Palmers Lodge London

Woah, a week without an entry...sorry!
The computer system at this hostel is kind of annoying, you have to book time early and it only lasts for half an hour...and seeing as how I now only have 16 minutes left...I'll try and type fast.

So, Kim and I have done a lot since my spaztic entry about the Keane concert...
I'll attempt to remember:
Kensington Palace,
Buckingham Palace,
Imperial War Museum,
Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum,
Beating Retreat (musical......

***Means it is happening as Im writing everything else happened earlier that day Plane ride was ok (arrived to the check-in counter last minute...we're lucky!) we then took the express national bus (after some confusion on which would be the best way to get from gatwick airport to london town) that had seat belts and a kind of funny, nice yet cold driver (british...does not really surprise me...from what I hear...what do I kno only been here briefly!) We then had to transfer at victoria stati...

Phew - we have been busy, busy tourists! We had a successful Ryanair flight over to London on Tuesday. We arrived and checked into our hostel in a rather posh neighborhood near Victoria station. Tired and hungry we were able to stumble into a nice pizzeria (Pizza Express - thanks John!) for some tasty food before stumbling into bed. In the morning we started off on our three-day whirlwind tour. Our first stop was the Globe Theater where we unsuccessfully tried to get tickets for that night's ...

Hello from jolly 'ol England. Before we get to the fun and festivities here, let's finish up Spain and our time with the Bachs. We left off with Thanksgiving which was as traditional as can be expected. We ate a small feast (I'm sure you've already seen the pics on flickr) and mostly wanted to kill each other all day. It was just like home. In the evening, we took a walk around town again and ended up at an Irish pub run by a Dutch Spaniard (you figure that one out). It was a delightful time ...

Jess and I are sitting here on our last night on our second visit to London lamenting how quickly it went, again. This city has so much to offer and it's so accessible that it's hard to feel like you've really finished your time here. Monday morning we both stopped into a neighborhood salon that advertised £8 haircuts and got ourselves spiffed up. As you may have noticed from photos, we were both looking rather shaggy. Fresh haircuts all finished, we attempted to meet up with a walking tour o...

Hello again everyone. We finally managed to snag some internet time in Italy so I thought I would tell you about our adventures in London. I will try to organize things better when I get more time. For now you just have to suffer through my verbal diarrhea :S Day 1: Just to let everyone know ... the incident with the pocket knife at the airport turned out ok. Patrick's prized leatherman multi-tool is safe at home. Just thought I would share that with everyone incase anyone was worried haha. B...

I arrived at Heathrow at 6:25 a.m. local time. Although that's 10:25 p.m. Seattle time, the adrenaline was pumping and I was rearing to go. The customs and passport check went smoothly -- guess I must not look like a threat. And since I already had a London underground transfer ticket, I made my way toward the station via a series of tunnels --- a very long, long way. Heathrow is big! There are moving sidewalks, but no trams to take you from area to area and you also have to navigate stairs a...

WOW!  What a day!  I landed in London around 12 noon to an absolute beautiful day!  The temperature was around 70 with not a cloud in the sky.   After I landed, I made a quick 45 minute hop from Heathrow International Airport to my hostel, Palmers Lodge (http://www.palmerslodge.co.uk).  The hostel is very nice and is located in great residential section of London called Swiss Cottage.  One of my bunk mates turned out to be an ex-Portuguese Marine who trained with the US Marines in Jacksonvill...

Day 2: Today, I visited the magnificent British Museum, attended a brief service at St. Paul's Cathedral, strolled across the Millennium Bridge, visited the Tate Modern Art Musuem and ate fish and chips for dinner at great restaurant in SOHO.   The British Museum is one of the most spectacular museums I have ever visited.  The museum houses such artifacts as the Rosetta Stone, part of the facade of the Parthenon, and a huge bust of Rameses II to name just a few.  The museum is so large that i...

I got up really early this morning because I was super nervous and excited for my upcoming trip. The night before, I had set out everything that I wanted to bring, but I needed to go out and buy a bag to bring it in. Ryanair is the name of the airline that we had booked our flight with, and since they are a discount airline company, they have lots of stupid rules about luggage. If you check any bag, you have to pay more, and the size allotment given for carry-on luggage is tiny. Of course, th...