We're going to England!!!!
May. 13th, 2006 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fenchurchThere is not enough squee in the world to describe how I'm feeling right now!
We finally bought our plane tickets a few hours ago and it's starting to hit. It's real. It's really real! Squeeeeeeee!!!
So people! Friends of mine! I ask you...
What should we do while we're in England? We fly out of Seattle on October 4th and arrive in London on the morning of October 5th... and fly back home on October 18th. Two full weeks to fill!
So far, our very loose plans include exploring the London area for about a week. Our plane tickets came with a free Royal Pass apiece, which gets us in to see the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace. Of course, we're also planning on going to the British Museum (hey, they have the Rosetta Stone! And Giles used to work there! ;-), visiting my namesake (Fenchurch Street Station) and at some point I'll be having my picture taken while sitting on my own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth (there are some things which simply MUST be done).
We've already picked up a copy of the book Where Was Wonderland? A Traveler's Guide to the Settings of Classic Children's Books on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
babyotto's recommendation and will be trying to visit some of the places mentioned there. At some point, on queenofthorns's recommendation, we're also going to be heading over to Greenwich -- what could be worth more geek coolness points than visiting the Prime Meridian!!!
After that, we'll be renting a car (and yes, I'll probably wimp out and makerackham do all the driving again, like I did in Australia... while I sit in the passenger seat and say "left side!" from time to time) and heading north to Lancashire. Whalley, in particular. Rackham's ancestors came from there, and it still boasts the bulk of the people in the world with our last name. And if you take a look at this page, the second image down is a photo of the choir stalls carved by Rackham's ancestors back in the early 1400's... it's something Rackham's always wanted to see (and I'm just a little psyched about getting to see them, as well).
Then we're thinking of taking the ferry out of Heysham over to see the Isle of Man -- all those photoscuriouswombat keeps posting have made us really want to see it in person! Afterward, we'll head back into London for another day or so before flying home.
I know a lot of you have already been to England or live over in that part of the world or want to go and have some fantastic ideas of what would be neat to see! Now the question is, what else should we do while we're there?
We finally bought our plane tickets a few hours ago and it's starting to hit. It's real. It's really real! Squeeeeeeee!!!
So people! Friends of mine! I ask you...
What should we do while we're in England? We fly out of Seattle on October 4th and arrive in London on the morning of October 5th... and fly back home on October 18th. Two full weeks to fill!
So far, our very loose plans include exploring the London area for about a week. Our plane tickets came with a free Royal Pass apiece, which gets us in to see the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace. Of course, we're also planning on going to the British Museum (hey, they have the Rosetta Stone! And Giles used to work there! ;-), visiting my namesake (Fenchurch Street Station) and at some point I'll be having my picture taken while sitting on my own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth (there are some things which simply MUST be done).
We've already picked up a copy of the book Where Was Wonderland? A Traveler's Guide to the Settings of Classic Children's Books on
babyotto's recommendation and will be trying to visit some of the places mentioned there. At some point, on queenofthorns's recommendation, we're also going to be heading over to Greenwich -- what could be worth more geek coolness points than visiting the Prime Meridian!!!After that, we'll be renting a car (and yes, I'll probably wimp out and make
rackham do all the driving again, like I did in Australia... while I sit in the passenger seat and say "left side!" from time to time) and heading north to Lancashire. Whalley, in particular. Rackham's ancestors came from there, and it still boasts the bulk of the people in the world with our last name. And if you take a look at this page, the second image down is a photo of the choir stalls carved by Rackham's ancestors back in the early 1400's... it's something Rackham's always wanted to see (and I'm just a little psyched about getting to see them, as well).Then we're thinking of taking the ferry out of Heysham over to see the Isle of Man -- all those photos
curiouswombat keeps posting have made us really want to see it in person! Afterward, we'll head back into London for another day or so before flying home.I know a lot of you have already been to England or live over in that part of the world or want to go and have some fantastic ideas of what would be neat to see! Now the question is, what else should we do while we're there?
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Date: 2006-05-14 01:53 pm (UTC)I absolutely adored Edinburgh. I'd had no idea what to expect from it and so was blown away by it. The castle is gorgeous. I also loved York (the Minster is not to be missed, with its amazing stained-glass windows) and the Tudor architecture of Chester. And in London, we hit the touristy spots, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey and the Tower, all of which were well worth the time.
If I were to go back someday, with more time at my disposal and not bound to a tour schedule, I'd go back to Scotland, and spend more time in London - there's so much to see. I can't imagine that you'll be disappointed in anything you choose to do while you're there!
Have fun! I'm jealous!
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Date: 2006-05-15 06:12 am (UTC)I would love to go to Scotland, since that's where a large section of my ancestors came from (the ones that weren't from Ireland and weren't already here when everyone else arrived), but I think it's going to have to wait for a future trip. I keep reminding myself: If we can go once, we can go again, so we don't need to see it all this time. :-)