When I was in England this past June, our British tour guide Angela greeted us with this remark: "You may have been told that Americans and the British speak the same language--they lied ( Read more... )

We left London in the morning on June 4, and drove to Windsor Castle which is almost directly west of London according to Google Earth. The Queen was in residence at our time there, but we only knew it by the flag flying at the top of the tower, not because of any high security. We arrived early enough that our wait to get in wasn't overly long. ( Read more... )

Our second day in London started out well--fruit at breakfast--a nice change from the bread-only diet of my high school trip to Europe and I made sure to drink coffee so I could stay awake. Though we had been repeatedly warned about the UK's capricious weather and brought plenty of things to ward against a rainy day, we didn't have a cloudy day the ( Read more... )

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Yesterday morning I woke up at 6:18 (UK time) and we made our first plane by 11:30. Our second plane from Atlanta to COlumubus was delayed so by the time I got home, it was 1:00 am (Ohio time) and something like 4:00 am (UK time ( Read more... )

Tomorrow afternoon I'm heading to the UK! I won't be back until the 12th, but we might be in an internet cafe sometime while in London. If I have the time, I'll come and say "hi", but if not, I'll be back soon and with lots of pictures!

If you're the praying type, please say a word for me and my group as we travel. Thanks and good-bye!

( LJ Interests Meme )