So, I made it to England with very little to get me down. By some stroke of luck, the lines at the airport security were accomodating and I managed to snag a window seat on my plane. The down side was my flight neighbor. This little old armenian woman who seemed to be under the impression that washing her hair was just unnecessary at her age, an...

We've arrived safely and are enjoying it immensely. Will update later this evening because i just entered and lost travel entry in cyberspace - darnit. Cheerio for now. Ahhh, London - passport security checkpoints, jet lag, zippy, small euro-cars, rainy weather, lovely old countryside homes, horses and livestock in plush green pastures, multitud...

Neither of us got much sleep, but the flight seemed to go quickly. We caught up with the sun around 1:00 am eastern time (6:00 am GMT) which really made it seem like morning, even though it had only been dark out for a few hours. We were served croissants (which somehow seemed more international to me) at 6:30 am GMT, and we landed at Gatwick at...

I'm staying at the Hilton London Metropole. Please stay tuned...

Arrive in London We left our nice quiet village in Ireland, and flew back to London. Then we took the tube to our hotel on Edgware Road. The tube station was right across the street from the Hilton Metropole - very convenient! Again, we got a great deal on the price at the Hilton Metropole via Hotwire - about $112/night. Wow - London is expensiv...

I must have been the only one in our cabin awake, besides the flight attendants, when the sun rose. I opened my window, and it was a beautiful site down below. Behind me was gray fading to black. Below me was a stripe of pink, and in front of me was pink brightening to gold. As we moved into the gold, I could see waves in the Atlantic waters bel...