Hampstead Village Guesthouse
Travel Blogs from London
Day 2 From Monopoly Board to Shonky Town
... in circles for a while before we were given some directions that led us to the dingiest part of the area. Picture this, two exhausted Australians, loaded up with our packs and carry-ons, finally locating the elusive alley way we were looking for wondering if we had been rorted or whether we were about to be conked on the head and alleviated of our heavy packs. Fortunately, neither thing ...
The start of our visit to Highgate
... during our day of departure and forwarded the medicine to Catherine and Dave in Cobham.
We had a little dinner that evening which gave Skip an opportunity to learn where things are in the Kitchen. We found a program which we watched in France on the BBC called 'Pointless' and it is just as funny as it was last year.
August 30th, Thursday
We drove to Cambridge and stopped at the Park and Drive; ...
Synchronized Swimming Duets
... came that it was time for the synchronized swimmers to stop rehearsing while the pregame show began. They walked us through dance moves, what to watch for, and then got the crowd cheering. This was for 30 minutes and then it began......
We watched 12 teams compete in the freestyle medal post qulaification rounds. The best teams in our opnion were Russia by a mile, south Korea, canada of course, and China. In the end, Russia won gold, spain ...
Green thumbs all round
... roof top garden terrace. Fabulous to have a quick catch up and we'll be staying with Bronwyn and Nick later in our trip. It's near the end of our day now, and so we're back at the Cheshire Cheese for tonight's blog, before we head back to Upminster. We're Ll out for dinner tonight for our last night with Mrs S, before a super early start in the morning to Cath our train fromKing's Cross thru to York. He's hoping the alarm clock works - we're having dinner at the ...
A Surprise that S. Holmes couldn't have Guessed
... while the day started off sunny, it was still London so a day without a little bit of showers would not be complete, and headed off to "Les Miserables".. The only obstacle to the situation was us trying to print out our tickets in the lobby, which was only challenging because the receptionist was making sure to give us the authentic London experience we apparently looked like we were in search for, by acting like a snub-nosed royal member of the English Crown.. Finally ...