Blogging has been slow lately. And it will even be slower over the next few weeks. But wait till October. I'll be posting a lot. Ad nauseum, in fact. Three weeks in the United Kingdom and Ireland will tend to bring that out.It's BowlingWidow and my 25th wedding anniversary and we're doing it up right. Stay tuned for words and pictures. I have a journal, a camera, and I'm not afraid to use either one to their fullest extent.
Bob's Your Uncle,
Bowling Joe
Have a great trip. Whenever the wife and I watch Rick Steves, everytime we find some place we'd like to visit, it usually looks just like the Northwest, so we stay put.
ReplyDeleteThanx for the Richard Thompson suggestion too -- I trust you'll try to squeeze in some good shows?
Great job on making it to 25 years, you two. I can not wait to hear about your trip. You had better not forget to journal!
ReplyDeleteThe weather is like the NW around here but other than that, I don't find it that similar. We'll be in Galway, Ireland where they have a lot of good traditional Irish pub music.
ReplyDeletePilla, of course I have a journal...what would Steves say if I didn't?
Off to the House of Commons now to watch a debate...
It will be interesting to see how they treat the 9/11 anniversary there.
ReplyDeleteGreat question, Crazymermaid. I'll answer in more depth when I get back....
ReplyDeleteWe're back. Actually 9/11 was a travel day on the train for us so we didn't really get out in the city too much. We do buy newspapers though. The event was mentioned but to be honest most of that topic was devoted to Terry Jones, the Florida "man of God" who wanted to have a bonfire with 200 Books of Koran.
ReplyDeleteLondon and the UK in general have a lot of other issues making big news, as their economy is as bad as ours. Also, the city itself is really multi-cultural (and I'm not just using that as a buzz word). One is as apt to be standing next to a Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, as a WASP on the subway tube system. I've read that 300 languages are spoken in London.
Everyone we encountered to a person on this trip was friendly, polite and interesting to talk with when we had a chance to do so. I realize that my point of view is from that of a visitor, but I think it's still saying something.
Joe, in my experience living overseas, the only time the nationals were unfriendly was when they encountered an "ugly American" -- the loud braggadacios who are constantly ranting on about how "stupid" it is that stores are not open late, you don't get enough ice in your drinks, and what do you mean the beer is not ice cold. We were welcomed in every city and country we visited -- even Paris, where the popular American rumor is that they hate everyone who is not French and Parisian.
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