We arrived in Newcastle at dusk and proceeded into the city center to scout a good camping spot. As we stood on a busy street corner trying to decide which way would lead us to a safe night’s sleep, Dave, a fellow traveler stopped to give us some advice. Maybe it was our exhausted blank Read More »
Thursday, August 31, 2006 We arrived Thursday morning about 8 AM after an 8 hour flight from Dallas. That would be midnight Wednesday on California time. The flight was mostly smooth and went by quite quickly. Even though we were jet lagged, we pushed on and found a train from Gatwick airport to Victoria Station Read More »
We weren’t sure what to expect of the Tower of London, but we were so impressed with what we did see, it was probably one of our highlights. Definitely a whole day is required to fully explore this place. It was much bigger than we had expected and it’s so well looked after and in Read More »
As you all know, thanksgiving was a little over a week ago and since I could not spend it with my biological family in Texas, Gen and I decided to cross the English Channel and spend Thanksgiving with our southwestern family in London. We have quite a few friends in London this semester because our Read More »
Yvette and I arrived in London at 6:30 AM. We were supposed to meet Yvette’s friends who were going to take us to Notting Hill where the Butler office was located. However, at the arrival terminal we could not find her friends despite waiting 45 minutes and paging them over the intercom. We decided to see what Butler Read More »
Today I went to the National Gallery since I didn’t get to go to their yesterday. A friend invited me to go to the Museum of Garden History but I decided I may go there another time. The National Gallery is located at Trafalgar Square. Today’s lunch was a GoodFella’s 3-cheese pizza. I ate quickly Read More »
July 25th, 2006. Departure Day. As I packed my bag for the airpor in Montréal, I couldn’t believe it was finally time to go. I’d been at a point where I had 99% of things planned, but needed one last confirmation on funds before leaving. Talk about last minute! Anyway, I was a nervous wreck, Read More »
Before arriving in Glasgow, we took a small detour …the opposite way, infact, to Dollar, where we visited Castle Campbell. Once we arrived in Dollar, we had to go for a walk up Dollar Glen to get there, but that place is just as fantastic as visiting the castle itself. It was a bit boggy, Read More »
Today was another beautiful day in Scotland. Karin had a stomach ache and decided to take a day off to rest, so I hit the center of Glasgow on my own. It was interesting to experience traveling solo for the first time, a bit intimidating, but it wasn’t long before I got into the swing Read More »
I planned to do a lot today as I mentioned yesterday. However when 9:00 AM came around my body would have none of it. I quickly pressed, what I thought was snooze, the button and didn’t wake until 12:30 PM. Hao and I ate at a sandwich place on Borough High Street for 3 pounds Read More »
