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BazzaMcKenzie
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| Prof_Pretorius wrote: | | Stay home until the bloody weather changes !!! It's torrents !!! |
are your feet still dry?
Are you in a flood area?
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Prof_Pretorius
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Location: Hiding in the attic of the Arkham Library
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yes my feet are still dry, as is the inside me falt.
Yes I'm in a flood zone, it's called ENGLAND !!!!
(Bloody weather.)
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lemon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Prof_Pretorius wrote: | | Stay home until the bloody weather changes !!! It's torrents !!! |
i'm used to it prof, the wheater is the same here, i'm not the kind of sun-holiday type
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lemon
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| sociable_hermit wrote: | | bizarre wrote: | | Don't they have a tunnel under the channel that you can drive thru now? |
The Channel Tunnel is a double track railway line used by Eurostar long-distance trains and Le Shuttle roll-on roll-off car transporter services. It's a very quick journey but boring. Ferries are more fun but much slower. |
but the ferrie is more expensive compared to the price Eurostar offers in summer, i checked it. |
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sociable_hermit
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Location: Sussex, UK
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Prof_Pretorius wrote: | | Yer a bit old to still believe in ferries, aren't you sociable? |
Not since Sealink stole all my teeth!
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Starr
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I'm not sure there are any cheap places to stay in London. I've never found any, but if you do a web search for last-minute hotel bookings a week or so before you are planning to visit, you can save a lot of money that way.
Also, buy a good guide book before you go, something like 'Let's Go~London City Guide' that will also have some recommendations for hotels, places to eat that aren't too expensive, sights, galleries etc. A lot of time and money is spent travelling around London to get to where you want to go so try and stay not too far away from the main places you'll be visiting.
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Starr
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| sociable_hermit wrote: | | Prof_Pretorius wrote: | | Yer a bit old to still believe in ferries, aren't you sociable? |
Not since Sealink stole all my teeth! |
LOL, took me a while to get it!   |
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lemon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Starr wrote: | I'm not sure there are any cheap places to stay in London. I've never found any, but if you do a web search for last-minute hotel bookings a week or so before you are planning to visit, you can save a lot of money that way.
Also, buy a good guide book before you go, something like 'Let's Go~London City Guide' that will also have some recommendations for hotels, places to eat that aren't too expensive, sights, galleries etc. A lot of time and money is spent travelling around London to get to where you want to go so try and stay not too far away from the main places you'll be visiting.
Have a lovely time! |
thanks ! |
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Chuchulainn
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| I'm from America so I'm not an expert on Europe, but I went to London and Paris and I really liked London the most. Of course I've never really been to the English countryside. Normandy is awesome, we stayed in a bed & breakfast in the middle of nowhere. That's a good place to visit too. I hated Paris. |
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lemon
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i don't feel like going to paris right now either, i did have a good time every time i was there but that had nothing to do with paris. (really loved the picasso museum when i was 17)
london=first time in my life
but anyway, i booked a very cheap hostel for the 11th to the 15th
eurostar is 40€ (back = 80, two persons=160€, it's the cheapest, except a bus, but hub says busses are madness)
london here i come |
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rideforever
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Looks like you booked already but here are some that I use :
Holland House Hostel, Holland Walk, High St Ken Tube Station, 0870 770 5866 : beautiful location in a park, about £20 / night dorm room
Hampstead Heath YHA, £22/night, Golders Green Tube Station, 4 Wellgarth Road, 0870 770 5846 : beautiful area north london away from tourists
Generator, 073887666, £15ish, Russell Sq, 37 Tavistock Pl : central london, busy for young people who want to hang out with other young people !!
International Student House, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1, Tube Great Portland Street Bus C2, 88, 453, Tel (020) 7631 8300 x 1
Website www.ish.org.uk, £34 single |
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lemon
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks, maybe for some other time |
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blessedmom
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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How was your trip to London, Lemon? I see from the other cafe that you met Lau and had great fun.
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Postperson
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