The Granby Hotel
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THE END OF THE ROAD
... to wait for our taxi to the airport, here we are met by the Manager Matthew who is armed with bags of popcorn for us and to let us know that the taxi was there and that the hotel had paid for it. Well done Matthew really helpful, friendly man. Wish I could say the same about the taxi driver himself, he takes one look at our cases and starts muttering to himself through toothless gums, can't quite make out what he is saying but I know there would be a lot of asterix in ...
Saturday in London
... the Oyster Cards getting worked overtime!) to Westminster where we spent quite a while at Churchill's Wartime Bunker exhibition. This was a well organised and extremely interesting place, with a great audio commentary and the way they have left so many of the rooms and tunnels in the exact state they were during the War is a credit! We can thoroughly recommend this as a "must see" if you visit London. By now it was around 4pm and we were starting to flag ...
London_March2012
... which included the restoring of some the buildings original features. The new development featured offices for Paul Hamlyn’s publishing company and a shop and restaurant for Sir Terence Conran’s retailing and restaurant group.
There are some amazing and very desirable residential buildings in this area. Thoughts about the necessity of winning the lottery and buying one of ...
Tales from a Grimaldi Freighter
... priority.
First of course is the Captain
Second equally understandably is the Cargo which in our case consists mainly of
New Mercedes convertibles bound for the nouveau rich of Brazil and Argentina, and old Mercedes cannibalized from write offs bound for the nouveau rich of Dakar and Freetown.
Then comes a long gap to the crew whose job titles need Saatchi and Saatchi to give them some semblance of human worth.
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Final stop...London
... out of the comfort zone…the sense of overcoming it all and ultimately the feeling of accomplishment.
During the last four months I have volunteered in an orphanage, lived with a Nepalese family, trekked through jungles, ridden elephants, rafted across white water, jumped of a suspension bridge, climbed to the heights of Everest base camp and swam to the depths of the sea, para glided, zip lined across jungle ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
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