Stone Court Maidstone

... is always something to spend it on. Harrods has a food hall that would make your mouth water and heart quicken- a gastronomic Eden if I have ever seen one. There is also a poignant memorial to Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed who were killed in Paris in a car crash.I did thoroughly enjoy my time wandering through the store and I guess if I was a part of the other 5% I could design a couple of items that I could spend my money on.

... currently putting on a production of "Q Avenue", adult parody of Sesame Street. We talked to one of the theater goers, who stopped by for a pint before the show, Enya. Enya was a fascinating person; she is German but talks with an Irish brogue. She is a lecturer at Oxford University in the engineering department. Jim was working ***********vince Enya to join him on a ski trip to the Alps, but she politely refused his advances. I ...

... throb of an insistent drum. The throng was so dense that only three-year-old children on the shoulders of their parents could actually see anything and while I considered leaping onto Geoff's shoulders to remedy the situation, Geoff walked in the other direction! Anyway, eventually we did see our first dragon, swirling and diving in and out of various shops and gradually ...

... Jenneke again.  It was really cool!  We saw the tombs of all the important people!  I especially like seeing Elizabeth I and Bloody Mary's tomb (its so weird that they're buried together!), Geoffrey Chaucer, Lewis Carroll, and T.S. Eliot.  Very cool!  We had a lunch break after that during which V and I returned to the Globe to see the free Shakespeare expedition there.  It was really cool!   We had to hurry back to the hotel to meet up with everyne at 2:30 to ...

On Friday, Aug. 15th, I flew from Geneva to London to spend a few days. Jean-Francois, my friend who I've been staying with in Geneva, also has a flat in London as he spends part of his time working out of the London office. However, he was officially transferred back to Geneva as of Aug 1. What this meant for me was that I needed to make use of the free rent at JF's London apartment before he hands it back at the end of August! Friday Aug 15th -- I ...

... than anyone else. In reality, that didn't happen. Very few people in Maidstone got tickets. Huge rows erupted. People threatened to kick the barriers down to gain entry. It got messy. However, I got tickets - for the Sunday. The day with less hype and far more talent. Sweeeeet! So the day arrived, and walking down to the park with my trusty midget sidekick, Helen, you could tell that for a weekend at least ...

... mile that is London City, it became a bit of a history overload sitting on the big bus there wasn't 30 seconds that went by without "and this building over here it was(insert historical significane here)" - major brain drain! So what did we see, Platform 9 3/4, St Pauls, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, took cruise down the Thames to Westminster and Big Ben, wandered ...

... wind, so we headed back to our friend's place - definite movie afternoon. We then met all our friends in Hammersmith, these were the friends that we met on the boat in Croatia, it was such a lovely evening catching up and saying goodbye to people. The friends we were staying with wanted to leave and head to the Redback in Acton, so we left and went there, only problem was that it was so busy, it took 30 mins just to get to the cloak room, and the dancefloor was out of ...

... of how ruthless, wrong, and messed up Hitler, the SS, and his regime were. I left the museum to head over to central London. Looks like it had rained a bit while I was at the Imperial War Museum. Anyway, I managed to see Big Ben, House of Parliament, and Westminster Abbey all from the outside. I arrived too late. A few sprinkles in the air, and then instant mad downpour. I hid in a door way until it let up some and then made it back to the Tube to head ...

... doing the "Bill Bryson" (inspecting the room, slightly unpacking, trying out the bed, tv, desk, balcony...) I headed out into London via the Underground. The Paddington station tube station was the closest so I used it the most. I read the dry erase message board before heading down to the platform and saw a very disturbing message scrawled under Piccadilly Line delays: "Person under train."