London Travel Blogs - Page 13

Last time I visited London, 3 years ago, I told myself I'd never come back.  But as soon as I got on the tube, I couldn't help feel this overwhelming feeling of happiness come over me.  Maybe I was just so happy to be out of Scandinavia or maybe it was nice being in familiar ter…

Here we are back in London! We are staying at my lovely aunt Marlene and Uncle Richards place just south east of london, and what a place to be. Marlene is the best cook in the Northen Hemisphere! (anne-marie...you win for the southern, sorry mum!!)  Dom is known as the miracle man from his&n…

London..London...full of things to do everywhere..everyday..everytime..everywhere! I have been here almost 3 months and I dont complain at all! I like it a lot! each day more! Now is autum and leaves are falling...I was in the Nothing Hill carnival...parties everywhere...fireworks..festivals..Cande…

  The Notting Hill Carnival has been taking place in London, on the last weekend in August, every year since 1965. This great festival began initially from the energies of Black immigrants from the Caribbean, particularly from Trinidad, where the Carnival tradition is very strong, and from peo…

International Association of Dental Research meeting held in Miami Convention Center, April 2009. Just before miami congress, I 've planned a trip to Los angeles for a week where my best friend lives...

Breakfast was at 7:45 this morning.  Today we were slated for a driving tour of London and then given the rest of the day to explore the city.  We boarded the bus and were carted around and saw the major sights such as Tower of London, Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, etc…

For a while.  Pictures of stone animals in the capital.  I don't know if I can be bothered though.These two are on my walk to work.

2005 - 16.march, just after the first attack on London subway and buses... i've been in Paris at my friends place since one week now, looking at the scenes from the other side of La Manche. Terrible! Every one is talking about this. So am i. Then so many are saiyng - "now there will be coming nobod…

After awaking at whatever ungodly hour (a.k.a., A.M.) the wake-up call came at, we had breakfast and then gathered outside, awaiting the bus to take us around London. It was, of course, late. So we went back inside and continued to eat. Because that's what we do. Once the bus came, we all piled on,…

My last week in Ghana passed so quickly it's amazing. Another volunteer, Rachel and I put on a CPR clinic at the Volta Regional Hospital for the nurses on Monday and Tuesday. Only some of the nurses had ever learned or heard of CPR before. We had one demonstration dummy, so we borrowed pillows from…

short trip to london in february 2008

I got to the airport early in the morning but as its been a long time since I have flown from Heathrow had a bit of trouble finding Charleigh, but when I eventually did, Myself, Charleigh, Simi and Chris all sat down for some tea and a chat before check - in ... I don't think I'd quite woken up pro…

LONDON - DAY ONEWe landed at Heathrow around 7:30 am on June 2 I was filled with excitement as I took my first step out of North America, excitement mixed exhaustion and headache as I experienced my very first case of jet lag. Damn those free in flight movies that kept me awake all night/day.We pro…

this past week i didn't do a whole lot of sleeping-fun i took care of though. thursday was a good ol fashion pajama party upstairs, spiced up with a few liters of Strongbow cider and a few games of King's Cup. friday we went to the Zoo...and no, there were no animals, unless you count the men insid…

Do you know how to stay safe in a hotel?In this post, I take a look at some tips for travelers, especially women traveling alone.The need for this post, and also a podcast I have done on this topic, was really sparked by a lot of traveling that I do with women colleagues. We were talking the other …