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• went out to Worcester (south of Birmingham)
• visited Worcester Cathedral with very old history and many chapels (great)
• had a rest in a park near the college (forgot the name, sorry)
• visited the markets and an architectural masterpiece:
  

• visited Museum and Art Gallery: very nice with many paintings, historic things + audio guides, touchscreens, interactive areas (for children) and headphones to listen to artists’ stories
• had a drink in an original pub, cool eh
• had dinner in »Shahs«, probably the best place for indian food in England

• tavelled by train to Solihull (near Birmingham)
• met a friend to stay at her home until thursday
• chilled out for the rest of the day (by looking a little TV)

2006-04-01: Exploring London Part IV

• investigated London’s life on saturday: same amount of people, some more coloured as on weekdays, heavy load in the clothing-stores
• bought some souvenirs and toys for the kids
• rested in the Hyde-Park, visited Speaker’s Corner (unfortunately nobody was speaking)
• had to take replacement busses for the underground (perfectly organized, no troubles)

2006-03-31: Exploring London Part III

• travelled through the tourist’s centers of London to join all the busy people (thousands)
• checked out Harrods: nice, but nothing for me
• checked out the nightlife (from enough far away)

2006-03-30: Exploring London Part II

• Richmond around the hotel (for food and recreation)
• The National Gallery (no fee for visiting famous painting, e.g. van Gogh’s Sunflowers, some Monet’s and many other, I’m amazed, bought some souvenirs and donated some money
• The Trafalgar Square and the Masses there
• The HardRock Cafe and HardRock Shop! Took some pictures, bought a baseball-cap and enjoyed fosters with cool music and historical instruments on the walls 8) cool eh!
• Bought a newspaper with local events for planning the weekend

2006-03-29: Exploring London Part I

• explored the city: various sights: Westmister Abbey, London’s Eye, Houses of Parliament with Big Ben, Buckimham Palace, St. James’s Park
• explored Richmond for food
• tested nanoblogger for blogging, seems perfect: editing on console and generating xhtml for upload :)

2006-03-28: 1st day

1. left germany by Airberlin, nice jet, nice crew, exciting first personal flight
2. arrived england, got tube ticket for 4 zones and 6 days, very easy moving around by the tube!
3. went to the Shandon House Hotel in Richmond, nice little hotel, clean and comfortable room, not too expensive living there
4. explored the city: Tower Bridge and environs
5. took a bath in the hotel and felt to sleep …