Copyright © 1997 - 2009 TravelPod.com, a proud founder of travel blogs on the web. All Rights Reserved.
![]() | London, United Kingdom Travel Blogs |
|
Upgrade...
Feb 28, 2008 (13 photos) 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 keys ... |
|
London
Jan 11, 2008 (24 photos) 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 ... |
|
London, St. Neots and Cambridge and London and....
Aug 27, 2006 (18 photos) ... 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 (straight ... |
|
|
|
Up up and away............
Sep 5, 2006 ... 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 flight. |
|
Kings, Queens and Double Decker Buses
Mar 14, 2005 (45 photos) ... 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 ... |
|
London City
Jun 5, 2006 (8 photos) ... 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 windy. ... |
|
|
|
Nearly there!
Oct 31, 2003 (1 photos) 2 days until we go, and it's been a bit of a hectic week. The flat is nearly packed up, the rucksacks are already bulging at the seams, our arms have seen more needles than Cleopatra and the "to do" lists have more ticks than panicked underlines. We ... |
|
World Wide Awards
Apr 20, 2005 (28 photos) C... England has been one of our most interesting countries so far! You have no idea whether it is night or day, because it is constantly dark, although the British are convinced they have something here called summer to look forward to. You can fill in ... |
|
Stag Nights and home comforts
Jul 22, 2006 (9 photos) ... place. We find ourselves very quickly swept up by Kate's mum, and find ourselves making our way back to that same place in North London that we left 10 months ago, and it all feels like a dream..... one that sadly is becoming less clear by the day. Not ... |
|
Photo-shoot
Nov 25, 2006 (7 photos) 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 trendy, ... |
|
Quick update.....
Mar 1, 2004 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 ... |
|
London calling
Jun 12, 2006 (10 photos) ... 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 ... |
|
It's a mini adventure!
Feb 14, 2005 (1 photos) ... agents didn't find suitable tenants (well,they did, but the perfect tenants changed their minds at last minute) being in London without working, paying for the mortgage and general living costs seriously eats up your budget, travel time etc etc etc - you ... |
|
Is Facebook a threat to society
Oct 2, 2008 ... There's just one problem - Tiffany doesn't even exist. Instead, she is the creation of Kaya Burgess, 23, a journalist from London, to see whether even someone who is fictional can make virtual friends in this age of Internet communication. Within a week ... |
|
"Atlantic Crossing"
May 16, 2007 ... a counter tea at the traditional English pub across the road. Then the memory card containing the day's photos (Museum of London, Nelson's column, Trafalgar Square, London buses) failed... So no pictures this time. Seems like each city is destined ... |
|
How to jump the queue at airports
Mar 27, 2009 ... faux pas that can be committed in England, but some of the country's airports are charging for the privilege. Passengers at London's Luton Airport can pay £3 (NZ$7.43) to enter a channel taking them to the front of the line for security scanning. Air ... |
|
Monty Python on being a tourist
Mar 23, 2009 ... is merely a case of mild Spanish tummy, like the previous outbreak of Spanish tummy in 1660 which killed half London and decimated Europe - and meanwhile the bloody Guardia are busy arresting sixteen-year-olds for kissing in the streets and shooting ... |
|
Taking your room with you - camping urban style
May 10, 2008 (3 photos) Here's a story for you if you like traveling and also the comforts of home - the "world's first mobile hotel room". The Travelodge hotel chain said today that its Travelpod would soon be available at events such as music festivals and sporting ... |
|
|
|
UNEMPLOYED AT LAST
Aug 15, 2002 MY LAST DAY AT CSFB Can't believe how quickly it has come around but here I am just about to go to the bar to celebrate my final departure in the traditional fashion with gallons of champagne (Me and Elaine) warm flat beer and cheap wine (everyone ... |
|
WE'RE FINALLY OFF
Sep 3, 2002 (1 photos) So long and thanks for all the fish, lager, lattes..... Dateline deepest Surrey, about to make a dash for LHR. I'm currently sheltering from packs of ladies (of a certain age) who trawl these parts streets in enormous Mercs looking to prey on lithe ... |
|
Last Stop - London
Jul 22, 2004 (1 photos) ... 're only a 5 hour flight from Cairo." It was good that London was our last stop - it made the outrageous prices bearable. London is a really cool city, definitely one of the top 5 of the trip. The British Museaum is a personal favorite of mine, they ... |
|
Free assessment of your travel writing
Feb 27, 2009 How often do writers help aspiring writers? Not very often. But this guy does. Not only offering advice, but also an assessment of your writing. Free http://www.markhodson.net/#/travelwriterclinic/4532519028 |
|
Old Blighty
May 25, 2007 ... it now, meaning I have to be as totally crazed - but hey at least I use my directional!! Look just writing about driving in London traffic makes me stressed. It takes me a bit of doing (like an hour) to get out of Heathrow with all the crazy roundabouts, ... |
|
A Brief Stop in England
Dec 12, 2005 ... at the train station where we caught the train to Schipol Airport. Our Air Canada flight stopped at Heathrow Airport in London where we spent a couple of hours browsing the airport shops and eating lunch. Britain is very expensive and the pound is ... |
|
Back in Blighty
Aug 7, 2007 (1 photos) I wanted to update this. I will change all the dates on here also, in order that they refect my travels. At present I am back in the UK . I flew into Heathrow yesterday ( even after a delay, we made up time and arrived on time), and managed to bypass the ... |