Premier Inn (Wateringbury) Maidstone

... to look inside the castle, the King Henry VIII lived in it with 6 wives. He beheaded 2 of them. At the gift shop we brought little bears with back packs and Ben brought a double decker England bus.

On Saturday we went to the beach with our cousin Thomas, Uncle Tim and Uncle Michel. We went for a swim in the sea and we drank coke at the pub. We also went ...

... bout the food, such as: "I'll try and explain how this felt. Imagine being a twelve-year-old boy Richard. Now imagine it's Christmas morning and you're sat their with your final present to open. It's a big one, and you know what it is. It's that Goodmans stereo you picked out the catalogue and wrote to Santa about. Only you open the present and it's not in there. It's your hamster Richard. It's your hamster in the box ...

... a very expensive and flashy department store owned by the father of Dodi Al Fayed. Inside was a memorial to Dianna and Dodi. We then caught the tube to North London to meet up with Naomi, Amy's friend, for dinner. We went to an all you can eat Chinese buffet dinner which was fairly decent but very unhealthy. It made me really, really thirsty. We were both fairly tired so we headed back to the hostel to sleep.   Wednesday 24th: We had originally planned ...

... Parliament this clock just towers over everything else. It is definitely one of the must sees in London. As I crossed the river I took some time to check out the clock and then the Houses of Parliament. The Houses of Parliament like most of the older buildings in London were well designed and did not skimp at all on the artistic creativity. Next I came to Westminster Abbey. This is quite possibly the best known church in the Christian ...

... on one as well. Had some sort of local bitter, but have no idea what its name was. Tasted...well, bitter. With no bubbly. The fish and chips tasted...well, like fish and chips. The one thing different is that they have a "brown sauce" instead of ketchup. Tastes like ketchup mixed with vinegar and a little spice. Walked around last night after beer looking for a bar/club recommended by the hostel...never ended up finding it, but did venture into the more ...

... about the historical importance and power of this island culture... a culture that has circled the world...  a global empire... today one finds all aspects of those foreign lands that were engulfed into the British Empire strewn throughout the city of London...  spicing up every crevice and corner that they reside...   making London one of the most flavorful cities of all...   We took a quick and easy black ...

... geniune, warm- hearted and welcoming people that I have ever met in my life. People very different from those that I see at home everyday. People that welcomed me into their homes and into their lives. This is really not what I expected to experience by coming here, but I believe that I am enriched personally by having experienced it. And yes, it was a major challenge at some points. It was a lot harder than buying museum ...

... Bratislava > ? > Krakow > ? > Prague > Munich > Stuttgart? > Frankfurt? > Cologne > Dusseldorf? > Utretch? > Amsterdam So basically this trip contains a LOT of unknowns, i.e length of time in each place, whether we're going to them, or even which places we've thought of going. So goodbye UK and hello Europa, well for 5 weeks or so anyway.

... back to Denmark and probably just a quiet dinner with Thomas, Nancy's husband. Saturday we are going to see the Viking ships. Miss everyone and looking forward to coming home. Hopefully there will not be any snags. The airline I flew on has been on strike since Tuesday, but it did indicate on the website that intercontinental flights have not been affected. Cross your fingers!

... who didn't und**stand anything Barry was saying. How could Barry know she had just passed h** English Proficiency Exam! We rushed through the last exhibit, a rath** dubious tribute to the "Carry On" films, and then back to Oxford Street to collect our packs. Forget London, we w**e off to see the real England - the out** city suburbs! * * * My grandfath**'s sist**'s house ...