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1.-13. july 2004

England and Scotland

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-12 20:03:19

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is at "The Barras", Glasgows huge flea market. Her they sell everthing. I find a weird music-shops and buys 2 bootlegs, that look quite suspect.

Back on the bus we pass all the sights of Glasgow - not that many to be honest. The bus also stops in front of Smith's Hotel, so here I hop-off for the last time. I'm just in time to see Thomas Levet from France win the Scottish Open on TV.

Later another walk. First a place for dinner. A nice newly opened italian restaurant with good and cheap food. Then a walk up Byres Road - a nice little street with restaurants and bars. Byres Road ends at the Botanical garden. Here I find a secret path along River Kelvin, all the way back to Kelvingrove Park and my hotel. A very nice walk along the river - and I haven't seen it any of my tour-guides. So it's a little like my own invention.

Monday, july 12'th

Leaving with a GNER-train at 8 am from Glasgow Central. The train terminates at London Kings Cross at 2 pm - about 40 minutes late. Then to my nice hotel Luna & Simone close to Victoria.

I haven't got much time in London. So I take bus no. 24 to Trafalger Square, and some walking around in tourist-London.

At 7 I head for Her Majesty's Theathre to see the "Phantom of the Opera". Nice piece in the old theater. The story is trivial. Something about a ghost in the parisian opera, that falls in love with one of the singers, that on the other hand loves and bla bla bla........But the scenery is great, and hell they can sing

Tuesday, july 13'th

Exit UK. The cheap train to Gatwick - a trained London-traveller knows that there is no need to pay 12 £ for the Express, when you can pay 8 £ for Southerns train that is almost as fast.

Departure for Billund at 1.35 pm - actually the plane is early, so we arrive in Billund 20 minutes ahead of schedule. And now it's a good thing that Billund Airport is so tiny. I can actually reach a bus that leaves 10 minutes before the plane was supposed to land.