2009年11月25日 星期三
2009年11月18日 星期三
Back from really woderful London Trip
London Eye at nightHa. It is my best trip so far in Europe. London is really a city that I like so much. It does not only makes you feel like Hong Kong, but also provide numerous attractions and mueums for you to visit! Let me talk about the places I have visited in Britian so far.
Day 1 - Going to London and joining free guided tour.
As mentioned in my previous blog, Jacky and me went to London by bus. This was also an unforgettable BUS experiance as we tried crossing the England Channel by both FERRY AND TRAIN! It was a bit tiring though as we needed to move around the transports.
This is a picture I took at the France-British border.We arrived in London Victoria Couch Station at around 8 a.m. The moment I got offf the bus, I knew England was really different from Europe. (Maybe that's why they also use a different currency too) The first transport I took here was underground to the hostel near Hyde Park.
Busy Victoria station. This is a station for both train and underground.
After settleing down our lugguage, we joined a free tour for London to know more about the history of the city. We walked through a lof of famous attractions in London, including Beckinham Palace, the parliement, St. Margaret Church, Big Ben, Downing Street etc. Let me talk about them one by one ha at a later time.
Day 2 London Tower and Tower Bridge, Musical at night
The next day, we went to London Tower, which used to be a castle, gun powder storehouse, and a PRISON. It was a prison and sadly, cemetry to two princes, and two wifes of Henry VIII. In the whilte castle , there was a special exibition about the life of great king Henry VIII. He was a good player in sports and in warfields. However, at his later life, he became a tyranny.
At night, we watch a musical called Les Miserable. Watching a musical in London was not cheap though. We bought the stand-by ticket one hour before the show and it still cost us 27.5 pounds per person.
It is a musical about a prisoned person and a orphan girl. The imprisoned man escaped from the prison. Police was looking for him everywhere. The man finally came to a priest's house and stayed there. Out of greed, the man stole all the silver from the priest's house. He was caught but the priest told lie to protect him from going to prison again.
Out of conscience, the man knew he needed to be good. He became the mayor of a state. In the state lived a poor woman. She was expelled from the factory becasue she did something unethic at that time. She became a prostitute and sick, finally died. She had a girl who needed to be cared of. Story began....
Day 3 Changing Guides and British Museum
British museum is a great place although it may be a little boring without a guided tour. I will try to tell a story of Egypt which I learnt at the museum.
Day 6 Highly Recommended - Roman Bath and Stonehenge
Before I visited the Roman Bath, I never know Britian was once captured by the acient Roman Empire. We have Great Wall, Hadrians also built a great wall for Britainia in the North to defend barbarians. Roman once extended its territories over Britainia and discovered the only hotspring here - Bath. They viewed the hotspring water there as a miracle from god. The water can make them relax, and even heal their diseases.
Since they think the water as devine, they also built a temple right beside the hot spring.
The stonehenge is one of the UNICEF heritage site. And it used to be an very important temple in the past. The stone was very heavily that required at least hundreds of labor to transport it. Most of the stone was transported from the West Wales. They most probably took the stone onto the boat and moved it through the river.
Busy Victoria station. This is a station for both train and underground.
After settleing down our lugguage, we joined a free tour for London to know more about the history of the city. We walked through a lof of famous attractions in London, including Beckinham Palace, the parliement, St. Margaret Church, Big Ben, Downing Street etc. Let me talk about them one by one ha at a later time.Day 2 London Tower and Tower Bridge, Musical at night
The next day, we went to London Tower, which used to be a castle, gun powder storehouse, and a PRISON. It was a prison and sadly, cemetry to two princes, and two wifes of Henry VIII. In the whilte castle , there was a special exibition about the life of great king Henry VIII. He was a good player in sports and in warfields. However, at his later life, he became a tyranny.
At night, we watch a musical called Les Miserable. Watching a musical in London was not cheap though. We bought the stand-by ticket one hour before the show and it still cost us 27.5 pounds per person.
It is a musical about a prisoned person and a orphan girl. The imprisoned man escaped from the prison. Police was looking for him everywhere. The man finally came to a priest's house and stayed there. Out of greed, the man stole all the silver from the priest's house. He was caught but the priest told lie to protect him from going to prison again.Out of conscience, the man knew he needed to be good. He became the mayor of a state. In the state lived a poor woman. She was expelled from the factory becasue she did something unethic at that time. She became a prostitute and sick, finally died. She had a girl who needed to be cared of. Story began....
Day 3 Changing Guides and British Museum
British museum is a great place although it may be a little boring without a guided tour. I will try to tell a story of Egypt which I learnt at the museum.Day 6 Highly Recommended - Roman Bath and Stonehenge
Before I visited the Roman Bath, I never know Britian was once captured by the acient Roman Empire. We have Great Wall, Hadrians also built a great wall for Britainia in the North to defend barbarians. Roman once extended its territories over Britainia and discovered the only hotspring here - Bath. They viewed the hotspring water there as a miracle from god. The water can make them relax, and even heal their diseases.
Since they think the water as devine, they also built a temple right beside the hot spring.
The stonehenge is one of the UNICEF heritage site. And it used to be an very important temple in the past. The stone was very heavily that required at least hundreds of labor to transport it. Most of the stone was transported from the West Wales. They most probably took the stone onto the boat and moved it through the river.2009年11月9日 星期一
Packing for London Trip
Haha. This will be my first time to be in Britian! And Britain will be the thrid country for me to visit, after Netherlands and Belgium! I will be going by Eurolines and it takes me 11 hours to reach London Victoria Couch Station.(ha I think it wll be the longest trip for me on the bus, hopefully in my lifetime). The only good points of taking a bus is that you get alight from the city center and it is cheap. $40 euros for round trips.
Today was my class squash class. Good couch and classmate, Koem. :)
Today was my class squash class. Good couch and classmate, Koem. :)
2009年11月7日 星期六
Free to send postcard in Netherlands
On Friday, we went to Alexander for the shopping mall. Nothing really special. But the mall is really big comparing to Beurs.
How to send a postcard free? Just write down "STS" in the right hand top corner and then send it without stamps. It works!But it is only valid for postcards only, not letter!
I sent out three postcards to 3 people today. See if you are the lucky ones haha.
2009年11月6日 星期五
Lockerz
Since so many people join this site, so I join it too.
This is a website where you can gain points by loging in, answering questions etc.The points can be used for redeeming gifts.If you want an invitation to open an account there, please send an email to jackie.lk.lee@gmail.com. Click here to visit the site.
haha!!I think it will take me long to attain the marks to have an gift.. =. =
2009年11月4日 星期三
Formal Farewell with Laura
As Laura is going to Britain on Nov 9. So today we were having a farewell dinner with her in Tai Wu Restaurant. It was surprising that so many people come!
2009年11月2日 星期一
On Saturday, Cwing needed to take a video talking about the international life of exchange student in Rotterdam. So luckily I became one of the actor. We ate the famous Dutch raw fish again. I nearly wanted to vomit becasue of this. Finally, we all could not finish the fish. Threw it away.After that, we went to the famous Cube House for recording. I went up to the Cube House Museum for free. (Original price is 2.5 euros) I really do not recommand anyone to go up and look around. It is small and really nothing in the house. It is just used to squeeze the money out of the tourists' pocket.
There are what inside the Cube House Museum. "Nice"
I have a google voice number now, which means I can send sms to everyone everywhere for free. It is a really great invention! You can also use google voice to call people. Since I have Skype, so I will continue use the HK umlimited access plan. If you also want to use google voice, you can try by following these procedures mentioned in the site.
So hae these days
Nothing really special.
I am just planning for the Italy trip in December.
And doing some BSM readings. haha
Finally Prison Break.
Haha.
I am just planning for the Italy trip in December.
And doing some BSM readings. haha
Finally Prison Break.
Haha.
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