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St James Park

It's no secret that I love London...heck I am in love with London...when someone asks me my favourite place in the world I answer "London" with absolutely no hesitation.  I wasn't feeling the intense love this time around due to not feeling well at all  - but that's happened before (1999/2000 springs to mind immediately - that involved a hospital visit) and the love still goes on.  As I mentioned in a previous post I did feel the love again when I walked on to Waterloo Bridge at sunset and the heart went pitter patter.... My favourite part of London is ironically the most touristy part.  I love the area around St James Park and Trafalgar Square.  St James Park is the first place I make a beeline to - then I know I'm in London.  I find myself drawn to the area numerous times during the trip...I've had more than my share of "cuppas" at Cafe in the Crypt in St Martins-in-the-Field church. So here is my post paying homage to one of my very favou

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon is probably one of the most popular if not THE most popular tourist attraction in Iceland.  I have heard about it for years now and it was definitely on my list of things to do in Iceland.  I even threw in my bathing suit so I could visit. (you can rent a bathing suit but ewwww....) The lagoon is a man-made lagoon on a lava field which is fed by the water output of a nearby geonthermal plant and is renewed every 2 days. I decided to go to the Blue Lagoon on my way to the airport for my flight back to Canada...it is just a twenty minute drive from Keflavik airport and on a direct route 40 minutes from Reykjavik.  They would store my luggage for me in the bus while I was there so no worries on having to drag my suitcase around with me.  Admission was 35 Euros (which was strange as Icelanders use the kroner but this was done in Euros) or 60 Euros for a towel and robe.  You got a coded bracelet which you wore which gave you unlimited access to a good sized locker and al

Walking the Seven Sisters

Okay, let's go for another walk! This was the last strenuous walk I did on my trip sad to say.  So many plans, so many plans....get over it Laurie!  I am so grateful I felt healthy enough to do this walk as the evening of this walk is when I started feeling poorly. This beautiful walk started at the Seven Sisters Country Park and went over seven chalk cliffs called The Seven Sisters ending up in Eastbourne. A walk of approximately 9.34 miles.  In October of 1997 I did the walk from Beachy Head to the Seven Sisters  and this time I reversed it and extended it as well.  I was accompanied by my friend my friend Claudia from Germany however to respect her privacy you won't see her except from the back or the distance.  So here we go!!!   We took the bus to the Seven Sisters Country Park and started off on the path...the wrong path but oh well...we got to the top eventually... Cuckmere River Well you knew there had to be a sheep didn't you? Pastoral view as

Rambling around Reykjavik

While I loved Iceland I had a particular soft spot for it's capital city of Reykjavik.  It is a quirky city of approximately 200,000 which coincidentally is the same size as the city I live in. Follow in my footsteps as I walked around the city on Wednesday October 9th... First we have to say goodbye to Rosie the Icelandic sheep dog (don't worry, you will see more of her later!)  who is sitting on the living room table....when her daddy is gone she sits there...I found out later she isn't supposed to do this.  She can, however sit on the window sill and look out at everyone.  Dogs and cats get a right seeing off but humans are fine!!! I stayed in the flat on the ground floor of this building Looking back towards the flat - very quiet road. I always have to take license plate pictures!  Loved this - as someone pointed out..it looks like a Banksy (famous London graffiti artist) Here we are strolling past Tjornin - the lake