So, its official we are going to the UK from June 23rd until July 9th. Yippie! Now, I just have to find someone willing to cat sit for the feline americans. I'd prefer someone to actually stay at the house (when not at work etc.) with them since we will be gone a fairly long time. They can be a little neurotic. We can compensate in Scotch and ( Read more... )

We're all sitting in a bar in Bristol right now... all is going well... I just wanted to pop in and say hello. Ill post pictures and plenty of details when we get back...

PS Valerie I think i found the earrings you requested from the tower of london.... hopefully they are the same...

night all.

Marianna and I headed out around 10am and went back to the Dali Universe show so that she could purchase the Dali lithograph, which didn't take long at all.

We hopped the tube to the Tate Modern, which is in an old factory building that looks oddly like Aushwitz. Very imposing, dark and ominous. On the inside, its is very open and spacious. The ( Read more... )

London:
Waking up in London on a Saturday morning is quite a lovely feeling, even if the shower has all the force of a light mist.

We began the day by going to see the Dali Universe show, which was down by the London Eye. It was mosty prints, drawings and sculptures. There was also a small exhibit of Picasso's ceramics, along with some tapestries ( Read more... )

LondonBefore catching the train to London, we spent the morning with Tim's family and had breakfast. The train arrived at London Paddington around 1:30pm. We had coffee with Alex before he was off to Brussels. After that we hopped a cab to the Ashburn Hotel, which is a "fab" 2 star hotel in the Kensington/Chelsea are. We just needed a place to ( Read more... )

It is great spending a US holiday in a foreign country that does not celebrate said holiday. Tim's friend Alex hopped the train to Bristol from London before heading off to Belgium.

Castle CombeWe began the day with a trip to Castle Combe, which ironically has no castles. It is a traditional English village and very small. According to Tim's dad ( Read more... )

WoodhengeTim suggested before hitting Stonehenge that we see Woodhenge, which is about 1/2 miles down the road from it. We saw something about it on some program we watched last year on Stonehenge. Woodhenge is thought to be much older than Stonehenge, possibly to 2000 BCE. Since, wood does not last that long, they added concrete markers where the ( Read more... )

Cheddar Gorge
Its divided into two caves: Gough's Cave and Cox's Cave. Timmy seemed to really enjoy the caves. He was running around taking pictures and stuff and was not being a morning grump. I like stalagtites and stalagmites. I was surprised because I did not know what to expect. Cox's Cave had this mega-cheesy attraction called the Crystal ( Read more... )

Stratford-on-AvonIt was very rainy and cold. There seems to have been some confusion in the British Bovine Meterology Department -- half the cows are standing -- half are laying about ( Read more... )

BathBath is the birthplace of Jane Austen and home to Roman Baths which were excavated around 100 years ago. They call it the Acquae Sulis. Very quaint picturesque town with lots of shopping, which was a bit on the pricey side. Timmy helped himself to some MCCIC for breakfast and wondered why his tummy ached afterwards. The Roman Baths are located ( Read more... )