Archive for the UK 2006 category
July 18th, 2006
Bet you thought I forgot about this…
So, the morning after the family picnic, English, PW, and I got up incredibly early — like so early people in the States probably hadn’t gone to bed yet. Our plan was to catch an extremely early train out of Woking to London Victoria Station where were would meet up with our tour for the day: Bards & Battles!
As you can see, at 6:00am on a Sunday morning, Woking’s train station is pretty dead.
However, somewhere between Woking and Victoria
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Tags: UK, Woking, London, Victoria Station, World Cup, astral tours, Oxford, Harry Potter, Christopher Wren
July 13th, 2006
So, I’m sure you’re dying to know what was playing on my iPod while I was wandering around magical Edinburg or trying to sleep on the airplane over the Atlantic. What haunted my spirit as I peered at the Stone of Destiny or searched for 221b Baker Street?
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Tags: iPod, iTunes, playlist, UK, vacation, Edinburgh, music
July 13th, 2006
- My Brookstone NAP Travel Pillow which was square. It’s not even on their website anymore. I had to buy one of the neck ones to replace it.
- My palm stylus.
- My brand new earphones I bought for the trip after Pugly chewed up the last ones.
- My umbrella, which I replaced with a mini-umbrella of the UK flag.
- Two pounds — kid you not.
Tags: UK, vacation, Brookstone
July 12th, 2006
Well, the first sign of any trouble occurred when I reached the Boston airport. Somewhere between the bus from Portland and security, I lost my nifty really soft travel pillow. Logan airport’s security and Lost and found were extremely unhelpful and rude and ended up giving me a long distance number to call, which I’ve since lost. Hard to believe that lost and found is a long distance phone number.
So, my first expense on the trip was at the Logan airport buying a new one at the Brookstone kiosk (and they wouldn’t give me a discount for loyalty
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Tags: UK, Brookstone, Aer Lingus, Logan Airport, fibromyalgia
July 12th, 2006
Well, I’m home. I feel changed in some way by the experience. Someone asked me to pick one thing from my trip that I liked best but I can’t really pick just one thing in England or Edinburgh that I felt was more inspiring than anything else. I think I expected when I left to be most touched by Stonehenge but I was awestruck by the simple beauty of the seemingly unmarred landscape and the ancient architecture intermingling with hints of something seventies retro but rarely anything more harshly modern.
Anyway, more on that as I finish sorting
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Tags: UK, Keen Venice H2, Crocs, Stonehenge, shoes
July 4th, 2006
Here are a few things I’ve overheard while in England:
On a tour bus:
tour guide: If you just look down the street, you’ll see a police officer standing there; that means Margaret Thatcher is at home.
young woman with child: Margaret Thatcher? Is she someone famous?
tour guide: What?!
young woman: Is she someone famous?
tour guide: She’s only the most important Prime Minister of our time!
young woman: Oh. [pause] Well, I know Tony Blair. [pause] Well, I don’t know Tony Blair. I’ve only seen him on T.V.
Remember, that woman has already spawned and is “educating” another person.
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Tags: Margaret Thatcher, American, Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Chaucer, Westminster Abbey
June 23rd, 2006
Tags: travel, photo
June 12th, 2006
Well, I can hardly believe that in two weeks this time, I’ll be in England and on a tour, possibly viewing Stonehenge from behind some gated fence. I’m really started to get excited!
What’s really nifty is that PW is going to be doing all the tours and travelling with me from Monday through Thursday that week, including my overnight stay in Bath and the bus trip down to Glastonbury Abbey! So, I’ll actually get to spend some time with her while I’m there and she’ll actually get to do some touristy things that English doesn’t want to do because, well,
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Tags: England
June 7th, 2006
I found a couple of online checklists for travelers which appear to be pretty good and thought I’d share:
