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    • TravelerCamino 2023
      14
      Day 63

      Friday in Ealing Broadway

      June 23, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Today my Camino was to tube to Ealing Broadway and visit with Jonathan and Rozalia.

      First things first write my journal! Then again at tube station they have finally cordoned off a left and right pathway so that one can actually get down to the platform through the throngs of people heading out to Tennis at Queens 👑 🎾 honestly it was a walking crowd!

      I had to change at Holburn then get the central line to Ealing Broadway! Phew.... How to do that?? Firstly a gentleman told me to take the lift down to platform 4! So, trustingly I went toward the lift following his outstretched arm and finger pointing the way.

      Down the lift I went and out at platforms 7 & 8, "well that can't be right", so off I went again back to the start point. "Ah", said he " it's the second lift!!" I had to walk further down to get to the next lift!! Down I went again and could not work out which platform from here. Asked another tube worker "oh you get on here at this platform but you'll have to change at Acton".

      "Well, ok" I mused, as I thanked him and wandered to the platform he pointed out. Once there, I didn't know which train to take so asked another worker. He had to get his phone out to check the timetable. I told him that someone else said I had to change at Acton. "One moment" he said, and I waited as he searched the timetable.

       "Yes", said he, take the train there on platform 7 it will take you all the way there. "What about Acton?" I asked concerned "No need to change, as I said this train will take you", I thanked him profusely for his reassurance and went toward the train, 5 feet to go and the train left the station!! He had to laugh and I just shrugged my shoulders to wait for the next one!.

      My grand nephew was on fine form and we enjoyed a wee bit of time together. He had been playing the piano at the station when I arrived, so sweet.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      2
      Day 60

      Barons court, hammersmith, lost on tube

      June 20, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 21 °C

      Hehe!! All I did was enjoy the babies today with Meg's and go into Hammersmith one stop on the tube. After battling through the crowds going to the Queens tennis just up the road.

      Grocery shopping done, a bit of Saintsbury's meal deal lunch , 3 pounds 50 pence...had and back to get the tube to Barons court!

       Somehow I ended up on the wrong tube and jumping up with anxiety, spontaneously yelling loudly "oh no!" A lovely gentleman got up from his seat to help and reassure me ... Got off with me and pointed me in the right direction.

      Never be alone in the world, there are angels all around us, we just need to ask!      Read more

    • USA
      Day 3

      London Day 3

      January 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      Die Tower Bridge wurde so gebaut, dass man sie in der Mitte für grössere Schiffe öffnen kann.⛴️
      Es kostet 0£ um die Brücke öffnen zu lassen.

      Heute war das Wetter typisch London🌧️ die Tageskarte in der U-Bahn hat sich auf jeden Fall ausgezahlt🚇 Es ist unvorstellbar wie gross das U-Bahn Netz unter der Stadt ist.Read more

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    • TravelerCamino 2023
      2312
      Day 12

      Southbank today

      May 3, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Trip into Westminster to walk to Southbank

      Today I took the train to Southbank as per Colin's suggestion. Teaming with folk coming in all directions across the bridge from Westminster station, there was a lot to see including the lowlander playing the bagpipes in his full regalia. When I learn how to crop a video I will post. I got him to play his favourite tune and then Highland Cathedral. ( guess who I was thinking about there?)

      The other photos of course are of the Lion, a wonderful statue on top of a window in the old council buildings, the London eye..oh dear no way was I going to get on that monstrosity, Westminster Palace and big ben, which chimed just as I was videoing the piper!! The place seems to become more and more like Blackpool. There was sea world, london dungeon themed experience, and Shrek all next door to each other along with a merry go round, various food carts, restaurants galore along the way.

      It was a slow walk down the southbank pier into the centre a lot of which is closed off and walked down a narrow roadway which used to be the council buildings I believe to see the wee garden below with the crown atop it, and the sentry standing very still.

      I found a wee shop and bought a few wee coronation things and took the photo of the mini inside the shop...bless! Watched the tourist boats going up and down the Thames before walking across the next bridge to Charing Cross station to be on my way home again. A beautiful sunny sunny day, the weather is changing! Woohoo!!

      Today I have also been in touch with our cousin, Jean, after finding out she lives next door to Portsmouth where we just were at the weekend. We have organised to meet when I return from Spain. I am so excited to meet our kith and kin for the first time on Dad's closest family members.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      13
      Day 135

      Barons keep to lambeth

      September 3, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      After all my travels and wanderings, to reach London and my sister and brother in law's home feels like a sanctuary. I have felt the effects of the miles on my physical self, my feet groaning, griping, whining with complaints, longing to sit a while, bide a wee.

      Despite this we are off to the Oasis church at Lambeth today I am certainly going to give thanks for the blessing of physical ability and travel mercies. Away in the tube, or two and a bus, we enjoyed the busi-ness of London Bridge where I was right up close to the houses of parliament and big ben and Westminster as I have never been before. Just the scale of the buildings is awesome.

      We met some lovely people at Megs and Colin's church which believes in inclusion and service within the community doing so much work wherever they see a need. I kept falling asleep during the service but was very aware of my head lolling to the side to embrace the stranger next to me. She didn't seem worried at all, I just hope i didn't snore!      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      Day 55

      The Brighton Pier and London

      June 15, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Today was my last day in Brighton and off I went to walk the length of the pier before walking another km going to see the "Picasso" exhibition. After being sent to the art gallery I was told that the exhibition was on at "The Dome" which was once the stables for the Royal Pavilion and around yet another block. The queue was out the door and being held up as one person was missing from the group.

       I had received a text from sister Meg to say she was in A and E having some serious symptoms. I wanted to leave Brighton by the next train at 12.30, to go and be with her in London and still had to go back to my lodgings for my back pack so, decided to let Picasso wait for another day.

      I arrived in London around 2 pm, then caught the underground to Barons Court. Coming out of the station I noticed my sister and niece just arriving at the gate so called out loudly and eventually Meg heard me and held the gate til I got there. Phew! How providential! My poor sister in a lot of pain from her shoulder and rib cage having had a couple of accidents.

      Meg's, Colin, Hannah enjoyed a Turkish dinner at a small restaurant for the evening.      Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
      Day 26

      Sunny London

      January 10, 2020 in England ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C

      Our trip to London took most of the day so we arrived at our hotel in Earls Court at about 5pm. We had noticed an Indian restaurant and decided to have dinner there - it was great!
      Friday morning was fine a sunny so we walked towards Kensington gardens and hired bikes for a quick ride up to Hyde Park and back around. The weather was really lovely and we enjoyed walking along the Serpentine through the park. We made our way through Wellington Arch to Buckingham palace and then down the Mall on our way to Fortnum and Mason’s for some tea. Along the way I bumped into a work colleague and spotted Princess Eugenie!
      We came back to the hotel with some lunch and then I went out again to King’s Rd Chelsea for some shopping and a Trinny London makeup consultation. Guy visited the library at the Royal College of Music. We then met up in Chelsea where we saw a jazz singer performing songs from various musicals which we enjoyed.      Read more

    • TravelerWinter in Europe
      Day 29

      Final Footprint

      January 13, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Our last two days in London were spent doing some quite varied things! Since we have both visited before, we didn’t need to see the obvious sights. Sunday was a slower start to the day with a lunch reservation at Rovi restaurant (one of the Ottolenghi places). It was tucked away on a quiet street in Fitzrovia but was bustling inside. The service was excellent as were the menu options (drinking vinegar a highlight!). Afterwards we walked to the British museum which was not too far away. This place was absolutely huge in terms of both the building and treasures inside. It was truly awe-inspiring to see so many ancient artefacts such as the Rosetta Stone and all the Greek vases I studied in my first year uni art history classes! In the evening we attended the All Souls Langham Place church service. It was a great experience - we found the people very welcoming and the message gave us some challenges for the year ahead. We enjoyed some takeaway Thai for dinner that night.
      Our final day was spent just outside of central London in Richmond. We had a whole day to spend before the flight and wanted to get out and enjoy a country walk. The route took us up Richmond Hill and through Richmond Park, past Ham House and along the Thames back to Richmond. We had a really good pub lunch to spend the last of our pounds.
      There was a bit more time to kill before needing to go to the airport so we stayed on the tube to St Paul’s cathedral but we only went into a smaller chapel as they’re now charging £20 to enter!
      Our journey home has been a good one. All of the trains, planes and automobiles have worked out smoothly and we were very happy with Qatar. We’re now on the train to Penrith with only a short taxi ride back home. We are looking forward to washing our clothes and cooking our own food! Oh and greeting the cats too! It will be nice to spend some quiet days at home before getting back into the routine of work.
      It has been a wonderful trip with many special memories and we are now thinking about ‘next time’!      Read more

    • Ab auf die Insel 🇬🇧🇮🇪
      Day 6–7

      Hoffentlich wird es besser..

      February 10 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Es waren keine einfachen 48 Stunden. Nach dem Abschied von Anna am Flughafen alleine mit den 31kg durch London. Immerhin noch Bier mit englischen Rentnern getrunken, die mir Tipps für Dublin gegeben haben und die Nervosität etwas genommen haben (Bier). Ewig durch den Dschungel der U-Bahnen die auch noch gestreikt haben.
      Die Busfahrt war dann prinzipiell sehr entspannt nur hab ich erstmal kein Auge zu bekommen auf den britischen Stolperstraßen und das brennende Auto am Straßenrand lässt den Puls dann auch nochmal ansteigen.
      Die luxuriöse Fährfahrt habe ich dann mit Schlafen auf dem Sofa verbracht.
      In Dublin erstmal die 2000€ Miete in bar holen, während überall Sonntagfrüh um 6 noch Besoffene rumbrüllen und sich halb schlagen. Ich war nur noch froh in der Wohnung und besonders der schönen Gegend anzukommen.
      Aber kaum ist die Reiseanspannung weg ging es weiter mit Heimweh und den Gedanken was ich hier eigentlich verloren habe; alleine macht es einfach nicht so viel Spaß und die zweite Person gibt bei egal was Sicherheit und immer ein bisschen Humor.
      Abgelenkt durch Anmelden bei Sportvereinen habe ich dann über Bumble Friends noch jmd gefunden, mit dem ich in einem Pub noch ein Rugby Spiel geschaut habe. Etwas abgelenkt hat es, aber die negativen Gedanken lassen einen nicht so einfach los. Da hilft dann nur Telefonieren ein bisschen.
      Ich hoffe ich komm dann später in das Wohnheim von meiner Uni, dass ich da dann wenigstens den Superbowl in einer Gruppe schauen kann.
      Immerhin war das Wetter bombastisch, so konnte ich wenigstens durch die Parks und Gassen spazieren.      Read more

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    • TravelerUSA, UK and Norway
      Day 12

      Arrived in London

      September 10, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Well here we are in London, and it’s Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday was a travel day, but we started out with a slightly more substantial breakfast as we knew we wouldn’t be fed on the plane till late in the afternoon. We had seen a place in the market each day which always had a long queue which we didn’t want to wait in, but they obviously did something good. So on Monday morning it was much quieter so we indulged - it’s called the eggslut!! And they do scrambled eggs, and other eggs and put them in a brioche roll....yum! Will show in photo. Then once we had to check out from the hotel, we hung round a bit in the lobby, but made our way leisurely to the airport as no time to do anything else.

      And it is nice to be early at LAX as the international terminal is always rather chaotic, especially yesterday with flights to Japan cancelled because of typhoons, British airways striking....anyway, we made it through with the very efficient Air New Zealand people and had an excellent flight, even nice food! AND such an easy entry into the UK - just put your passport in a machine and through you go - no forms, no people to question you! That is only for the good countries - people from EU countries, USA, Canada, Oz, NZ etc....but so good for us.

      So we went to the underground station, topped up our Oyster cards and made our way to our hotel near Earls Court station. This time it is an Ibis, but in an old Victorian building and again charming, not the typical rather soulless Ibis!

      We have had a walk, quite a long one, to Knightsbridge as far as Harrods, and then back via the Royal Albert Hall to pick up tickets for tomorrow’s concert. A short relax now and then a fairly early Indian meal, and off to bed, and hope we will slide easily into this time zone, because we remain at this time for the rest of our holiday - or an hour ahead in Norway, but an hour doesn’t count. All good.      Read more

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