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Sight-seeing

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Today we did the sight-seeing thing and hopped on the big bus tour, we went from the London Eye (which we still haven’t been on because it was hot but cloudy today) through Fleet Street and the commerce business part of town, across the London Bridge and back across the Tower Bridge, which are apparantly different bridges but every time an outsider talks about “London Bridge” the fancy one with the towers they actually mean “Tower Bridge”. Meh.

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Jet-lag

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

So apart from being in the middle of nowhere, 1/2km walk from the closest tube station, and oh yeah, the lift isn’t working so we had to lug our suitcases and packs up 3 flights of stairs, mind you, when we were coming down the YHA guy was carrying some blonde European’s suitcase up the stairs for her. Bitch. Of course, Aussie chicks can just handle these situations better, we all know that.

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Getting to London – planes, trains and buses!

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Well we arrived in London safely after 25 hours of pure unadulterated HELL! I'm so glad we don't have to do that flight again for a long time, as Lija and I were saying, on the way home we will ... [Continue reading this entry]

At the airport…hehe

Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Hey everyone, well it's 10.38pm and Lija and I have got through customs and security and our flight status says RELAX - I've never liked a better request! Dramas at check-in with my luggage supposedly over 5 kgs so there ... [Continue reading this entry]

Party time!

Friday, May 11th, 2007
On Saturday night I had the best going away party ever! Clare and Sam organised it, going out to dinner at Sofias in Wheelers Hill, then up to this dingy bar called the Scarab Beetle (which actually turned out to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Speechless

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
I'm sitting in front of my computer right now and I have no idea what to say. It's exactly two weeks before I leave, 14 days, and I have such a rush of emotions surging through me that I don't know ... [Continue reading this entry]