cheers mates!
Here i am in Bath! Today we are doing a bit of sight seeing with a friend of a friend named Tom. He took us out to some pubs last night, they all have really awesome names like, The Pig and Fiddle or Slug n Lettuce :) we leave Bath tomorrow and go back to London for another week. Bath is such a cute and charming town, everyone here is so nice and it's exactly what i thought england would be like, a lot of canes and hats, and tweed and plaid. There is really beautiful architecture here and supposedly alot of films have taken place here including pride and prejudice and if you like Jane Austen she has a whole center here! I'm finally starting to adjust to the cold and the fact that we don't have a blow dryer, but our hostel here is much better than our first hostel in London. We're going to have a lot of time in London to relax seeing as we've already been there for a week and so have seen most of the important sights. We still want to visit Abbey Road and see a musical probably Wicked, look it up if you're not sure what it is, Emily is absolutely in LOVE with it and would kill me if i didn't see it so i'm excited!
Thanks to everyone for writing me comments! It's really good to hear from people back home because i'm a baby and start missing people really easily! If there's something anyone wants from a certain place let me know and thanks for the addresses!
pip pip cheerio friends! <3
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
candy from europe is cool!
HI again!!!
cheers from london! Emily and i have been going crazy in london! Today we went to portobello road and camden market. camden is known for drug addicts and amy winehouse but it was a really fun town/market. We also went out with an australian friend we met the other day named leigh! It was australia day which is apparently a big deal in london! We went from pub to pub celebrating and wore flags all around london! It was really fun to be australian for a day!
Tomorrow we leave for Bath which is apparently really really beautiful and more of the real good ol' english times that we have wanted to experience. Johnny Depp has a house there too!! Obviously that is something i am extremely excited about!
We've also been spending alot of time in cafe's and bookstores, just relaxing because all the cold weather and walking we do is really tiring.
The other day we walking past Buckingham palace. It was really not what we expected, i mean it's where prince william lives! I thought it would be absolutely breath taking! There were alot of guards around with guns though which was actually kind of scary!
So just to update you we are going to bath for three days, coming back and staying in Brixton, London for 5 days and then we're heading over to Paris. We still aren't sure where we want to go after Paris, we are thinking Prague now, anyone have any suggestions??
Tonight we are eating at Yo Sushi! It's a sushi restaurant that's really similar to Genki but it's alot more futuristic looking. the sushi still goes around on conveyor belts, but each sushi is in a little bubble! HOW AWESOME!
London is bloody brilliant!
The only address i have are my mom, dad, christy and sharon. so if you are not these people can you put your address on here so i can send you a post card!?
<3 Tara
cheers from london! Emily and i have been going crazy in london! Today we went to portobello road and camden market. camden is known for drug addicts and amy winehouse but it was a really fun town/market. We also went out with an australian friend we met the other day named leigh! It was australia day which is apparently a big deal in london! We went from pub to pub celebrating and wore flags all around london! It was really fun to be australian for a day!
Tomorrow we leave for Bath which is apparently really really beautiful and more of the real good ol' english times that we have wanted to experience. Johnny Depp has a house there too!! Obviously that is something i am extremely excited about!
We've also been spending alot of time in cafe's and bookstores, just relaxing because all the cold weather and walking we do is really tiring.
The other day we walking past Buckingham palace. It was really not what we expected, i mean it's where prince william lives! I thought it would be absolutely breath taking! There were alot of guards around with guns though which was actually kind of scary!
So just to update you we are going to bath for three days, coming back and staying in Brixton, London for 5 days and then we're heading over to Paris. We still aren't sure where we want to go after Paris, we are thinking Prague now, anyone have any suggestions??
Tonight we are eating at Yo Sushi! It's a sushi restaurant that's really similar to Genki but it's alot more futuristic looking. the sushi still goes around on conveyor belts, but each sushi is in a little bubble! HOW AWESOME!
London is bloody brilliant!
The only address i have are my mom, dad, christy and sharon. so if you are not these people can you put your address on here so i can send you a post card!?
<3 Tara
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I'm a londoner!
Hey everyone!
Today is the evening of my second day in london! It is such a beautiful city! The first day was almost magical! We arrived at our hostel after riding the tube (we LOVE riding the tube, it's so efficient) it's a really nice hostel, the only thing is it's a little cold!! During the day we explored our area (lambeth, the southern bank of London) and ate our first meal at a little cafe. They loved that we were american and were starring at us, they probably love americans because we had no idea what the tipping percentage was! We found out later we gave them too much! Our first day was also the Inauguration of Barrack and in honor of this, Madam Tussauds (a famous wax museum) was free to anyone with a U.S. passport! We obviously wanted to get in on that deal and so we went and it was so cool! They all looked shockingly life-like and we kept thinking they would move. Later that night we went out with two guys Jeff and Brendan from Oklahoma and Australia and we walked to Piccadily Circus and crossed the Thames and saw Big Ben on the way! It was gorgeous! Then we walked quite awhile in pretty cold weather to a bar called Be @ One. It was trendy but it still had the English Pub feel, we ordered drinks and we actually came at happy hour so it was buy one get one free!!! So i fufilled my goal of drinking in England on my first day and being legal to drink for the first time!!!
Today we were a bit more tired! We woke up pretty early and decided to go to Harrod's and check it out. It wasn't all that everyone made it out to be. The food hall and Chocolate rooms were amazing but the shopping was basically nordstrom's just ten times the size! For lunch we just came back to the hostel and ate and figured out how to use my hair straightener here (very important) haha. Then we went to a popular shopping area on Oxford Street, i bought new boots because mine were ruined by the boston snow! We went grocery shopping a little bit ago and found a great CHEAP grocery store called Iceland. It's very possible to stay here for a long time cheaply, but we'll see how our spending goes.
Tomorrow we plan to visit the Buckingham Palace and see the changing of the guards and maybe Westminster Abbey.
So far it has been a blast but i miss some comforts of home!
that's it for now, also i'm pretty sure i won't be able to upload photos here! sorry!!
i miss you guys!
Today is the evening of my second day in london! It is such a beautiful city! The first day was almost magical! We arrived at our hostel after riding the tube (we LOVE riding the tube, it's so efficient) it's a really nice hostel, the only thing is it's a little cold!! During the day we explored our area (lambeth, the southern bank of London) and ate our first meal at a little cafe. They loved that we were american and were starring at us, they probably love americans because we had no idea what the tipping percentage was! We found out later we gave them too much! Our first day was also the Inauguration of Barrack and in honor of this, Madam Tussauds (a famous wax museum) was free to anyone with a U.S. passport! We obviously wanted to get in on that deal and so we went and it was so cool! They all looked shockingly life-like and we kept thinking they would move. Later that night we went out with two guys Jeff and Brendan from Oklahoma and Australia and we walked to Piccadily Circus and crossed the Thames and saw Big Ben on the way! It was gorgeous! Then we walked quite awhile in pretty cold weather to a bar called Be @ One. It was trendy but it still had the English Pub feel, we ordered drinks and we actually came at happy hour so it was buy one get one free!!! So i fufilled my goal of drinking in England on my first day and being legal to drink for the first time!!!
Today we were a bit more tired! We woke up pretty early and decided to go to Harrod's and check it out. It wasn't all that everyone made it out to be. The food hall and Chocolate rooms were amazing but the shopping was basically nordstrom's just ten times the size! For lunch we just came back to the hostel and ate and figured out how to use my hair straightener here (very important) haha. Then we went to a popular shopping area on Oxford Street, i bought new boots because mine were ruined by the boston snow! We went grocery shopping a little bit ago and found a great CHEAP grocery store called Iceland. It's very possible to stay here for a long time cheaply, but we'll see how our spending goes.
Tomorrow we plan to visit the Buckingham Palace and see the changing of the guards and maybe Westminster Abbey.
So far it has been a blast but i miss some comforts of home!
that's it for now, also i'm pretty sure i won't be able to upload photos here! sorry!!
i miss you guys!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I'm Sick of Snow
Heyyy guys!
So i've been in Boston for two full days, and it's been really interesting! Totally not what i'm used to at Manoa but it was good to get this experience. It was snowing this morning when we woke up and it was so beautiful to see, but it completely sucked walking around in the freezing cold! But it was actually worth it because we went to Dunkin Donuts!!!!! We went shopping today and ate some delicious pizza from Regina's and tomorrow we plan to see a bit more of the city before i leave tomorrow evening! I'm getting nervous and excited for London, i wish i could skip all the travel and just arrive there :( i'm kind of scared to go through customs by myself, but i'm sure it will be fine! anyway, i miss everyone! i'll post again from london!!!!
love, Tara
Sunday, January 11, 2009
This is where i'll be!
hi friends and family!
Troy had the idea of creating a blog and my friend Christy blogged during her travels so it seems like a good idea to keep everyone updated on my fabulous (or maybe not so fabulous) life in europe! As soon as i get to London, which will be on the 20th i will start to write some blogs and let you know how things are going!
i love you all!
Tara
Troy had the idea of creating a blog and my friend Christy blogged during her travels so it seems like a good idea to keep everyone updated on my fabulous (or maybe not so fabulous) life in europe! As soon as i get to London, which will be on the 20th i will start to write some blogs and let you know how things are going!
i love you all!
Tara
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