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Lord Mayor’s Day at St. Paul’s Cathedral
13 Nov 2010 Very rarely St Paul’s Cathedral has free entrance for all but on Lord Mayor’s Day, all are welcome. Another benefit of going on Lord Mayor’s Day is you can take all the photographs you want! Usually photography is not allowed in the cathedral because it will disturb the spiritual life of the [...]
Review of Shaftesbury Premier London Paddington
Review of Shaftesbury Premier London, Paddington After the third day, British Airways was not going to pay for our stay at Hilton London Metropole any longer. We decided to checked out to find a cheaper place if BA refused to reimburse us rather than remain staying in our room for about £200 a night. We [...]
Review of Hilton Hotel, London Metropole
Review of Hilton Hotel, London Metropole A little snowfall and one of the largest airports in the world, Heathrow, closes with almost all flights cancelled. Chaos reigned and lots of people were just waiting aimlessly in the terminals. Fortunately, and I do mean fortunately or else we have to camp at the airport, I managed [...]
London Eye, Shakespeare’s Globe Theater and The Tower Bridge
19 Dec 2010 Since we were scheduled to fly to Oslo tomorrow, we had to use up our remaining Tesco vouchers on the various attractions in London. Against the rare cold and snowy weather, we still managed to visit 3 sites today. Firstly it’s the London Eye and I must say luckily we did it. [...]
Manchester – Regeneration of the inner city
8 December 2010 Since the post box bombing in 1996, Manchester has revived herself and made a remarkable recovery. Buildings were rebuilt and in the process injected a lease of new life into the city centre. We spent the greater part of the day strolling around the city and exploring the many shops. In the [...]
Cardiff Castle – Right in the centre of town
6 December 2010 If you are in Cardiff, it would not be possible to miss Cardiff Castle as the castle is very centrally located and you have the usual high street shops across the road. We arrived at the Castle quite late but we still decided to go for the guided tour. At the end [...]
Week 20 – Onboard the London Eye
Date taken: 19 December 2010 Location: London, United Kingdom This was taken near at the top of the London Eye ferris wheel. On the left is the London Eye capsule while on the right in the background is the Palace of Westminster. If you are a UK resident (meaning you have a proof of address [...]
Review of Anabelle’s Guest House (Bath, UK)
Unable to get a couch for Bath, we had to find a place to stay. I decided on this place due to the reasonable price and its convenient location. The location is perfect if you travel by bus or rail as the guest house is very near to both terminals. The room is clean and [...]
Bath – With a Still Working Roman Bath
23 November 2010 Bath, one of the few places in Britain with a natural hot spring, inspires classical images of well sculptured men and women enjoying the hot waters in a pool with tall columns around its perimeter. Today, the natural hot springs water feeds a modern spa facility located beside the historical Roman Baths [...]
Week 22 – Dog drinking bowl, Wrest Park