently is Thailand. Our birthdays are one day apart - me being older which was very important when you're 3 years old! I ...
Couchsurfing and a dodgy Italian
This is a top pick! ... meet fellow travellers, as that is where most of the fun has come so far. As I finally decided enough was enough and left London, the warnings I had been given about Luca were justified. He made sure he knew exactly when I wanted to leave, and made sure ...
Photo-shoot
This is a top pick! Take a look at these!!! How hilarious! As a part of a voucher thingy I went to a professional studio today and had my hair and makeup done and then had my photos taken. I had to take a few outfits from my incredibly up-to-date designer, mega ...