WD Guesthouse London

... reveled in the Egyptian tomb paintings. He was a bureaucrat who had the money for a lovely tomb, and he filled it with images of paradise. Hunting in the tall reeds with his wife and son, partying with his friends and family and making sacrifices to his gods. This is the Egyptian vision of heaven, if you are faithful and honest, when you die, you get to go home, to Egypt.
The next day we went to Salisbury in search of Old Sarum.

... castle, a giant can of red bull, a gym junky loser standing out the front of the gym impatiently looking at his watch waiting for it to open and the wonkiest clock I have ever seen (or was I just wasted).
Poor Joss really wanted to get home, so we jumped on a passing bus and got off at Holborn station. We went down to catch the tube and waited. We kept waiting. We waited for about 45 minutes for the first central line tube of the morning come and must have heard the ...

... on a sidewalk outside one of the beautiful homes surrounding Lincoln Fields which is near the Holborn Underground station. 

As I approached, a formally dressed man greeted me and asked if I planned to go to the Sir John Soane's Museum. I said I did, and he popped open a very large umbrella for me to stand under while I waited my turn since only a limited number of people are allowed inside the small museum at one time. This was so ...

... later today! In other news I'll be spending next weekend in Paris!!!! About seven of us booked our tickets last night! Tomorrow classes start and I'll be in class from 9am-1pm and then 2pm-6pm Monday and Wednesday for the rest six weeks! Tomorrow night we're going to see "Hairspray" and the theater is very close to our flat. We've been wandering around the city for the last couple of days and I'm starting to get my bearings! I really love it here! :D

... as bad because Kim, Stu, Greg and I all said 'I will see you later'. I may be back here in London in a year and having travelling friends you never know if you will cross the same path again during travels as there is talk of Stu going to Canada and possibly Australia this Christmas time as well as Kim may go home for a visit while I'm over there and Greg....well, who knows about Greg. Haha! Just kidding Greg! You are just ...

... I was staying, no money...dumb dumb dumb!!)...so at least this time I know where I'm going. Hopefully. (kidding, I have a map :-) A little disappointed that I won't get to watch the end of the French Open, am an enthusiastic fan of Rafael Nadal and have been cheering him on....but I guess in the scheme of things, it's a small disappointment :-) (maybe they'll show it on the plane(s)!!) Thanks to all my friends and family for listening to me and supporting me in the ...

... but glad to be back and looking forward tobeing back in Scotland at the end of this week. Has this cured my itchy feet? Not at all if anything it's made it worse and I can;t wait for the next adventure...when i get the money to make it

... market, no travel insurance and Kat yet to select which of her 43 pairs of shoes to take, there's still plenty to do! So it's about time I log off and actually do something, but hopefully we'll use this space to update our travels and as a generic "keep-in-touch" with a photo or two to really make you feel envious on a wet, miserable Monday morning. Toodle-oo and type soon! Nick & Kat

... of Parliament. Westminster Abbey closed hours earlier, but we admired the outside and even made our way to the interior cloister. It is a magnificent building, particularly as the light lit up the nave behind the altar. After taking photos of Big Ben and Parliament, we decided to hit another pub before catching the train back to Bournemouth. Before we left, though, Tory and I spotted what seemed ...

... customs.

After gathering my luggage, we went out into Heathrow Terminal 4's lobby. There were signs clearly marking the way to the Heathrow Express ticket counter. We bought tickets and headed off to Paddington.

Heathrow Express was (and still is) a great service if you are headed to the Paddington area. The trains leave four times an hour from a station inside of Terminal 4. There is also one station for Terminals 1, 2, and 3, however, I don't ...