Great House Henley-on-Thames

... was a old traditional English pub. We had the entire place to ourselves which enabled everyone to catch up. After a delicious lunch of steak and ale pie with mash, we went into the garden for speeches, the answers to the silly pub quiz we'd created about ourselves and dalek cake!

The fun lasted till about 430pm and aside from my stupid shoes giving me a blister the size of a Brazil nut we had an absolute perfect day. It really was fantastic.

... found a spare row of seats further back on the right of the plane. We had our second breakfast which was more fresh fruit, crossaints and muffins. During the flight we watched Ghost Town and Untraceable - both excellent movies. Near the end of our flight we had lunch which was either chicken or salmon. We got one of each and shared them - they were both delicious! For landing we went back to our original seats where our luggage was and ...

... tried valiantly to FIND the actual carnival parade, which is very difficult since the whole block is a system of squares! We happened upon the parade by accident, and found it was the FRONT of the parade and we hadn't missed anything yet! Woohoo! We watched the whole lot go past, and what a sight! The floats and costumes and dancers were amazing, with trucks carrying pumping sound systems the crowds blowing whistles and trumpets much like the vuvuzelas back home ...

... using the park for inspiration. In his Peter Pan tale, The Little White Bird, Peter flies out of his nursery and lands beside the Long Water lake - on the spot where the statue now stands. Take a look at the film on our website

... the Elizabethan style that would had been in the original Globe. The place has been re-created about 1/2 mile down the river from where the original stood and is the only thatched building in London. The only concession to modern day building practice is the fire sprinklers, otherwise it had been created as faithfully to the original as possible. The actors also try to perform in the same way as they would have in Shakespeare's time - with ...

... right that evening with a showing of Le Miserables at a local London Theatre (Allison's pick)! The next day we went off in search of a Geocache, which we found. Our main purpose for finding it was to get a Unite For ...

... I asked which company....Kerry Foods! Ha ha ha. Small world. He was a very nice man - OK, cringe now - he gave me his complimetary BA flight socks (unused!!!), and told me to stuff the free travel blanket and pillow in my bag too, as I´d use them all, ha ha! I gave him the book I´d finished on the flight to give to his wife...as I have definitely got too much luggage to begin with - I should have got someone else to pack for me!

... out a bit outside of the club with the others and then we went at home. tonight we are staying at naomi (hope is the right way to write it), a really nice girl from canada who gave us the chance to sleep in her living room. now i think i'll see some epsode of american dad cause we dont have this cartoon in italy and here they even have theseries on dvd. ts!!! ok tomorrow manchestr bella lì xjx

... small rooms, understaffed and lots of little problems). One night we went to a club called the Zoo with some fellow hostellers.. it was a good time but I missed Canada's nonsmoking bars! Things we saw: Westminster Abbey, Changing of the Guards at Buckingham palace, Tate Modern museum (surprisingly good), Templar Church(again ...

It rained again. Fortunately, it only lasted for the morning. Today my friend from the Student Doctor Network, Fiona, met us at the hotel and spent the day sightseeing with us. Fiona is a medical student in the UK and will graduate in July. We started out by heading to the Tower of London, which is right on the Thames. This particular castle has a building that dates back to 1100 and the castle has been expanded multiple times over the centuries. There have been ...