Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel

Travel Blogs from Newbury

Bye bye Blankie

A travel blog entry by asheevk

... was still so great to be with the two of them. For a short time they were the closest friends I had while traveling, thats what its like when you backpack. You make fast friends that are like instant family, so it was sad to say bye to Blankie. We did walk her to the station and waved her farewell as her train went past.

Jamie was leaving about an hour later for Scotland and I was due to stay on my own for the night. I was happy to make a homemade bolognese sauce and ...

Back to Debbie and David`s my dearest friends!

A travel blog entry by gracevilar

... por suerte traia conmigo! en fin, con el pelo mojado envuelto en una toalla me fui a dormir (por supuesto no habia secador de pelo tampoco!) me dormi temprano y a las 4.45....un timbre potente y ruidoso tipo silvato en mi cuarto me desperto abruptamente....the fire alarm !!!! dormida como estaba no entendia nada...de donde venia ese ruido estridente??? de la TV...? me pare en la cama, literalmente, y percibi que el ruido venia de una caja redonde del techo...el detector de ...

Packing

A travel blog entry by gavnich77

Now, I dislike packing with a passion but having put it off for as long as possible the time had come to try and cram a month's worth of clothes into as small as bundle as possible. So, I woke up in an organised mood and rummaged through the wardrobe and pulled out all the clothes I thought suitable for a changeable climate akin to the UK summer! Feeling optimistic, this consisted mainly of t-shirts and short sleeved shirts whilst remembering my intention to ...

Meeting all my House Mates!

A travel blog entry by zimmel08

... few others. Bianca is a hoot because she is African American and she is super energized and outgoing. She couldn't get over how much she loved our accents and we told her that we loved her accent. Ellie and Kirsten are not from England and they are actually from South Africa and Germany which was fun to learn and they both were very kind. Nathan is from England and kindly chatted with us for awhile as we probed him with many different questions about the school and England. ...

Oxford Strawberry picking and reunion

A travel blog entry by sunniebgi

... we like doing. The produce looked so good and the selection of items was unreal.. well not unreal, but just something we don't get in Barbados.

We stopped at the Starbucks coffee and purchased several bags of whole bean coffee to bring home and well as getting some really good coffee to drink right there. Yum...

we headed back to the hotel and got our bags ready for departure. Caught a Cab and headed back to ...