Christ Church College- Oxford All Souls College, Oxford
Category: UK
The Noodle Bar- Oxford, Gloucester Green
The Noodle Bar, Oxford, Gloucester Green Noodle Bar turned out to be my favorite eating joint in Oxford. One, the place was not too heavy on the pocket and two, if given a choice, I invariably end up eating Chinese. A few of the dinners and lunches were hosted by the university, so it felt…
A Boat Ride on Thames at Night
British Airways London Eye (Sore?)- As Described on the Boat Ride on Thames I really liked the boat ride I took on Thames on the trip to UK. We all know the pound to rupee exchange rate. You have to give more than 80 rupees to get even one of those pounds. So, spending was…
Saltaire- An Article for Gonomad
I was lucky to visit Saltaire, an UNESCO world heritage site on the trip to UK in October 2007. Actually, it was included in the conference program that I attended at Leeds.I remember I was attending a session (thankfully my talk was over in the morning) when an announcement was made, “The next trip to…
Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds- A Review
This time in Leeds, I stayed at the Park Plaza. I initially had no clue what kind of money was available for this trip (remember this was for work) and what kind of hotel could I afford. It was quite close to the trip that I realized that I could manage to stay in a…
Zilch Chances?
Marble Arch, London I did a post long back in 2006 for some London Hotel Portal and I wrote- They promise me a good hotel deal if I ever head to London, well chances are absolutely slim, zilch I must say, but it is fun to get such requests. Kent had left a comment on…
Oxford City Center- If I Had to Pick One Picture!
Uber Mensch asked me to do a Meme (don’t ask me what they are, I only know tags). From the blog- Here is the new meme. It is simple, easy and gives no room for whining one usually associates with a meme. All you have to do is select and upload one photo that you…
Remember the Mind the Gap Post?
A few days back I wrote about mind the gap announcements on the London tube. Then I got a mail from Steve of Gonomad sending me a link to this news- The woman behind the gentle, even voice which warns London’s subway commuters to “Mind the gap” was fired after telling a newspaper she thought…
Lazy Sunday Photo- London Underground, Mind the Gap!
Mind the Gap, London Underground, UK The phrase ‘Please Mind the Gap’ grew upon me slowly when I used the London Underground and the National Rail for two days. As a station would approach, the announcement system on the train would go crazy, announcing “please mind the gap” again and again. Once or twice it…
Pretty Young Things at the Hyde Park, London
Three Young Girls at Hyde Park, London, UK While I was taking a stroll (with a colleague) at the Hyde Park, caught a glimpse of these three young girls ahead of us. They were speaking a foreign tongue but one could still make out the excitement in their voices. When they went some distance ahead…