Well, we’ve made it to London! After a delay in the flight from L.A. to S.F., we made it on time to London in the morning. We decided to save some money and take the tube into London, rather than spending money for a fancy train. WE took the Picadilly Line right to Russel Square Read More »
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 London, England First impressions of London would definitely involve the history We’ve’walked ‘til we’ve dropped’ for two days in London now. It hardly seems possible that we are here, but here we are! After our first day I asked David, Karsten and Stephanie what words would describe their first impressions of Read More »
London, Oxford and Nottingham were all neat. Very different experience in England this time with friends as opposed to family. I’ll keep this short as I am typing this weeks after my trip: Highlights “This is the voice of God” The single bed room hotel in London that felt like the size of my closet. Still Read More »
So I arrived late Thursday night after a LONG 12 hour bus trip. I guess I can say I now have seen the whole east coast of the UK. It all looked the same out of the bus window – rolling green hills with lots of sheep. It actually is very beautiful. On the way up Read More »
After arriving in London on Saturday afternoon, we went and had an early dinner, and wandered along Gloucester Road, and looked at all the houses and wondered who might live in them. They cost a fortune to rent, or buy (or buy a lease of). They would have to be so rich! Most of them Read More »
As you all know, thanksgiving was a little over a week ago and since I could not spend it with my biological family in Texas, Gen and I decided to cross the English Channel and spend Thanksgiving with our southwestern family in London. We have quite a few friends in London this semester because our Read More »
Yvette and I arrived in London at 6:30 AM. We were supposed to meet Yvette’s friends who were going to take us to Notting Hill where the Butler office was located. However, at the arrival terminal we could not find her friends despite waiting 45 minutes and paging them over the intercom. We decided to see what Butler Read More »
Wednesday December 6th 2006: London my journey starts way back on the 6th December 2006… it was a nice sunny day, a typical hot aussie summer day (why did i trade aussie weather for british weather!) but i did, and after being dropped off at the airport by my parents i was off…long plane flight, Read More »
Well, friends, about a week or so has passed since I’ve last managed to write on this blog. The main mental block about doing so comes down to one thing: the internet. My connection here is slow, if present at all—which is rare. Pictures take even longer, as I generally want to throw my computer Read More »
Today I went to the National Gallery since I didn’t get to go to their yesterday. A friend invited me to go to the Museum of Garden History but I decided I may go there another time. The National Gallery is located at Trafalgar Square. Today’s lunch was a GoodFella’s 3-cheese pizza. I ate quickly Read More »
