Blair Victoria Hotel

... consisted of a two-lane street that ran for about half a mile along the ocean. There were a couple restaurants, souvenir shops, a hotel, and a small grocery store. But still, the town was charming. It's the sort of town where everyone knows everyone. ...

... within walking distance to everything, bus and tube stations, west end theaters and of course, the Queen!   Everything about the hotel and our room was actually pretty funny. After five minutes of trying to get the door open, we had to go ask ...

... .com to advise them about the incident. They checked and confirmed that we had booked an en-suite bathroom so they offered to look up a hotel close by and they did briefly. We were transfer to a better hotel with a more decent room at the Corbigoe ...

Today was a busy day.  We started by walking from our hotel (Blades on Belgrave Road) toward the Thames.  We continued up Whitehouse road past Tate Britain up to Parliament.  After admiring Parliament and Westminister Abbey we continued ...

... so you can hang out the side along the way, (and sometimes have no choice if it gets crowded). We arrived at Victoria Terminus the main station. Like Bombay is now Mumbai, Victoria Terminus now has a politically correct Indian name but the locals ...

... charming Holland Place. Seems this was an artist's area in years past. Now it seems to be completely gentrified. We went to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The main show at the V&A is Versage. I shot lots of photos at a runway show of Versage ...

... Chowringee Road. After a couple of days spent sorting things out and dodging traffic we decided to go and have a look at the Victoria Memorial. This is a large ornate monumental building set in a large park known as the Maidan. This park was used by the ...

... We are slightly late, and a long way back in the line for seats. We are invited to join a baker and his wife from rural Victoria.    The meal turns out to be pickled pork and corn beef instead of the advertised roast, but is ok at $13.50 each. The show ...

... she got back ok.  She is just so annoying, and she’s giving us aussies bad name. There is another couple from Victoria, and she has the most annoying whinney voice.  But the majority of them are really nice and very interesting to talk ...

... so you can hang out the side along the way, (and sometimes have no choice if it gets crowded). We arrived at Victoria Terminus the main station. Like Bombay is now Mumbai, Victoria Terminus now has a politically correct Indian name but the locals ...

... ; However, tonight was different, as though a karmic force was in play after our morning spent volunteering.  The previous night, Victoria had been chatting to an American called Grant who was working on a mine clearance project for an NGO in Siem ...

... into The Swan then repaired to the Railway Arms for a pint of the local real ale. Newnham has three pubs, the upmarket Victoria, the middle-of-the-road Railway Arms and a distinctly sleazy establishment for the local roughs which we chose to avoid. While ...

... steeple bells were tolling, and the sound of the historical bells could be heard all across London! Finally, we passed along Victoria Embankment driving past The Temple and King's College. Both were accented by the glint of sunlight shining from the ...

... said that in 1866, Queen Victoria visited (and praised) this spot during a tour of the Highlands. It is believed that before Queen Victoria visited, that Mary Queen of Scots visited this spot back in 1564. The sweeping views of the Lock and hills is quite ...

... point in Wellington where there is a wind turbine -- pretty cloudy up there. Then we walked from their house, summited Mt. Victoria, the walked down through Oriental Bay and along the harbor-front to the rugby stadium. Neville got to see his rugby game. ...

... February 2007   Manchester to Limpopo in South Africa   So the Inevitable last minute rush / debacle that was me leaving Victoria terrace came and went and before I knew it I was sat in the front of one of Manchester's finest Taxis heading ...