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    • 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

    • 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

    • TravelerExploring Europe
      Day 8

      Last Day, Market Day

      December 21, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      Portobello Road Markets, Notting Hill… what a crazy place! Hustling and bustling with so many people, store holders yelling out there best selection of produce or latest styled hats. We wandered through, bumping shoulders left and right, soon discovering that we needed cash at most vendors. So we found an ATM, which ended up being out of order. All good, we’ll just go inside and get money out. Oh wait, it’s a 10.5% extra bank fee to withdraw cash… No worries we’ll go to that supermarket… oh they don’t do cash out? That’s all good, we’ll try another supermarket… whats that? They don’t do cash out either? ok….oh look, there’s another atm, lets try that… oh that’s out of order as well? Never mind that security guy said that that other supermarket will do cash out… Ok let’s try that. We can get cash out, yes! Oh… it won’t let us use our Australian cards?!! Ok this is getting a bit annoying, let’s keep walking. Oh let me pop my head into this supermarket and check… don’t even bother, it’s tiny! Wait what’s that in the distance?! It’s glowing light on a wall that reads ‘CASH’. Will it work? Will it not? There’s only one way to find out… Yass! It does, finally we have some pounds to purchase our big delicious market pastries with! Woooo!

      Soon the rain set in and we had to bail. We set off for Harrod’s, the super department store of London. Harrod’s was all a it much, packed tot eh rafters with hectic Christmas shoppers. Jo managed to by a few books and we got out of there. We set off on a bus aiming to do a bit of shopping before we left London for the country side tomorrow. We got a few stops away and just weren’t feeling it. Our feet were killing and we were so exhausted. So we hopped right off and got right on the Underground train heading back home. We arrived home to J,J, & H where we all just chilled out for bit before Jo & I headed to grab a drink with the local Carroll. We met Ben and his girlfriend Kate at an amazing underground wine bar for a drink and serious catch-up.We hadn’t seen Ben for several years and had never met Kate so it was so great to catch them. We chatted for a couple of hours and down a delicious bottle of red before we said our goodbyes and headed back to the apartment. It was pack up time and off to bed for an early night before we hit the road tomorrow.

      Asher ☺️      Read more

    • TravelerExploring Europe
      2
      Day 6

      Museums & Castles

      December 19, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Today was wet! Very wet. The perfect day for some inside exploring. We were off to the British Museum and Tower of London.

      British Museum was up first. This huge museum was a wonder. We could have spent he whole day there and still not seen everything. We only had a few hours though so we prioritised Ancient Egypt, Assyria and Greece. These were all things both of us had learnt about during our year 12 schooling so it was pretty amazing to see things in the flesh. The colossal statues of this powerful Pharaohs and lavish palaces of the Assyrian Kings. It was just so amazing to actual visualise these actual things that existed so many years ago. Even stories from the bible we learn’t as kids, seeing the actual palaces from those times really brings what it would have been like to life. I never really pictured much of the city of Nineveh but seeing the actual palace walls in real life depicting carvings of what life was like there really brought it to life.
      We dove into history for a few hours before time got away from us and we had to get across to the grand Tower of London. Not before a quick pit stop at the local bookshop though.

      We made it to the Tower of London, grabbed our audio guides and set off in the rain to explore this incredible castle and fortress. This was a real step back in time. All the way back to William the Conquerer. Originally it started out as a prison, then part of it became a royal palace, a store house for military weapons and now it’s a museum of war weapons and of course the home of The Crown Jewels.

      After exploring the history for a while we wandered in to see the Crown Jewels. Jo was very excited! We took the constantly moving travellator past quite a few times before we could move on. These jewels were very bedazzling, under all the lights they sparkled like crazy. Some of the jewels were incredible! We found out that this was home to the largest cut diamond in the world, the Cullinan diamond. Originally 3,106 carats and the size of a baseball it was cut down and forms different parts of the crown jewels. Unfortunately Queen Lizzy’s crown was in use so we couldn’t see the state crown. With the latest British election Boris Johnson had stolen it for the day.
      Must admit though, this huge display of wealth was all a bit much I think. Traditions or not you could see why the poorer class would have despised the royal family sometimes.
      We hung around the castle until sunset which was such stunning lighting with the tower bridge in the background.

      From there we were heading home. We were on babysitting duty tonight so James and Jess could enjoy dinner and a show. It was nice to have a night relaxing at home actually. We waved them off, got Hudsy to bed and put ourselves to bed not long after.

      A very historically informative day!

      Asher ☺️      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

    • London
      1
      11
      Day 3–4

      Harry Potter Museum

      October 7 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Am Morgen waren wir in einem süssen kleinen Libanesischen Café und haben gefrühstückt. Am Nachmittag sind wir dann durch die Stadt gelaufen, waren im hyde Park, am Diana Denkmal und in Harrods.
      Danach sind wir mit der Metro und dem Zug ins Harry Potter Museum. Es war eine suuuuper erfahrung, als Harry Potter fan muss mann es einfach einmal gesehen haben.
      Wir haben natürlich viele Sachen eingekauft. Es hatt sich sehr gelohnt. Mein favorit war Gringotts und Diagon Alley, Mamas favoriten waren der Gringotts Drache und Dumbledores Büro.      Read more

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    • TravelerEuro 24
      Day 2–5

      IN London 😛

      May 4 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Arrived in London via Sydney & Dubai. Flying to Dubai & London in these massive planes!! Flights were good only squeezed wills hands when taking off and landing, go me🎉

      Arrived at our hostel, in a six bedroom dorm with triple bunk beds. This is the View from the dorm window 🌳

      Walked around for the rest of the evening, sat at park & watched the world go by for a bit & finished the night with burgers for dinner at a place called cheatmeals, 10/10 would recommend 🤩😛      Read more

    • TravelerBack to the UK
      21
      Day 19

      Much ado about nothing...

      July 15, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Took the 'Tube' to Tower Hill. 9am and it was standing room only! Got to the entrance to Tower Bridge to be advised we can't get up to the viewing platform walks until 11:30am.

      Went walking the back alleys and streets of Southwark. Not a blade of grass to be seen.

      Fascinating viewing of the bridge, its build, and workings (see Jenny's FB post). Later that day, we walked the streets of the 7 Dials district (Covent Garden and Soho).

      Dinner in a Burmese restaurant (OMG!!) And then onto see Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" at St. Martin's Theatre (now in its 70th year of continuous showing.      Read more

    • TravelerBack to the UK
      11
      Day 20

      London, our last day (thanks be to God)

      July 16, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      I'm over London. Nice. But no thanks. It's a Mecca for a lot of people but for me...too much, and too crowded!
      Walked for miles and saw a lot but give me the rural surroundings and market villages over this.Read more

    • TravelerThe Grand Tour 2024
      2
      Day 18

      London calling 👋

      July 15 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Hallo aus London! Sind gut mit dem Zug aus Manchester angekommen und jetzt hier - erkennts wer? Gibt eh einen kleinen hint erkennbar 😁 ein abendliches flanieren wurde leider von seeeehr britischen Wetter auf morgen verlegt 😂 haben noch gemütlich Zeit morgen, um 5 werden wir nach Richmond beordert 😁Read more

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    Earls Court, ארלז קורט, अर्ल्स कोर्ट, アールズ・コート

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