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Tue, 26 Aug 2014 | By schmodude | Views [1094]
I ended up at a pub crawl last night with friend from the hostel, Philippe. It was rainy and a holiday, so it sounded like something good to do. However, nobody else in all of London had that train of thought. We were the only two people on this ... Read more >
Tags: bank of england, brockley, england, family, gold, harrods, hyde park, london, uk
Tue, 26 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [789]
As we were leaving Edinburgh, the GPS that came n the rental car kept sending us on crazy routes, like down High Street, or in a lane for buses only. We ended up ignoring her and just heading west out of Edinburgh. Once we'd managed to get on a road ... Read more >
Tags: gps, musicals, train, train station
Tue, 26 Aug 2014 | By laurenstrong | Photo Gallery
A truly royal experience
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Tags: england, experience, london, royal
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By schmodude | Views [628]
England’s rainy stereotype can remain intact. It’s been raining all day and will not likely stop. Besides the rain though, it is quite pleasant outside. I was out and about sometime around 10 am and the holiday combined with the rain ... Read more >
Tags: england, london, national gallery, rain, sainsburys, tate modern, uk
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [582]
While we were in the area, my sister was interested in the World Pipe Band Championships. She plays bagpipes, and had also gotten a fair number of reactions of “What's in Scotland?” Attempts to explain the Fringe Festival usually fell ... Read more >
Tags: bagpipes, kindness of strangers
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [613]
By Friday my sister and I were pretty much out of things we wanted to see at the Half-Price Hut, but my mother wasn't. She volunteered to stand in line and pick up some of her tickets, so if there was anything we wanted to see, we should mention it to ... Read more >
Tags: fliers, fringe, musicals, victorian vices, wilde
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By aeileenr | Views [1562]
"London smells like history." That's what I catch myself saying over and over again as I ride along the river Thames on a bike. I am aware more than ever that history is greeting me with every corner turned and every street passed. Our biking ... Read more >
Tags: england, leadenhall market, london
Sun, 24 Aug 2014 | By schmodude | Views [570]
I got into the airport last night around 9:00 pm. After a lot of waiting, and hour train ride and a bit of luck, I found my hostel around half past 11 pm. I met a group of Italians here to learn English as they were gearing up to go to the Ministry of ... Read more >
Tags: airport, bank holiday, england, london, saint paul, southbank, three, uk
Sun, 24 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [633]
Thursday began the same way so many disjointed days in our history of attending the Edinburgh Fringe have begun. We went to Shakespeare for Breakfast.
Shakespeare for Breakfast is a consistently entertaining show featuring Shakespearean characters, ... Read more >
Tags: fringe, shakespeare, steampunk, victorian vices
Thu, 21 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [585]
The first sign that The Picture of Dorian Gray wasn't going to be a normal show occurred when a tall man in Victorian dress gathered us together for the announcement that we'd get more out of the evening if we stood and participated, but if we needed ... Read more >
Tags: fringe, musicals, victorian vices, wilde
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 20 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [562]
We began Wednesday with our newest friend- the Half Price Hut part of the Fringe app. No Belles was there, which my sister had expressed a strong interest in, seeing as it was a play about women in science and math. While we were standing in line, ... Read more >
Tags: fringe, musicals, shakespeare
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [635]
At 11:00 Monday night, my sister and father went to watch Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. It was a two hour show featuring such songs as “All I Need is Disco” and “Glitter Boots Saved My Life.” I'd managed to convince my mother ... Read more >
Tags: cashmere, fringe, musicals, shakespeare, sweater, tickets, wilde
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 | By kakimono | Views [650]
Monday morning, we checked the Half-Price Hut part of the Fringe app to see if they had more tickets that we wanted for sale. They did. So a bit before 10, we all set out- my parents to go grocery shopping, my sister and I to get more tickets.
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Tags: fliers, fringe, grocery, musicals, venues, wilde
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Photo Gallery
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