Holiday Inn Farnborough
Lynchford Road Farnborough, Hampshire, England, GU14 6AZ, United Kingdom
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Guess where R had a pint or 3??
... serving us took pity on our hunger and prepped some sandwiches while running back and forth to serve beer to the other customers. Nice.
And it's for sale!! Selling up and moving here to take it over! Well it was one of Rich's dreams after all.
Good sleep and off home through Chicago and Seattle -long but ok after getting a good feel for Spain.
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Friday, April 29th, 2011!
... Prince Charles is there. He told us that the bugle player was only there that day because the Queen was in residence. Later in the day, a female officer told us that when the bugler plays the Queen likes to go out and listen to him.
He was a very interesting gentleman. He was 76 years old and he was a royalist who has been to every royal occasion and was a part of the Monarchy association. He thinks that Harry would do a better job ...
Is that your tail or are you just happy to see me?
... As much as I would have loved to stayed... the idea of catching another chill this close to home outweighed the need for geekdom... yes I know - I will hand in my union card when I get back!
Besides, I had another more pressing issue... trying to repack two suitcases that awaited me back at the VSC.
I am happy to say that I have managed to do that now... I *think* I have everything under control... I am putting the stuff I am going to send ...
Changing of the Guard
... while the rest of the tourists dispersed. We didn't really have much else planned for the day so we walked towards SOHO in hopes of grabbing more cheap Chinese food for lunch. As we were walking towards SOHO, we ended up stumbling upon another festival! It seems as though these things simply manifest out of no where. But, apparently there was a Fashion and Food festival taking place on a major shopping street downtown. It wasn't as rushed ...
Ring out the bells upon this day of days
... in a big city with strangers) as I don't just strike up conversations with complete strangers minding their own business. But anyway I soon saw Jenny and Peter across the road so I got to leave.
And then we saw Les Misérables which was of course fantastic and most people gave a standing ovation :-)
We ended up getting home at 12.40pm. My feet still ache, but in that satisfying 'I've just bought half of London' ...
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