It’s amazing to think that Kensington Palace was originally built as a country get-away for the Royals now that it’s right in the middle of some of the busiest, most built up areas of London. But surrounded by Kensington Gardens and then Hyde Park on one side, it still does retain a peaceful secluded feel Read More »
September 22, 2006 Wow. There is so much to say, I don’t even know where to start. We just got back to my apartment from seeing The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Haymarket Square- just a bit away from Piccadilly Circus. The musical was amazing, but I have so much to Read More »
We have decided to start off the year by seeing London. Since arriving we really haven’t seen a whole lot of London and we feel that we have been taking advantage of living here. We spent a few hours touring Westminister Abbey and it was amazing. I have been there before but Patrick hadn’t. Going Read More »
Alex, my roommate at St. Giles Hotel stumbled throughout the hotel (walls are paper thin and I could hear him a couple floors down at our friends’ rooms). In the morning, he couldn’t find his passport = uh oh. I woke up at 8:30 AM to get some breakfast that was paid for. I had some weird Read More »
We arrived at Gatwick Airport after 18 hours on three planes, but it would be nearly four more hours before we were sitting on our friends’ couch just a few dozen miles away. It is often the case that the worst hell an international traveler faces, especially one on a budget, is the ground transportation Read More »
The Journey Fortunately, the trip to London was flawless…despite our inability to catch any z zzs. We flew Air Canada on the Boeing 777, the only jet of its kind in the entire fleet complete with movies on demand and two meals in 6 hours. Even though we weren’t hungry, we scarfed it down not knowing when would be Read More »
Day 1 – The London Eye, Greenwich We arrived in London Waterloo and found our hotel, which was right next to the London Eye, in the old County Hall. It is a great location, so central to many of the things that we wanted to do. We said goodbye to Shannon, who went back to Read More »
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 »
*We arrived at 7am after an overnight flight (ugh!)and decided to take a quick tour of London on no sleep since our room would not be ready until after 2pm. We had purchased a London Pass which gives you unlimited transportation and access to various museums, etc. around London (a good buy!) and our first stop was Kensington Palace. We Read More »
