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Trip to England



We are back from England where I was asked to speak at a conference at Herstmonceaux Castle. While we were all the way over there, we did some touring. In London, we went to

-The Houses of Parliament (Big Ben)
-Tower of London
-Globe Theatre (rebuilt)
-Sir Francis Drake's Ship (rebuilt)
-National Gallery
-Trafalgar Square
-Marble Arch (French Style Arc d'Triumphe)
-Notting Hill
-Buckingham Place
-Hyde Park
-St. James' Place
-Piccadilly Circus
-St. Paul's Cathedral
-Tate Modern Art Museum
-Original Roman wall from about 43 AD
-Westminster Abbey
-Tower Bridge
-London Bridge
-Waterloo Bridge
-Westminster Bridge

We didn't get to Greenwich, and I wanted to go to Bath, but it was too far away. We also asked about the temple, but it was too hard to get to. Most of the trip felt like a sprint. We spent a day in London when we first arrived, then I went to the conference the first day of it while Brian went sightseeing with some friends, then the second day we went to Brighton, and the third day of the conference I spoke. The last day we went back to London to see some more stuff and then we stayed at this really amazing superposh European Hotel and then the next morning we traveled back, for a grand total of six days. I have class tomorrow. I was trying to minimize missing class because some of my professors have not been kind about my going. Brian is planning our next trip already. He wants to cruise around the Mediterranean and go to Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey in 12 days. At least he wants to go on a ship and not kayak. (Brian has been trying to sell me on kayaking lately.)

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