the travels of a Climbaddict » Europe

no climbing in the castle

climbaddict — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:05:48 +0000

10 to 13 December 2004

Being in London and hearing so much about it, I had to make a trip to the Castle Climbing Centre. It’s a bit out of the way, but it was worth the trip. It’s real nice. They’ve converted a castle into a climbing gym. Although it’s really expensive, I still wished that I had someone to climb with. It’s so sad being in a climbing centre without a climbing partner.

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Best castle yet.

We watched so much tv in london. The bad weather and early nightfall helped put us in the room most of our stay here.

We flown back to Amsterdam for one more night before saying
good bye to Europe.

burning CDs and burning time

climbaddict — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:08:26 +0000

07 to 09 December 2004

After 106 days on the road, our combined photos totalled more than 26000. That’s 15GB of digital images. They were burned into 42 CDRs and one DVD.
And I burned two days burning them.

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On our 6th day here, we finally got some time to sight-see London.

a moody kind of London

climbaddict — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:06:36 +0000

05 to 06 December 2004

December in London was grey, damp, cold and moody. And expensive.
Very expensive. Why is the entire day day so grey? And why is it starting
to get dark by 1500hrs? It was so depressing. Can’t wait to get to the
second leg of our round-the-world trip, South America.

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Here’s the layout of our room in London. Although we had a garden,
we did not once get out to enjoy the cold sunless sky. But the kitchen
and television was extremely useful.

when Eurail pass expired

climbaddict — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:42:36 +0000

02 to 04 December 2004

After three months of almost free travel on the European rail system, our Eurail pass finally expired today. And just in time too. Because our Europe leg of the trip is coming to an end soon.

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Got our Brazil visas today. We’re set for South America.

Parcel number two was sent back home.

Our first day in London was a long long day.

book two… a continuation from The Hague

climbaddict — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:28:44 +0000

01 December 2004

Entering into my second empty journal, we took a day trip to Amsterdam again. We went to the library for free internet access, and booked our London accommodation.

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The cover of book two.

December 2004 calender.

A stamp sheet. I used the ‘2′ torn out stamps for a postcard I mailed home to myself. It will be in the next entry.