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We woke up pretty late considering our planned day. Neither of us can help it… Elle is exhausted and the bed i am sleeping on is the most comfortable i have seen in over a month, I’m catching up on lost hours! After Elle taking 2 hours in the bathroom, we set out, destination, Buckingham Palace. We took the bus then the tube (central line) to Green Park Station. We wondered through Green Park to the Palace. It was quite plain to look at, and I found myself more fascinated at the guards, police, military and security personnel that at the actual palace. Thats not to say I didnt get a photo of me in front of it. (more…)

Reg took me out today for a bit of a tour around some of his favorite spots. We started at Hyde Park, which we got to via bus via Shepards Bush. It was huge and very plesent indeed. We took some photos of the squirrels and saw the Peter Pan Memorial. I also had a look around a gallery just within the park. It had some really contempory work, which I enjoyed. We saw the palace in the gardens also, and walked through the streets, stopping off a few times at some good local pubs that Reg knew, and of course having a beer. We had lunch in a pub where several famous people were known to drink, and I had steak and ale pie, very very good!

We woke up pretty late considering our planned day. Neither of us can help it… Elle is exhausted and the bed i am sleeping on is the most comfortable i have seen in over a month, I’m catching up on lost hours! After Elle taking 2 hours in the bathroom, we set out, destination, Buckingham Palace. We took the bus then the tube (central line) to Green Park Station. We wondered through Green Park to the Palace. It was quite plain to look at, and I found myself more fascinated at the guards, police, military and security personnel that at the actual palace. Thats not to say I didnt get a photo of me in front of it. Now there is one thing that is very dangerous about getting your photo taken in front of something… Every tourist in a two mile radius then wants you to take their photo with their family… Elle and I were stuck there for a good few minutes as tourists mobbed us and robbed us of our kindness! (more…)

Well… Today… I once again didn’t do much… I’m sorry people, I’m on holidays, can you blame me???

I woke up late and got hooked on a certain website on the net called LinkedIn… Essentially it’s a Professional Facebook, where you put your job history on it and it becomes a kind of online resume/job sharing and finding service. Find below, an extract of what i wrote for the union, as a kind of review for it… (more…)

Reg took me out today for a bit of a tour around some of his favorite spots. We started at Hyde Park, which we got to via bus via Shepard’s Bush. It was huge and very plesent indeed. We took some photos of the squirrels and saw the Peter Pan Memorial. I also had a look around a gallery just within the park. It had some really contemporary work, with lots of projectors, which I enjoyed. We saw the palace in the gardens also, and walked through the streets, stopping off a few times at some good local pubs that Reg knew, and of course having a beer. We had lunch in a pub where several famous people were known to drink, and I had steak and ale pie, very very good! We then continued on through the city, as Reg pointed out the places that they have stayed and good places to visit. (more…)

Well, i slept for 14 hours, only waking up once, when Elle got home from work. The poor thing is working 12 hour night shifts and then on her days off, is working another job at the local pub. So she essentially does nothing except work and sleep! She is wrecked and is showing it. Reg and I have been trying to talk her into calling in sick one of the days and having a social life, but so far to no avail! I woke up and had Vegimite toast, and tea! I then sat on the Internet for the afternoon, emailing people and labelling my pictures, viewable at www.flickr.com/photos/geordieb (more…)

I was up at some ungodly hour of the morning (6am) considering i had had about 2.5 hours of sleep! We had gone out last night for one final hoorah, at the cross club and put Julia and Ellen on a tram, which took a while as they only come about every 40 minutes. I had packed the night before, so i threw my clothes on after a quick shower and headed out the door. I took the Metro line A one stop to Museum and changed to line C and rode that to the terminus. At the terminus i changed to a bus that went to the airport. Whilst on the bus i had my ticket checked for the second time in the whole week. I made it to the airport around 8:35am. I found the check in hall and waited in the wrong queue for about 5 minutes before moving on the advice of an English couple who i met on the bus. (more…)

Well not literally of course, i have been drinking solid, i just haven’t had the time to update this blog. So i do apologize. I will get to it very very soon!

NEW PHOTOS AND VIDEOS!
If you look to the right hand side of this page, there are a number of links to my Flickr account and my facebook albums that you can use to see my lovely face as well as the people i am with. Please email me if you have any problems viewing them. (more…)

There is nothing here…

I got on the train at some ungodly hour of the morning, heading for the airport train at the main station. I was on schedule, and arrived at the station with no problems. The underground system is amazing in paris. The whole time i have been here, i havent waited longer than about 3 minutes. I almost got on the wrong train but asked the driver, in french i might ad, very proud! I was on my way. Goodbye Paris. (more…)