 | Goodbye to England!
2009-11-02, Manchester, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | I am on my way to London Heathrow airport.
I'll miss this beautiful country.
As always, thanks againg so much for following and bearing with me, all the entries that I've been writing!!!
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| Ah England, How I'll Miss Thee ....
2009-11-01, Lancaster, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | My cousin took me to Lancaster this weekend for a Taiwanese Scientific Symposium for PhD Students. While we did waste an entire beautiful and sunny day in Lancaster to sit indoors at the University of... |
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 | Bye bye, au revoir, laterz people
2009-10-25, Macclesfield, United Kingdom. By: Pinners | | So, after counting down for what seems like a gazzilion years we're finally here with only 24 hours to go! 'Bout bloody time. So, the job's been packed in, my lovely little flat has been now been let ... |
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| I'm addicted to Marmite
2009-10-23, Liverpool, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Marmite.
I am solidly in th camp that "loves Marmite."
My cousin introduced me to this stuff. What is Marmite? It's this funny smelling brown gloop that's made of Yeast Extract and tastes reall... |
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| Peter Rabbit and Miss Potter
2009-10-20, Lake Windermere, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Ahhh, Manchester, never thought I'd be so happy to see Manchester.
My apologies for not writing sooner, but I just returned with my cousin from our very short one-day stay in Lake Windermere.
Su... |
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| Spending time in Manchester
2009-10-15, Manchester, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Yesterday was a bit of a complete whirlwind for me.
I boarded the National Express to Manchester early morning and arrived late afternoon in Manchester where my lovely cousin took me to her flat w... |
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| Final Day in London!
2009-10-12, London, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | It's finally sunny in London!
Totally loving the sunny weather. The sky is a clear blue color and the wind feels nice and crisp against my skin.
I'm going to miss London. I love major cities tha... |
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| Hello Again London!
2009-10-11, London, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Last night, Paris sent me off in style with a showcase of beautiful fireworks in the Parisian night sky. I have no idea what the occasion was, but I'm pretending it's because the city is wishing me "... |
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 | Day 2: London Eye to Tower of London
2009-10-07, London, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Today, I realized just how much of London I still have to see.
I woke up at 7:15 am, got myself a little breakfast and lunch from the local market around the corner and headed out to the London Eye... |
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 | Day 1: Arrival in London
2009-10-06, London, United Kingdom. By: AnnieCheng | | Hallelujah!
Leaving home was bittersweet, I've already started to miss everyone.
First thing I missed was the sunshine.
We arrived in London Heathrow at 2:40am pacific time (10:30am-ish in ... |
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 | Heathrow Hurdles
2009-09-17, My Bedroom in Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: amcallen | | Stretched and ready to get off this plane, 2 hours away from seeing my Skinnyman I am anxious. I am up, have my bag standing (barely, my leg swole until I didn't have an ankle! cankles they are calle... |
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| Pearson International Relay Races
2009-09-17, My Bedroom in Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: amcallen | | So here I sit, typing away with no idea where to start on the past few weeks...Oh let me tell you first about my airport experience.
For those of you that don't know, I hurt my knee pretty badly w... |
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 | Leaving day
2009-09-05, Heathrow, United Kingdom. By: leed1983 | | Leaving day is looming!! I have set up this Journal for family and friends to keep track of where on earth I am. This should be a nice simple site that will help you stay up to date with my adventures... |
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 | Getting Ready
2009-08-31, Hampshire, United Kingdom. By: cmciver | | Really looking forward to a new trip, it seems like ages since we have been away but the backpacks have been dusted down and we are almost ready to go. |
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 | Sandringham
2009-08-05, Sandringham, United Kingdom. By: alan54to60 | | This is where the Royal Family spend Christmas, the house and grounds are lovely, just a pity pictures cannot be taken inside the main house. The museum was very interesting though. |
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 | From Pickering to Whitby by steam railway
2009-07-28, Whitby, United Kingdom. By: alan54to60 | | This was my first trip on the North Yorks Moors railway. It is only in the last few years that the line has been extended to Whitby, before it stopped at Grosmont. I am always happy to visit Whitby,... |
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 | Ireland and Northern Ireland
2009-07-22, Ireland, United Kingdom. By: joneses | | Once again setting foot on foreign soil was nothing special with immigration. They stamped our passports and said something with a very strong Irish accent. We bussed into the city and Erin and Ryan... |
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 | Hartlepool
2009-07-19, Hartlepool, United Kingdom. By: alan54to60 | | I wanted to have a look around this port as my grandfather used to visit some of his family here. Wasn't sure what to expect, but glad I went, quite an interesting place. |
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 | Pickering Station
2009-07-12, Pickering, United Kingdom. By: alan54to60 | | I paid a quick visit to Pickering station, the southern end of the line of the North Yorks Moors Railway, to check on times etc for a trip later in the summer. It is always good to see the old steam ... |
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 | Leaving for Britain
2009-08-14, Nottigham, United Kingdom. By: gisi | | We got up at quarter to six and left the hostel for the station. Our train was at half seven so we grabbed something to eat whilst waiting. Our train took us to Lillie flanders again, but we only had ... |
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 | England - Part 2
2009-07-20, England, United Kingdom. By: joneses | | Sam headed back to Exeter on the train the next day – it was very sad to say goodbye to him after five days of travelling with him.
All we had to do that day was travel two hours to the Cotswolds,... |
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 | England – Part One
2009-07-11, England, United Kingdom. By: joneses | | We landed safely at Heathrow and then proceeded through customs & immigration. Once again they didn’t check anything in our bags - NZ & Australia really are a lot more fussy about what they let into ... |
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 | Last full day
2009-08-01, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | Our last full day in scotland was spent sleeping in, going to Loch Lomand and eating a huge lunch at Duck Bay (or in my case...part of derek's as well). Lunch was great, then we went over to Lomand S... |
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| Last full day
2009-08-01, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | Our last full day in scotland was spent sleeping in, going to Loch Lomand and eating a huge lunch at Duck Bay (or in my case...part of derek's as well). Lunch was great, then we went over to Lomand S... |
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| Auchentoshan
2009-07-30, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | We went to the Auchentoshan distilery today in Glasgow for a tour of the distilery (and a few samples of course). It was interesting to learn about the different types of scotch whisky and how whisky... |
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| The Celtic Game
2009-07-30, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | Celtic FC v Dinamo Moscow
final score 0 - 1 for Dinamo.
Before the game we met our uncle at The Counting House near George Square for a few pints and then we headed on down to the game. A footbal... |
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| The Littles
2009-07-30, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | After our cuury at the shish we had a night cap with a lot of our cousins at our cousin sharon's house.
We had a ton of fun and continued it on to the next day as we played snooker and a had a fe... |
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| Ashton Lane
2009-07-28, Glasgow, United Kingdom. By: farmers | | Our first night was a good one, we went to Ashton Lane in the West End of Glasgow for a "few" drinks at Brel, Jinty McGinty's and Buddha Bar. It's a really cool lane with bars lining each side, makin... |
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