Thistle Luton

We woke at 7 am after a crazy nights sleep dreaming of airoplane crashes after watching a documentary on 9-11 probably not a good move!!

Ians parents were great making us some tea and toast and then running us to the train station for the 8.34 all stopper to Manchester. The weather was grey shock horror and Ian is tired....

The megabus is an amazing invention it allows ...

... the world. I got to Strassbourg in 2 hours where Mel picked me up in the car on the way to Baden Baden. We walked around the quaint town for a little. Im too tired to care about anythign right now. Then we went to the hot springs and they were just what I needed. They are beautiful and warm, complete with sauna and jets. All rested after two hours in the water, as soon as I finish this blog, Mel and I are going to a local german resuarant. Then.. Sleep Glorious Sleep!

... then AJ (weird to be in The Office again); stayed up all night chatting with Fiona; got drunk on Hoegarden with Deb, Mands, Roo and Daz; got my Free Trial Pass rejected by Rhona's gym in Hanwell. Most of what I've done has been free. In fact, Nadia and I are thinking of writing a book, The Cheaper Side of London - you can read books and magazines for free in Borders; the ...

... in the balcony, so we actually got to see some of what was going on. The ambassador read the President's Thanksgiving address. As he was walking over to the microphone, I leaned over to my friends and said that I hoped he would read it w/ a Bush accent. Turns out the ambassador is from Texas and sounded pretty much exactly like Bush. It. Was. Awesome! After the service ...

... favourite Station, Liverpoool. (in Monopoly people!!!) Took a train to Westminster and there it was BIG BEN and the Houses of Parliament. The Eye is situated over on the other side of Westminster bridge, but not only did I see it. I took a ride on it. Great view of London from the top. I could even see Buckingham Palace, Wembly Stadium, Nelson's Column. From there I walked through St James Park to Buckingham Palace. Watched ...

... After this we went to the station to see what the cost was and where to go to get to Croxley Green, where flic's mum use to live but worked out we didn't have enough time to be able to do what we wanted too, today. Ended up going back to the hostel, and consulting our brochures for other stuff the budget could allow. Decided to go and sight see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, river Thames and London eye (look only today as was grey and drizzly so figured not ...

Spent our last day walking through Central Park and over to Columbus Circus. It was wet but even so enjoyed ourselves dodging taxis and giant inflatable rats (yes there was one on a side walk) Travelled back on BA World Traveller Plus (not really worth ...

... We stopped and got out to walk. We went past HMS Belfast towards the Tower Bridge. While walking along the pier, we observed not only Tower Bridge but also the Tower of London and the Erotic Gherkin. After walking along the Thames, we headed to St. Paul's Cathedral which was very beautiful. The whole group went up to the whispering level, 2 of us stayed there instead of going to the top because we had ...

03:15 - Captain Beef woke his tired but eager crew, ready for the journey ahead. Left at 03:40, armed with rations and hard house music. Planned ETA 04:50 Actual ETA (Beef): 05:55 Actual ETA (Sai & Rob) :06:15 Reason For Delay: An improbable freak occurrence causing both sides of the M1 to close. Result: Missed Flight, £35 on Ticket Change to next flight at 17:00. Instead of becoming acquainted with the wonders of Budapest, we spent the next ...

... It's goofy, but as usual has lot of laugh out loud moments. It was fun to see the British ads. They had two version of the "cool" Mac, "stodgy" PC ads, done with British actors. There was also an Intel ad, but it's the same one as in the US (the "multiply" ad with two young people dancing around and clones jumping out of them). Another long day, so time to turn in. I'll upload the pics tomorrow. The changing of the guards at "Buck ...