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    • Chris in the UK
      1
      Day 35

      The return of the rain

      September 30, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

      Stuart pointed out that it was raining when we arrived, and now it's raining on our last night in London.

      QANTAS got in touch to say that our flight had been delayed. I also noticed that there is industrial action tomorrow and that the Piccadilly line to Heathrow will not be operating. Small inconveniences, and no doubt not the last of the trip. We have booked our stay in an airport hotel, at the Hilton no less, but only because the Aerotel was all sold out.

      I woke up feeling like crap after a bad journey home from Upton Park last night. In fact, I feel like I"m on the brink of a cold, which is also a nice bookend to the trip.

      We caught the tube this morning to the Natural History Museum after hearing from a girl working at Foyle's Bookstore in Bristol that it was "UGH-MAZING". And you know what? It was ugh-mazing, from the very moment the building curved into view. It is preposterously, monstrously, palatially large, and even from the moment you walk in, the very first exhibit is of a Blue Whale skeleton, which is also preposterously large. (In fact, it's the largest creature that has ever existed.)

      Many of the exhibits in the Natural History Museum were interesting, but the building itself was the prime exhibit. Stuart and I walked around with our jaws agape photographing the architecture rather than the suspicious didactics of glass-case taxidermy. Everywhere we looked in that "German Romanesque" building we saw little statues and decorations of animals and plants. There were very few statues - one of Charles Darwin positioned in a provocative placement so that he looked Messianic (I didn't approve) and another of Thomas Huxley with his knuckles clenched ready to fight for acceptance of the theory of evolution. (If only he knew this fight would still be going on!)

      I slouched and trudged and winced through the place, high on painkillers again, and ultimately spent as much time in the cafeteria as I did at the exhibits. Of course I went briefly apeshit in the giftshop. (Stuart: "Why are you buying an Ankylosaurus?" Me: "Because it is my FAVOURITEST DINOSAUR!" Stuart: "You have a favourite?")

      After the Natural History Museum I limped over to the V&A but didn't have the muscular strength to go in. I offered to Stuart that he could have a look through while I went to a cafe, but he was tired too. We tried finding somewhere to eat in Harrod's but it was too posh to endure, so we went to Thunderbird Chicken in Earls Court instead. Beer and chips, food of the Gods I tell you.

      This afternoon was a bath and some KFC. We are ready to go home, I think. The rain is gorgeous. We have had such unexpectedly and such uncharacteristically fine weather, from Surrey to Inverness, that some tears from heaven on the final day seems sweet and apropros.

      We might watch Lord of the Rings tonight before conking out. Off to Heathrow tomorrow.      Read more

    • TravelerBack to the UK
      11
      Day 16

      Cotswold to London

      July 12, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Said goodbye to our friends from Denver and Brisbane. They journeyed to Heathrow and home; we journeyed to London via Didcot, where we returned our hire car.
      Boarded the high-speed train to Paddington Station, London; and having left Andersford at 9am, we checked into our hotel in Kensington at 1pm.
      Our (new) friend from our canal boat trip, Jo, a Police Constable with the London Metropolitan Mounted Police, had invited us to have a tour of the old Scotland Yard, Police stables if we could be there by 2:15pm...gotta love the Underground Rail. Got there at 2:13pm!      Read more

    • TravelerOverseas trip
      1
      Day 125

      Warner Brothers set tour

      November 24, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 4 °C

      I wasn’t originally going to make one for this but there were so many photos I couldn’t fit it all into one blog with London too.

      We left the Branford on Avon earlyish to take a set tour of the Harry Potter movies on our way to London. On the way we saw the English stone henge which was cool. You had to pay to get in but we drove passed and saw it anyway. The set tour was sooo cool, it had all the costumes that they wore during filming, and all the sets that were in the movies. It had a bunch of information on the making of the movies, a small cinema documentary, and It even had a replica of the Castle. It was definitely one of the highlights of the trip and I would really want to go back again.Read more

    • TravelerOverseas trip
      11
      Day 126

      London Nu. 1

      November 25, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

      On our first day in London we met up with Mum and Dad’s friends from Hong Kong. They took us out for Lunch and to their school Christmas market, they said it was very modern but it definitely wasn’t. It looked like a proper London boarding school. After all it was called kings college. After that we went out for Lunch with them to this really small pub and got really full. The pub had a very London vibe about it and you were allowed to bring dogs inside. We said goodbye and then at night we went into central London to go to a service at Westminster Abbey, they let us sit in the seats where all the royals sit for the coronations which was awesome and the choir was very good to listen to. Plus we got to see Big Ben lit up at night.

      On our second day in London we walked for a while to get to Buckingham Palace. On the way we went into Harrods just to see all the fancy and expensive stuff. We finally got to Buckingham palace and sat on the edge of the fountain. It was pretty cool to see but for some reason I was more excited to see Big Ben. On our way out we saw some action movies being filmed and we were desperate to figure out what it was for but the security guards wouldn’t tell us. We went back into the main part of London to this Portrait gallery in place which was completely free. In there there was just a bunch of pictures of famous people and they all looked so real. Then we just looked into shops and went back home.

      The next day we decided to the go the London Natural history museum and the science museum which was both completely free. In the Natural history Museum there were a bunch of dinosaur bones and sculptures as well as a few stuffed animals like lions and tigers. And the science museum basically was the full history of space and machines. The natural history Museums Architecture was really cool to, it had like monkeys engraved into the walls.
      So far London had been great and one of my favourite city’s and I’m looking forward to what the next few days bring.      Read more

    • TravelerEuropean Holidays
      Day 2

      London Base Camp

      December 17, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 45 °F

      Checked into our hotel for the next few days. When they warn you that rooms are small, they aren't kidding. We don't plan to spend much time in our room, so a cozy space is no big deal. But, for point of reference, this is AFTER a complimentary upgrade to next size up in room.Read more

    • TravelerIndia/London 2024
      Day 19

      Sights of London

      February 1 in England ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

      Grumpy Teddy the hotel kitty who I didnt even know existed till I saw him on the stairs. London Eye, river Thames. Small restaurant in St Marys le Bow built 1080. The crypt was a burial chamber, but all the graves were moved when the church was rebuilt after the war. Cecil Court-1897-1915 was known as Flicker Alley due to film pioneers Cecil Hepworth& James Williamson. Now a street for book sellers.Read more

    • TravelerOverseas trip
      Day 129

      London Nu. 2

      November 28, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

      On our 4th day in London we left later than usual because we didn’t have as much to do. By the time we got out we only had about 2 hour of sun light left before dark ( seeing that it gets dark around 4:00 here. We went to this Modern art gallery (Tate Modern) that was… peculiar. It had some weird art there. Some of it was just a white canvas with a splotch of white and another would look like a kinder kid made it. After we walked to West End and went to a musical called “crazy for you” which was really good. We found out that tickets were much cheaper during week days which made it easy for us.

      Once again like yesterday on our last day in London we left the house pretty late. We took a walk along the side of the Thames to get a better look at London tower bridge which looked pretty cool. Then we went to another church service at Saint Paul’s cathedral for a service, I think I liked the first one more though maybe on the other one it was my first time so it felt more nicer to the ears but the one at saint Paul’s was more echo-ish. Then I went to the best show I have ever seen in my life. We split up into a group of two. Mum and Jemilla went to the Royal London Ballet which they said was very mesmerising. And Dad and I went to Back to the future the Musical which was one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen. The crowd was super into it and cheered and clapped a bunch, and the singing was perfect and the effects were super cool and I’m really hoping it will come to Melbourne so I can see it again. To sum up London it was one of my favourite city’s so far and maybe my favourite place. It had the Christmas vibe going on, it was cold, and it had a bunch of shows to see and everyone was really nice.      Read more

    • Chris in the UK
      1
      Day 34

      ReLondoning

      September 29, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      All the pressure is off now. It's delightful. Stuart and I woke up yesterday with every intention of being spontaneous, and the idea that spontaneously occurred to Stuart was a trip to St Paul's. I had heard of it - wasn't it a cute little English church? - so we got on the tube at Earl's Court and made our way to St Paul's Station.

      It was funny turning down a little alley and seeing a juggernaut Cathedral staring down at us. London is planned around this church; its streets and buildings defer to it, and even in some cases lean to one side to ensure there are uninterrupted views of it. Now I'm just glad I'm not some anti-religious heathen who thinks that every Church should be deconsecrated and turned into a public secular space - haha, what kind of insufferable bore has *that* for an opinion? - but even so I didn't feel much like going inside a Church again.

      My feet were aching and my quota of Christianity was full. Stuart was gorgeously amenable to the prospect of me going to a cafe while he did a tour, so I found a sweet foxhole in Caffe Nero, bought an Oat Cap, and sat down to read a book of poetry I had bought in Berwick. The tour went way overtime, but ultimately it worked out well because I got to decompress a bit, and read a powerful queer book too. Plus, did you know that St Pauls is right next to the London Stock Exchange (God and Mammon are neighbours!) so all the financial types in their tailored suits were walking past or buying coffee, so I got a great perv on all the Tory guys. (I'll disavow them all three times before sunrise, but they do look good in a tailored suit).

      After that we went to Covent Garden because Stuart's Dior Sauvage was Dior Boring and he was running out of chances for a really great niche perfume in one of the perfume capitals of the world. After a quick burger, it was back to Bloom Perfumery to see the lovely Sarah, and she got to work trying to target Stuart's taste. It didn't take her long - only fifteen minutes of sampling was enough to get Stuart down to "Vetiver Santal," "Rasputin" or "Liqueur Charnelle." Stuart chose the latter, liking its spiciness and subtle cognac notes. It's a great smell. (I liked something called "Ciel Immobile" but I will not be buying any more perfume until 2047)

      Back to The Prime and our luxury Georgian cupboard of a room for a nap before I got on the train to Upton Park to meet my friend Nick at The Boleyn Tavern. I got lost on the way there (tube, cab, tube) and lost on the way back (walk, walk, uber) but at least I got to see a fair tranche of London at night, with a fox roaming quiet streets, a bunch of men in tuxedos outside a fancy hotel, a drunkard dancing, and the lights of a bridge - possibly Waterloo bridge - changing colour beneath the neon magenta of the London Eye.

      Even when it's not being special, London is special.      Read more

    • 2023 Osterferien in London
      Day 2

      Hopp on- hopp off

      April 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

      Vom Hotel starteten wir heute morgen zu Fuss Richtung Gloucester Road, denn dort war der naheste Zustiegspunkt zu unserer geplanten Hopp on-Hoff off-Tour. Haltestelle No.33
      Dort angekommen zeigten wir unser London-Ticket vor, das wir uns schon vor der Reise gekauft hatten, und das uns den Eintritt in viele Einrichtungen verschaffen könnte, wenn wir das denn alles schaffen. Wir bekamen dann unser Bus-Ticket, und mit dem konnten wir dann direkt einsteigen. Los ging es auf der blauen Route, die auch die längste war und gesamt 3,5Stunden gehen sollte. Wir wollten ja möglichst viel sehen, und zwischen durch auch mal aussteigen. So der Plan.... Manchmal ändern Pläne sich 😉 Auf alle Fälle ergatterten wir dann gleich mal Plätze auf dem Oberdeck. Los ging's👍🏻Read more

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    • 2023 Osterferien in London
      Day 3

      Tag 2 beginnt mit einem Lächeln

      April 8, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

      ...und leider auch wieder mit heftigem Halsweh bei Flo. Also ging heute morgen wieder der Griff zur Ibuflam-Flasche... Sogar schon zwei mal, denn die ersten 5ml um 6 Uhr zeigten so gar keine Wirkung. Aber nun hat es sogar mit dem Frühstück geklappt.

      Heute haben wir nun zwei fest gebuchte Programmpunkte. Um 10:30 Uhr sitzen wir hoffentlich im London Eye und betrachten London von oben, und um 13:30 Uhr sind wir bei Madame Tussauds.

      Wenn Flo danach noch fit ist, dann wollen wir noch in den größten Spielzeugladen in London, GB, weltweit?😉. Ob die Kräfte da dann noch für reichen ... Wir werden berichten 😘      Read more

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

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