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Vacation Plans -- United Kingdom

 
 
margo
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 12:18 am
Yep, I'm still watching, too Very Happy
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 12:18 am
Laughing
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Piffka
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 08:12 am
Aww, I thought you were bored with this. You're welcome to come along in my rolling backpack! Every place we're going is a place we could tour for two weeks (or spend a lifetime enjoying).

McTag -- Isn't that a great looking door? I hope it is still painted blue and that my two traveling companions think Cawdor is a good palce to visit and don't poop out at the last minute. It's tit for tat, I'll go to Culloden - they come to Cawdor -- whadya think?

Here's the final rack plan:
Le Meridien -- 2 nights Edinburgh
Culloden House -- 1 night near Inverness
Caberfeidh House -- 1 night near Eilean Donan
Balluchulish Hotel -- 2 nights near Glen Coe
Caledonian Sleeper -- 1 night Ft. Wm. to London
Dolphin Square -- 3 nights London
We've hired a car in Inverness to be dropped off in Ft. William.

My 20 year old daughter & bf leave a week from today -- we'll see them in E'burgh the first evening before they fly home. They've got reservations in youth hostels in London, Amsterdam, and Edinburgh. It's his first trip to Europe, her third. She says he's a little confoozled about logistics -- wanted her to plan a trip to the British Museum for the first morning, followed by a trip to Stonehenge that afternoon. Very Happy (Don't anybody mention that *I* wanted to take in the Orkneys in one day!)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 01:00 pm
Piffka


Since you will travel by car some miles, this website

Maps from our collection

could be of interest :wink:
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margo
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 02:32 pm
Piffka wrote:
She says he's a little confoozled about logistics -- wanted her to plan a trip to the British Museum for the first morning, followed by a trip to Stonehenge that afternoon. Very Happy


Razz Isn't it always the way!

On my first trip to London, almost 20 years ago, I was so entranced by the British Museum, which was near where I was staying, that I spent part of every day, for 4 days, there. I finally saw the things I had learned about in school all those years ago - the Rosetta Stone,The Elgin Marbles (ignoring other issues!), the Egyptian cat gods. I could have spent all my time there - I had to force myself to see other things. Haven't had a chance to get back, though Sad

Arrrrgggghhhh! Wanna go again!
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 02:43 pm
Well, my first museum visit in London was the British Museum as well - more than 30 years back.

[Now, however, my wife and I might fly even just for one day to London for visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum again ... perhaps :wink: ]
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Charli
 
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Reply Tue 2 Sep, 2003 08:58 pm
FROM TODAY'S NEW YORK TIMES
Piffka, This is from today's New York Times. Will you be anywhere near the Cotswolds? Well, just in case . . .


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/31/travel/31cotswolds.html


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Piffka
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 08:10 am
Walter -- yep -- those will be GREAT roadmaps! Wink I sent the link to Mr.P who has never seen a map he didn't like. Thanks.

V&A, eh? Nice to be so close that you can fly over for a day.


Margo -- The British Museum is so amazing... I have a couple of Picti things I'll be looking for on this trip, but the Elgin Marbles will be re-visited. I just love the quiet mumble of people and footsteps from inside the dome. My d's hostel is very close to the museum, picked just for that reason.


Charli -- Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Love that look! Thanks for the link -- I'll go see what they've got to say.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 11:47 am
Yes, Walter, The V&A museum has a large variety of displays that can overwhelm the senses in a very pleasant way; from artifacts from around the world, and huge replicas of statues and facades from around the world. It's also an amazaing place for a visit, and I've been there three times, and ready for more! Wink
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 11:49 am
Charli, That picture resembles that of a "fairyland." Thanks for sharing it.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 11:54 am
Piffka wrote:
I sent the link to Mr.P who has never seen a map he didn't like. Thanks.

Same with me (one of the reasons, I was a navigator in the navy :wink: ).

Piffka wrote:
V&A, eh? Nice to be so close that you can fly over for a day.

10 mins to the airport, 5 mins flight. (Well, the flight back lasts 2 hours and 5 mins.)
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Piffka
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:01 pm
Walter Hinteler wrote:
I was a navigator in the navy.


I forgot! So your wife always knows she can buy you a map for your birthday present and you'll be happy, right? Those old maps of the west coast of Scotland would have been hard to follow and not go aground.

I don't know if I'll get to see the V&A this trip. So much to see, so little time. If it's raining, maybe we'll go there instead of Kew.
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Piffka
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:02 pm
cicerone imposter wrote:
Charli, That picture resembles that of a "fairyland." Thanks for sharing it.


It does, doesn't it?
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:04 pm
Piffka wrote:
So your wife always knows she can buy you a map for your birthday present and you'll be happy, right?


Right. But I'm wondering, why she wasn't entusiastic about the nice antique print of a 18th century roadmap, I wanted to give her as her birthday present ... Laughing
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:08 pm
Walter, You conniving devil, you! Laughing
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Piffka
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:38 pm
Geez, I wonder too. Maybe she already had one?
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:55 pm
Piffka wrote:
Geez, I wonder too. Maybe she already had one?



No, not at all - she always has to look at mine (and doesn't understand them [and me, I admit]) Laughing Laughing
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Piffka
 
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Reply Wed 3 Sep, 2003 12:58 pm
Double trouble -- Walter with an antique map!
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 4 Sep, 2003 02:17 am
cicerone imposter wrote:
Yes, Walter, The V&A museum has a large variety of displays that can overwhelm the senses in a very pleasant way; from artifacts from around the world, and huge replicas of statues and facades from around the world. It's also an amazaing place for a visit, and I've been there three times, and ready for more! Wink


We stole from everybody, indiscriminately. Smile

But we've taken good care of the stuff.
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Piffka
 
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Reply Thu 4 Sep, 2003 08:10 am
Laughing

The English have taken good care of things. Occasionally they give them back, for example, the Stone of Scoone was returned on November 15, 1996. (Though technically it still "belongs" to the monarchy.)
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