I was going to take a day off in November to go to London to catch some exhibitons. But there are a few things I want to see at the BM - some of them are small one-room exhibits, but the BM is a big place and it takes a while to get to them ( Read more... )

Cos this year it doesn't suck ( Read more... )

After we’d finished soaking in Thermopolis, it was time to start heading in the direction of Denver for our flight home. Thus far I’d scheduled everything so as to avoid long days driving, but there is no way round the fact that it's a long way from Thermopolis to Cheyenne. To make the trip less monotonous, I got out the trusty map and guidebook ( Read more... )

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Why the Bighorn Basin? Last year I read The Daily Coyote. It’s set in Ten Sleep/Worland, the photographs are gorgeous and it’s (relatively) close to Yellowstone. A small bit of research showed up that it’s full of fascinating Stuff ( Read more... )

Sometimes being stuck at home being in pain instead of out doing interesting stuff with actual other people turns up something cool ( Read more... )

Or, why I always book my breaks in the off-season. Due to ineptitude on both our parts, Jason and I failed to book any leave during May and have had to settle for the first week of June. The start of high season ( Read more... )

There's not a lot that I'm unequivocably and irrationally shit-scared of. One of these very few things is the vastness and emptiness that is most of Russia. Probably brought on by reading too much Russian literature & staring at maps at an early age, and encouraged by my Russian history professor who liked to freak us out with tales of how in ( Read more... )

The 2009 National Trust handbook came yesterday, and I realized that a sensible resolution would be actually getting our money's worth out of our membership this year (last year, between the weather and being away so much, we used our membership twice). And get better at packing my own picnics, as food is Not Cheap at National Trust cafés, and my ( Read more... )

I finally got round to watching BBC 2's "World War II: Behind Closed Doors" this week. This has left me with a burning desire to visit Lvov/Lviv/Lwow[1] Old City. Some basic web searches make it sound even more appealing ( Read more... )

I've been inspired by some of your new year's travels to start planning some trips, regardless of how realistic doing them will be. Gives my brain something to do, and makes me realise I'm not as depressed as I thought.

zoo_music_girl went to Alnwick. So far, Northumberland has been a drive-thru for me, and I've wanted to visit the castle there for years. In ( Read more... )