Friday, September 21st, 2007 Good day ladies and gents! The Jewel Tower is a medieval tower (so cool, I know!!) built c. 1365 to house Edward III’s treasures. It’s our third day in England and I’m already so in love with the country! The British phrases are super cute. Here’s some of my newly acquired Read More »
I think that Stirling saved the best for the last of our trip. We visited Stirling Castle, Stirling Bridge, and the Wallace Memorial. Edinburgh is the cultural and political center of Scotland, but Stirling may be the ancient heart of the Scotland. Stirling history dates back to Roman times, and once was the capital of Read More »
We hit rain before we reached Bedford on the 17th, we got soaked to say the least. A good sized break under a Highway overpass, partially due to a flat on the cart Nate was pulling, convinced the sun to come out and dry our dripping outfit. We set up tent at dusk on an Read More »
I’m in London, England now. Staying at my good friend Irina and her husband, Andres’ house. My 8 hour layover in Oslo wasn’t too bad. Much nicer airport than Frankfurt, certainly. There was duty-free shopping and plenty of nice restaurants to keep me occupied. When I arrived in London, I had my first true customs Read More »
On Thursday we made our way into London Blackfriars Station and, armed with scalding coffee, made our way down the riverside walk on the north bank of the Thames, where construction projects dominate the landscape and joggers on lunch from professional jobs huff by in the breezy but somewhat polluted air. Cranes tower above the Read More »
Yes! We’re off to London! My friends Tanya and Amisha, and I decided to make use of our winter break from Rutgers and do some traveling. We ultimately decided on London because of its wide array of activities and because there is no language barrier to cross. We flew Virgin Airlines, and a good thing Read More »
Today we went to discover all the places in London that were used in the Harry Potter movies. First up was Platform 9 3/4. In all the films, this is the magical platform leading to the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In order to reach it, the characters must run into the Read More »
June 30, 2006 York Do you like history? You will like York! Do you like history? Are you the type of person that likes to know everything about history? Do you like seeing medieval ruins and amazing sites? Well, if you answered yes to all of these questions you will probably like York. We certainly Read More »
We decided to spend the day outside of London and away from the crowds, so we headed to Hampton and visited the Palace and the Gardens. The trip took just over an hour from London, via tube and bus, and we arrived shortly before noon. When we arrived we toured a part of this mammoth Palace Read More »
Day One Arrived at Heathrow Airport at 4.30pm on Monday and then caught a bus to Luton which is half an hour from London on the train. However the bus seemed to take ages! I could hardly keep my eyes open and we didn’t get to Luton until after 8pm so by then we had Read More »
