Yha Holland Park Hostel London

\hi all. not sure what happened... Mitch and Lachie wrote for the blog and doesn't seem to have saved. in any case. yes - you've seen the weather ... it snowed on our arrival in the big fog of snowy London. so trapsed around on the tube on Easter Day to minimise walking... Buck Palace, \st.james park, trafalgar sq., westminster, big ben etc etc.... boys disappointed shops were closed on Easter Sunday... but you can always count on McDonalds! can you believe we'd come all this way only for the...

Hi All,

Hope all is well in Sydney/ Canberra! London is absolutely amazing!

Its a bank holiday today (31 August 2009) The flight was good! I got a emergency exit (thanks JACE) it had heaps of leg room and was very comfi!

So I arrived at London Heathrow at 5.45am, then went through customs n giot my bag!

then me and this girl that was on the flight with me (can't remember her name) caught the tube to Earls court, where we parted and I went to nOTTING hILL! like in t...

The plane landed as the sun was rising and I was greeted with a quintessential fog in the surrounding area. After weighing my pack on the scale at the check in at the Austin airport and learning that it weighed 49.5 pounds (that doesn't count the books I brought in a separate daypack on the plane), I was not looking forward to claiming it at the baggage claim. But I did and added a few extra pounds to it with the books, so that all I was carrying was my satchel and the backpack. So here's my ...

Somehow it seemed appropriate that I was going to England on July 4th. I took the Chunnle across, and it was the first time I had seen an English newspaper in some time. I was thankful to be in an English speaking country. I stayed by in a hostel by a park and was able to get to many local attractions. What I didn't know is that 1) knives are NOT allowed in England because they are a "defensive" weapon - wtf 2) I was out of money! While I went to parliament I met a nice guy from Scotland who ...

Back to London.

England Thou hedgerow thing that queenest the Earth What magic hast?...what art? A thousand years of work and worth Are clustered at thy heart. The ghost of those that made thee free To throng thy hearth are wont; And as thy richest reliquary Thou wearest thy Abby's front. By Charles Leonard Moore ENGLAND My first trip in a jumbo jet was fascinating. So many things to investigate and almost continuous onboard service by Singapore girls was truly a pleasure and something that I was ready to re...