Buckingham Palace. London, UK.

Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme | Glastonbury Festival 2011 | 06.27.2011

Enjoy our performance from the 2011 Glastonbury Festival this past Saturday.  This performance was taken a live broadcast of the festival on BBC2.  You can check out more footage & exclusive photos here.

Buckingham Palace 

Hermitage Castle by asc_ms on Flickr.

UK Weather knows how to seduce me.

I was supposed to leave earlier this afternoon, but the weather’s so nice, I had to stay.

The forecast for the rest of the week doesn’t look so bright, though, so I’m still leaving later tonight. I can’t keep up with your mood swings, UK Weather. I’m quitting you. 

Idea submitted by teamfrenchtoast.

Out of the many “serene” moments experienced abroad, few compare to sitting in Piccadilly Circus on the night before my flight home to the US. I realized that this was the last thing I was doing in the UK after being in the country for several months. While sitting and staring at London’s world famous commercial district, I thought of all of the memories I had made there and how I felt as if I was leaving home rather than coming back. I decided that I had accomplished everything I set out to do and I had no regrets or “I wish I saw this town” moments. After reflecting on the past 5 months in England, I was perfectly content and happy with the experience.

The spot where I sat for nearly 3 hours and pondered my return home.

Buckingham Palace. London, UK.

Day 25 - One weekend you wish you could re-do

by caioelis

The first time we ventured out of Leicester to see other English cities was our trip to Birmingham. Me and 5 of my friends ventured via Arriva buses to get to Birmingham (took 5 hours but at least it was free with our passes) and got a hostel in a sketchy part of town. The mission of the trip was to see Crystal Castles perform at the O2 venue downtown, and it was one of the greatest concerts I have been to. Even though Alice had a broken leg, she limped around the stage with more energy than most musicians have and she really got the crowd into it.

The day after the show, we explored the city under the cover of a constant rain (no umbrellas). This trip was memorable because of the people I traveled with as well as the first time things I experienced including Malaysian cuisine, a proper hostel, and bathrooms that you have to pay for. It was an amazing time and I would definitely do it all over again.

It was a packed house for the show, Crystal Castles headlined.

Alice Glass stands on a crutch for her leg, but still put on an energetic show.

The next day, we spent hours wandering around the city and checking out Birmingham’s superb selection of urban artwork.

I got to see the star of one of my favorite rock legends. The Birmingham “Walk of Stars” on Broad Street is full of hometown celebrities who have gained notorious world recognition.

Although a life-sized Micheal Jordan statue has nothing to do with Birmingham, we found it there and it stuck out to me.

A view of Birmingham’s historic canal system.

My favorite travel group ever, I will never forget you guys. The dude in the back kinda looks like me, but it’s Riley. Besides me, he has also been mistaken for Jack Black.