tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24919844580561715092024-02-21T05:06:19.209-08:00Minding the GapsBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-45738079878243540962010-11-16T11:09:00.000-08:002010-11-16T23:19:55.689-08:00My Farewell #2- Goodbye to All Things Clapham & #67<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVd12_fFyXy3aUArJrjHg7pRJNr6AfcFM_CXh03jmrk96MKgz_xdKI5NdE5YC3bmAoyuWpdZPGhNuPPYtGNejZ2gaOaegJLz3pYQk4HziRCaAKoAYFkwVYy9fPI11HZKL85ZGe-CgRoEz/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540231182882588098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVd12_fFyXy3aUArJrjHg7pRJNr6AfcFM_CXh03jmrk96MKgz_xdKI5NdE5YC3bmAoyuWpdZPGhNuPPYtGNejZ2gaOaegJLz3pYQk4HziRCaAKoAYFkwVYy9fPI11HZKL85ZGe-CgRoEz/s320/1.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">My Lovely Home Away From Home<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdtyw-nmv0OqeJ1olRTpym9ycalg3rhN3h09xStwAgEggwNXP5NiogjYY6iajCBx2d3ZDqMXbfXrSkKOF9gAhZPlHt9UsiHzUhm2fV5jJhfwJkq4eNRJrCBzd8WrlT5M-iJqMiQow4QFD/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540231174804298754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdtyw-nmv0OqeJ1olRTpym9ycalg3rhN3h09xStwAgEggwNXP5NiogjYY6iajCBx2d3ZDqMXbfXrSkKOF9gAhZPlHt9UsiHzUhm2fV5jJhfwJkq4eNRJrCBzd8WrlT5M-iJqMiQow4QFD/s320/2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ALnMfm2wsKhel0B9LfjanARR_tCK-Kxp5Vwq890olBHEYiyLcQuhzlEhGuzphJQcYv6r9ONCE7GBmih8YTCl4pa25hrGd5UpA0ARisP-TUrNQL49e4ZZZdW6bkg_RfZhKkLkndQsV8UV/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540231160300685522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ALnMfm2wsKhel0B9LfjanARR_tCK-Kxp5Vwq890olBHEYiyLcQuhzlEhGuzphJQcYv6r9ONCE7GBmih8YTCl4pa25hrGd5UpA0ARisP-TUrNQL49e4ZZZdW6bkg_RfZhKkLkndQsV8UV/s320/3.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PalcIa59cnv-uVjjsViwTp_jgnpF1UksNF9Lw6v_iG7HoJY7BCU33oDDJI13M7hNuSFQbRkxfEotmQAlca-6pXZvRqwTYmpt6jwJyTcjKpb7_y_ITgZ07KhGWR2uvlTKmOazUCZPtQfO/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540231151406337922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PalcIa59cnv-uVjjsViwTp_jgnpF1UksNF9Lw6v_iG7HoJY7BCU33oDDJI13M7hNuSFQbRkxfEotmQAlca-6pXZvRqwTYmpt6jwJyTcjKpb7_y_ITgZ07KhGWR2uvlTKmOazUCZPtQfO/s320/4.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">I will miss this carpet. They don't make it like this anymore! :)<br /></span><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAkURQKxCMAGhYP5owip2ylc1CGEbfEyaCaCMcGgYpEYOKIx4ymcE2zPFovy3CDjgxhK6vsjfcK6AEqL9K3fh_h90dyKyTxMc2LT33sTnpzCFIc3QqA5OuH1hqo8fPWbV9ADc6NgQM4q_/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540231070857422162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAkURQKxCMAGhYP5owip2ylc1CGEbfEyaCaCMcGgYpEYOKIx4ymcE2zPFovy3CDjgxhK6vsjfcK6AEqL9K3fh_h90dyKyTxMc2LT33sTnpzCFIc3QqA5OuH1hqo8fPWbV9ADc6NgQM4q_/s320/5.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">All of the fixtures are still in their original glory. And I love them all for the simple fact that I have grown up with them!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjokspJuVGFhi0P3t_u3ffEc8dZQb_hyhXH3LuRL17KwCuWdRKafhZyfPSl80Gslu-qdu11brqIbbgE2Y5FhwYZoV5fi4QH7irAIImVH5anV_7kYwwGMCWVpzZAfIStivbUi8wcBIhknkG/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540230196427067954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjokspJuVGFhi0P3t_u3ffEc8dZQb_hyhXH3LuRL17KwCuWdRKafhZyfPSl80Gslu-qdu11brqIbbgE2Y5FhwYZoV5fi4QH7irAIImVH5anV_7kYwwGMCWVpzZAfIStivbUi8wcBIhknkG/s320/6.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I don't think I've ever seen this thing on, and I've never seen rubbish in this bin. The only thing we use the bin for is to sit our luggage on it when we put it on the scale to see how far over the allowable weight limit we've gone. This little contraption makes it easier than having to weigh myself, then weigh me holding the heavy luggage!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAWhkrJJWxdYSG7uOYGWsbJUcV2Wclv02-SCwumJVc6X1I6ajHfjgbiy-i-FuKlOKbumLaBOcLz8J4m9vr-tLNMJcSBRH5VAypIFTSb3pxTsrPoVVhbSzWgpdjBBjcJKHdLDNs2VXAyid/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540230185157473138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAWhkrJJWxdYSG7uOYGWsbJUcV2Wclv02-SCwumJVc6X1I6ajHfjgbiy-i-FuKlOKbumLaBOcLz8J4m9vr-tLNMJcSBRH5VAypIFTSb3pxTsrPoVVhbSzWgpdjBBjcJKHdLDNs2VXAyid/s320/7.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Love this photo of Bob, Mom, and John, the Art Deco clock, and the pen and ink drawing that my Grandfather did. I never met him, but as you can see, he's an amazing artist and was a great Architect as well.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRCG7Ztp7y5nzA4lr13lnxkx_FV8mwHpuFuV3E99fBQV3neoJNqBfh52NOt_HKX8YFx4z1v78mxhTs2xDacCxvM4Psw5A9qwHSwVN3gzo__HNki-NcNkAdQcymNjiweVnfeLB5f3NvtyI/s1600/8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540230183801543618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRCG7Ztp7y5nzA4lr13lnxkx_FV8mwHpuFuV3E99fBQV3neoJNqBfh52NOt_HKX8YFx4z1v78mxhTs2xDacCxvM4Psw5A9qwHSwVN3gzo__HNki-NcNkAdQcymNjiweVnfeLB5f3NvtyI/s320/8.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Bob and I's "tea" cups that we use multiple times daily. We would just wash them out, put them on the drainer, then they'd be ready for us in the morning. No need to put them in the cupboard (Notice my cup is from Taste of Texas. Bob has quite a collection of Texas mugs we've gotten him over the years including one that says "I Shot J.R." haha).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFz4ExM-ds1R1rhYDnBA8yWvy8wR9AKWeWQdeNrvTY4pDOUyOr6LWrZ9462RVUu3eIYqCKKiYTMBukVmoLVVnDTq6c3iO-PaadkOnYV5q6nlj4mLQBXShN1cpmmEMLYdDfhf_uHSUYi8s/s1600/9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540230174583681554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFz4ExM-ds1R1rhYDnBA8yWvy8wR9AKWeWQdeNrvTY4pDOUyOr6LWrZ9462RVUu3eIYqCKKiYTMBukVmoLVVnDTq6c3iO-PaadkOnYV5q6nlj4mLQBXShN1cpmmEMLYdDfhf_uHSUYi8s/s320/9.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssZu4F5SK4yGkv4u26hpyzkpt13ItJUQvsWcZwheKwMCj3CkybehQu9yCny8IAl9oFmTqvn7KXyItRN8NUB2ja-kJtRgHMKaGHCETQWGZJlauxJBzU8Yt-YGbf7TEHOzp56SsfDMW_IOm/s1600/10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540229363997679042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssZu4F5SK4yGkv4u26hpyzkpt13ItJUQvsWcZwheKwMCj3CkybehQu9yCny8IAl9oFmTqvn7KXyItRN8NUB2ja-kJtRgHMKaGHCETQWGZJlauxJBzU8Yt-YGbf7TEHOzp56SsfDMW_IOm/s320/10.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Bob made this radio out of a box and old parts and it has worked for years! I love it!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoPNUnrYuag_5AU0tVEsxTcEIeR30OjyK7O6A-3nwYlTNqiRur02tquTpxVY49jfxcjttd_Hb7YSBpU3SyNkEC_4LthoDwP49DqkB6J7thd9yJax8TicpAapviunhZTf7STyzXSZXSqzk/s1600/11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540229355868117746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoPNUnrYuag_5AU0tVEsxTcEIeR30OjyK7O6A-3nwYlTNqiRur02tquTpxVY49jfxcjttd_Hb7YSBpU3SyNkEC_4LthoDwP49DqkB6J7thd9yJax8TicpAapviunhZTf7STyzXSZXSqzk/s320/11.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Original shade in the kitchen. Groovy right? haha<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihin6zVVKEKN0rnNgWktn1H3yKvX11TUVz2PQWgGdOQPu7lmiTBlGWoAFH_tRsTFfe03I-f3-fBkSzsvFHQXjWSo3TpA3QoMUIccaaSf7a-HrWCc9ADnTt03ABw4gZ-VFi-3psYWVimy18/s1600/12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540229348101711474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihin6zVVKEKN0rnNgWktn1H3yKvX11TUVz2PQWgGdOQPu7lmiTBlGWoAFH_tRsTFfe03I-f3-fBkSzsvFHQXjWSo3TpA3QoMUIccaaSf7a-HrWCc9ADnTt03ABw4gZ-VFi-3psYWVimy18/s320/12.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">When Bob had to get work on the roof done, he had to buy this ladder, and being a flat in London, there's not much storage space (or a garage), so this is the only place it can go. I will not miss bumping into this thing everyday on the stairs!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTKEy6nLGpXd7A6hVh93UU4nN9JWFb9kdcVAyLcxFlw6rfy1teySHaSsv1QciSBgb002IuGapGpTLdCqC4HuLUr31emtiMCFb7NSqz_cJVoyiy6rsgw1ChcNzsFanNHapOsNAbMf6Wyzp/s1600/13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540229307901761170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTKEy6nLGpXd7A6hVh93UU4nN9JWFb9kdcVAyLcxFlw6rfy1teySHaSsv1QciSBgb002IuGapGpTLdCqC4HuLUr31emtiMCFb7NSqz_cJVoyiy6rsgw1ChcNzsFanNHapOsNAbMf6Wyzp/s320/13.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Shade in the Computer Room upstairs<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6iwFyCXORrSE_xxsp6xJJ2eXYgflEGRrCpEUJsexsgdzolzekGbboD2N1UX_NT-oRUSjepyBmoyxRsmEvDhqUSJiJqEgik4NN9_mEIHeRYZDG3ozhL19TWUQkLmhIwufv5HjbPlx15P1/s1600/14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540228390169672706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6iwFyCXORrSE_xxsp6xJJ2eXYgflEGRrCpEUJsexsgdzolzekGbboD2N1UX_NT-oRUSjepyBmoyxRsmEvDhqUSJiJqEgik4NN9_mEIHeRYZDG3ozhL19TWUQkLmhIwufv5HjbPlx15P1/s320/14.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View from the front door. Odd fact-You have to pay to park your car there on the street. Even if you own one of the houses you're parking in front of. Hence why Bob doesn't own a car!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4Pm9x14GoOen9wX3veXMCamvwRVKD3haBYWppLXpeXi4hyHNJnaoTdRgcd5m6sPkWmemXs6NP4P4sIewngmritJKn5WPF4HkbkXJBry6qUy2D_zRVSbU51obm7zKD_twIk-yThS6WVLJ/s1600/15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540228376585486034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4Pm9x14GoOen9wX3veXMCamvwRVKD3haBYWppLXpeXi4hyHNJnaoTdRgcd5m6sPkWmemXs6NP4P4sIewngmritJKn5WPF4HkbkXJBry6qUy2D_zRVSbU51obm7zKD_twIk-yThS6WVLJ/s320/15.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I will miss walking by this sign on the way to the tube station everyday. It has been up for as long as I remember, so we must REALLY need to talk. haha<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3NU4mNWhrZ5oa15fKVnjjiHShPePrvnIr2chQEIo34mEfSTjBJTvMXq565HPUXZBrBZfFtYjtvmkosI1YJXbdsCFI325xGrwY_7RQYPsaPzt1iEDXKhN-dT5sSeIXzci3aniJWrEddLD/s1600/16.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540228370641956082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3NU4mNWhrZ5oa15fKVnjjiHShPePrvnIr2chQEIo34mEfSTjBJTvMXq565HPUXZBrBZfFtYjtvmkosI1YJXbdsCFI325xGrwY_7RQYPsaPzt1iEDXKhN-dT5sSeIXzci3aniJWrEddLD/s320/16.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"> I will miss the little fruits of wisdom that the workers at Clapham South tube station put on the service board now that they have a new digital service board to tell you how terrible your commute will be. I applaud their effort of going the extra distance to enlighten their passengers. It always made me smile to think of these usually disgruntled workers writing them on the board each morning!<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-Wj05kK20oZoJe6vsg7AUkLyALaHG48sFqZ14t8v96UR5wpkrPWz2GSWFgHCF6NXBnHBW8lzoe8gH2whyphenhyphenXfp4dA0ATNGfIA2wunCa_H9IGZauA4TN_P4auNfWBDw4MlzTa7eitsq9dSq/s1600/17.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540228362491385378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-Wj05kK20oZoJe6vsg7AUkLyALaHG48sFqZ14t8v96UR5wpkrPWz2GSWFgHCF6NXBnHBW8lzoe8gH2whyphenhyphenXfp4dA0ATNGfIA2wunCa_H9IGZauA4TN_P4auNfWBDw4MlzTa7eitsq9dSq/s320/17.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The escalators at Clapham South. Not sure I will miss them, but I will miss the extra work-out of walking up and down them (no, I rarely ever just stood to the right to let the escaltor do all the work!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldc4tomcuSP0TRlz-O4bs_b_32tztZp8l6BL5M1CbcF3TqjjOr-4Ft2cNX3razE7-PtbgMw-3pasx_RkkpO8kG5nDM82lk2ruXs71cC-NxWZFJQ-N31-465ucoyRXUwh9pogXT_foTWiu/s1600/18.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540227541278867346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldc4tomcuSP0TRlz-O4bs_b_32tztZp8l6BL5M1CbcF3TqjjOr-4Ft2cNX3razE7-PtbgMw-3pasx_RkkpO8kG5nDM82lk2ruXs71cC-NxWZFJQ-N31-465ucoyRXUwh9pogXT_foTWiu/s320/18.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">My station :)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQyp-z1ClG6a1PGNkJONjStJN1POQmFPspizeS0YALUwVrOZjdW1uaNEeeHlDYbXxYU6VGCGyrD0EdGi9pVXPF0zZFn1RFbwWv1_sIlQ1bLQ56kiOVV0kwuZMF2H_Mjm1I0vnfBh81ain/s1600/19.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540227531061325890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQyp-z1ClG6a1PGNkJONjStJN1POQmFPspizeS0YALUwVrOZjdW1uaNEeeHlDYbXxYU6VGCGyrD0EdGi9pVXPF0zZFn1RFbwWv1_sIlQ1bLQ56kiOVV0kwuZMF2H_Mjm1I0vnfBh81ain/s320/19.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7Ek0BE5W4ZjcjOB_4UOdq6KfySj4OKuSP3GKbrx6N9gnqpYreF6ClFGOyjgdoaF9mQgO2OrOa4yqZ-07qy18fJ7LzZ2Ojr1PzfotsSOm67ucnmhBuxJUB6cpvq3YGaKY6tnplYv9SLC3/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540227525416595762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7Ek0BE5W4ZjcjOB_4UOdq6KfySj4OKuSP3GKbrx6N9gnqpYreF6ClFGOyjgdoaF9mQgO2OrOa4yqZ-07qy18fJ7LzZ2Ojr1PzfotsSOm67ucnmhBuxJUB6cpvq3YGaKY6tnplYv9SLC3/s320/20.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Bob and I's last Sunday pub lunch (we both got the roast) at the Weatherspoon near Streatham Hill.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghg8hNvZzQLOeidCzucL-rljzpJQihDuUglv2Ioz4aqb3QQme_PWq6voKB9SGAFphGPV5m414khDTkLRgru-ZpKL_3ZcpIJ8LfCYioq3_i3UPGM4zMDK32HmW8k8jtsGrFV1Tdegtn_ALk/s1600/21.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540227517200959346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghg8hNvZzQLOeidCzucL-rljzpJQihDuUglv2Ioz4aqb3QQme_PWq6voKB9SGAFphGPV5m414khDTkLRgru-ZpKL_3ZcpIJ8LfCYioq3_i3UPGM4zMDK32HmW8k8jtsGrFV1Tdegtn_ALk/s320/21.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I substitute my veggies for more roasted potatoes! That circle is Yorkshire Pudding, and it's a lot like a flaky pancake batter-no actual pudding.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS3xm-QhwSXjW2AtDcA2Pm61h6rQHl33xXDfYbUVZVR4eGDX3eYZjPJo554EXaSSoaaBP-NBBzAkuxc7fxw7p4_TP8M2jVzrDTJ4iym_3SNQ-vriQ9vBF2dbEFT9E_TPxpGCsUAzHAsI8/s1600/IMG_1370.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540295600806910402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS3xm-QhwSXjW2AtDcA2Pm61h6rQHl33xXDfYbUVZVR4eGDX3eYZjPJo554EXaSSoaaBP-NBBzAkuxc7fxw7p4_TP8M2jVzrDTJ4iym_3SNQ-vriQ9vBF2dbEFT9E_TPxpGCsUAzHAsI8/s320/IMG_1370.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Bob's birthday dinner on my last night. We got fish and chips! (Of course I got batter dipped sausages instead of fish).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW_EtOhKyf4BrEEFtwrd5w5dnNIf1U1OyLGqk0WPzQXUM-H9H8QRjJGqd8WH2tCEomVyatVkcUEKLpmabGMh25N3ghQ3eShegxax_eJZPyz5TSN4QPaF7yOA2srotnftXAXUce3pJDn4L/s1600/22.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540295580590241730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW_EtOhKyf4BrEEFtwrd5w5dnNIf1U1OyLGqk0WPzQXUM-H9H8QRjJGqd8WH2tCEomVyatVkcUEKLpmabGMh25N3ghQ3eShegxax_eJZPyz5TSN4QPaF7yOA2srotnftXAXUce3pJDn4L/s320/22.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lh6JYapa2xaqOyu4d87ESCbggx8HINrMoObAs21y5IPumA8hnkTr5vgH3s1CyYB-e-fCxphRM8yhPhR6V092AU83m7Gh5O-T9YwglqMBc6yAjpiNSPzP5eg6_-9hd-_gRVmWBxx03RO_/s1600/IMG_1371.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540295610109477122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lh6JYapa2xaqOyu4d87ESCbggx8HINrMoObAs21y5IPumA8hnkTr5vgH3s1CyYB-e-fCxphRM8yhPhR6V092AU83m7Gh5O-T9YwglqMBc6yAjpiNSPzP5eg6_-9hd-_gRVmWBxx03RO_/s320/IMG_1371.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Bob looks down right crazy in this shot! About to cut into his birthday cake (yes with a spatula)! He turns 66 on Friday :)<br /><br /></span>There are SO many things I will miss about London, but the things I will miss the most are the things that I saw/did everyday. I now have my routine down which includes certain t.v. shows (will miss you Hollyoaks and old re-runs of American shows like Veronica Mars and Friends), several cups of tea, and walks to the tube station. While I will definitely miss my independence here to just hop on a tube or train to everywhere and anywhere, I will not miss strikes, planned engineering works, or hearing "There are minor delays due to signal failure." Or now that it is freezing outside, I will not miss getting onto a packed tube and not being able to remove my jacket, gloves, and scarf in time before over-heating! </div><div>However, even these things will seem much less annoying to me when I'm once again sitting on 290 in my car in traffic for hours at a time. So many things that I would normally take for granted at home, I have relished here. I will most of all miss Bob and Clair. I have been so lucky to spend so much time with them and really get to know them better. Thank you both for everything. I love you, and I love London.</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-91212171623037359722010-11-15T17:00:00.001-08:002010-11-16T04:16:14.770-08:00My Farewell #1-Last Day Seeing My Fav Sights<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF-WL5YDgyHXKJzVK5rGsPwAjmYYGwwqfRXYBS3JLs1al6CVpILjJObvPyOower_ZNqfQMGCrTigL5eRdAuJH2L6pq_FM35nFF6biW3R0DuXeFAzyppfeKl3NMxRuTakoHGWzKjBZj4RE/s1600/IMG_1247_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539953110910637890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF-WL5YDgyHXKJzVK5rGsPwAjmYYGwwqfRXYBS3JLs1al6CVpILjJObvPyOower_ZNqfQMGCrTigL5eRdAuJH2L6pq_FM35nFF6biW3R0DuXeFAzyppfeKl3NMxRuTakoHGWzKjBZj4RE/s320/IMG_1247_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Leicester Square-This theater is where all of the big movie premiers happen (like Harry Potter last Thursday night). </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"></span></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539953101523663666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwfyP00nDG2lO0haXvA5D429FX64gj6OoMMdtqvfEuRAcygu-0h46qIxvM8OwC2CQnmsHayBuqQB2aVW87Cx4d19S9KMWpv3s6h_ui_nXXAzOzRn-jPAEQAr60eCtSrdw0I7HzkZQRP17/s320/IMG_1249_01.jpg" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI3ZzP2V9YovJjBuQhTVNfnqQaaN2OteGgDDJrA_Xc64wnhk9M4KboE8q1S3DraTdURDnAvh73RkPlbiLYrqueaggZGb1J5dH2gjNPWeggRwETGOPvZNJdPsE5-J_5QHDzd5yXCoM1nXr/s1600/IMG_1250_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539953094106774962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI3ZzP2V9YovJjBuQhTVNfnqQaaN2OteGgDDJrA_Xc64wnhk9M4KboE8q1S3DraTdURDnAvh73RkPlbiLYrqueaggZGb1J5dH2gjNPWeggRwETGOPvZNJdPsE5-J_5QHDzd5yXCoM1nXr/s320/IMG_1250_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMlqIsrMbNe5nyHdd7MX7v_uaYMKW3OAl18vXfRp7Ot9qRul9Mc6OY7hsDTeFZP4756sIj4miQWWYs_Xb8CZi5ZYKUxpYLGLiyKrFPCnKEicWSUNVhXj-Zt9EInF7YsRuLao4cdP5QdR9/s1600/IMG_1251_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539953078889022594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMlqIsrMbNe5nyHdd7MX7v_uaYMKW3OAl18vXfRp7Ot9qRul9Mc6OY7hsDTeFZP4756sIj4miQWWYs_Xb8CZi5ZYKUxpYLGLiyKrFPCnKEicWSUNVhXj-Zt9EInF7YsRuLao4cdP5QdR9/s320/IMG_1251_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Covent</span> Garden has their Christmas decorations up!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxIQY6pzxmuIWyMNR5JUSbeLTPxIQSPzHFLgZZ2vrZ_0De7pl6rrGtXmeZPTAyxEohr4c5QPE06eh_QBDluRmlSXU8H7yBpS-JYcFeuhhQ2d1sTacjRJ87pwe3QCHTYuYQ9ChN_fSfeVI/s1600/IMG_1254_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539952159275491474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxIQY6pzxmuIWyMNR5JUSbeLTPxIQSPzHFLgZZ2vrZ_0De7pl6rrGtXmeZPTAyxEohr4c5QPE06eh_QBDluRmlSXU8H7yBpS-JYcFeuhhQ2d1sTacjRJ87pwe3QCHTYuYQ9ChN_fSfeVI/s320/IMG_1254_01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX9q7ppwjPSp027-mDV77pHhlOJ79mDzbZepT0zz85IUGbUg-WhDuhMX9tbB-sEtYV-YzTLcxRzlUVuV9dDg-ICLE9QEsVm-X-UBS9-rQ-BqHIXCOgGiy07rHbKT2ODAkfG8-QbpfwBMj/s1600/IMG_1258_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539952158195471682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWX9q7ppwjPSp027-mDV77pHhlOJ79mDzbZepT0zz85IUGbUg-WhDuhMX9tbB-sEtYV-YzTLcxRzlUVuV9dDg-ICLE9QEsVm-X-UBS9-rQ-BqHIXCOgGiy07rHbKT2ODAkfG8-QbpfwBMj/s320/IMG_1258_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcWeBBwZNWlHVOs1Zl0WWkOUq5tSf9sRqFbfTNpkryd6FbyIUT1nzg-hD9CLfpmAAYYvUoOvvRPoZeX6EiJPvobklqvtbxX1kAFnheC-cu1W0pDiYzN9gCGcCISEPN1ExL2nMZpMHQ5aX/s1600/IMG_1260_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539952143258249346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcWeBBwZNWlHVOs1Zl0WWkOUq5tSf9sRqFbfTNpkryd6FbyIUT1nzg-hD9CLfpmAAYYvUoOvvRPoZeX6EiJPvobklqvtbxX1kAFnheC-cu1W0pDiYzN9gCGcCISEPN1ExL2nMZpMHQ5aX/s320/IMG_1260_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> More from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Covent</span> Garden<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIb6qiZrx1RBAa98xOg-TYTfqt4hfbwmxWWnbeEXR1XN-T2BcpOcK2vDLDzV5peKwHDuC485bH1EP_iSsDSndrwY0cu9jqCUXLUb1kcNsHooUeyhz3ANm8yeVbb3A1lEH4VIto1ASr9gGs/s1600/IMG_1262_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539952134106900962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIb6qiZrx1RBAa98xOg-TYTfqt4hfbwmxWWnbeEXR1XN-T2BcpOcK2vDLDzV5peKwHDuC485bH1EP_iSsDSndrwY0cu9jqCUXLUb1kcNsHooUeyhz3ANm8yeVbb3A1lEH4VIto1ASr9gGs/s320/IMG_1262_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fRCXe_YzuZWt9_EyAR7BldzK8DF-O7kOsXOVLQakHfRp7tBCKT7qy3LaZrhT8VEMPFbbYRQ45c3dmdMDpi0E86W3V1-yEgXnEL-iYZ8ZzrQePp9mPN_ShEUctmRLI9Xaz-eoC1t-kCAS/s1600/IMG_1268.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539951322258415186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fRCXe_YzuZWt9_EyAR7BldzK8DF-O7kOsXOVLQakHfRp7tBCKT7qy3LaZrhT8VEMPFbbYRQ45c3dmdMDpi0E86W3V1-yEgXnEL-iYZ8ZzrQePp9mPN_ShEUctmRLI9Xaz-eoC1t-kCAS/s320/IMG_1268.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Trafalgar Square</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J418dPUEozAmvECOkUfR8VZ3Losx0_2omsBKwcuWFsFsCpSJvzhzl5hKUJ10eaOX-L7omVZuOw0QKmnpae5iVg8C2jYSyHYqsW_wMhVVl0UAEtO59haU7_KWTAAXOx47I0klSxwB6dPO/s1600/IMG_1272_01.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539951314566582018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J418dPUEozAmvECOkUfR8VZ3Losx0_2omsBKwcuWFsFsCpSJvzhzl5hKUJ10eaOX-L7omVZuOw0QKmnpae5iVg8C2jYSyHYqsW_wMhVVl0UAEtO59haU7_KWTAAXOx47I0klSxwB6dPO/s320/IMG_1272_01.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Towards Green Park and The Horse Guards Parade<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKQhz35_L-d5KNHFlNGtWpWcgw0oGwBkyFltlKSJskuNxbYp_XqFSpFbwDQxKs-VOZATBpCtz5QaXR41pAcm14DRI__BnyMxyJiqVZxaawqp4xL6rfcxogsnQUe3yiDmz1ly65DCKONuj/s1600/IMG_1277_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539951308533409746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKQhz35_L-d5KNHFlNGtWpWcgw0oGwBkyFltlKSJskuNxbYp_XqFSpFbwDQxKs-VOZATBpCtz5QaXR41pAcm14DRI__BnyMxyJiqVZxaawqp4xL6rfcxogsnQUe3yiDmz1ly65DCKONuj/s320/IMG_1277_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Not sure what this is, but I think it was a memorial done recently because I've never seen it before. Next to it was a building with a memorial dedicated to fallen Royal Ulster Constabulary.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_siYL8H0QI4Gzx_XwNX3N9yJDk_HfdATaC58AI9XJTbrDFrhKZ-WyHRcHguMefcHP-aq_l7207505x3wDOzt9fXk7rBVRgr1i3nLMERzZ8KSxhIcYPTsXKDvTR8cPq6zw4UkfWqWdhNO/s1600/IMG_1281_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539951291568523826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_siYL8H0QI4Gzx_XwNX3N9yJDk_HfdATaC58AI9XJTbrDFrhKZ-WyHRcHguMefcHP-aq_l7207505x3wDOzt9fXk7rBVRgr1i3nLMERzZ8KSxhIcYPTsXKDvTR8cPq6zw4UkfWqWdhNO/s320/IMG_1281_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzzVd_CN7vPesYWpBh9_5w01PoQaRekShzBnMszEVoIdsiIVbShUxkNVHXWk1d4zCKkvZnOxVHKWEpaXN14mWW4G2AxWtyhM09eIcyehcvWRInse6vUMnu6AcdQlvFT5_T3DaRpLaAUBE/s1600/IMG_1284_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539949850744051490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzzVd_CN7vPesYWpBh9_5w01PoQaRekShzBnMszEVoIdsiIVbShUxkNVHXWk1d4zCKkvZnOxVHKWEpaXN14mWW4G2AxWtyhM09eIcyehcvWRInse6vUMnu6AcdQlvFT5_T3DaRpLaAUBE/s320/IMG_1284_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXjIMQP_LvX3eUl79nWqAPyhWkZ9zW6BEag3nilAxWM2d0wbrGl4ctVex9VuxVhBLwqCjZtDMNDknP-G7-JOIWS8m_MCE0bkINm4xKIAiqXAit8INDxKrQ6IcgXPfcOajUH8LZfGfQ9ow/s1600/IMG_1286_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539949837512809586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXjIMQP_LvX3eUl79nWqAPyhWkZ9zW6BEag3nilAxWM2d0wbrGl4ctVex9VuxVhBLwqCjZtDMNDknP-G7-JOIWS8m_MCE0bkINm4xKIAiqXAit8INDxKrQ6IcgXPfcOajUH8LZfGfQ9ow/s320/IMG_1286_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> A walk down Whitehall<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn95px6EhVYiUGQqhUFTjdGnezmVZx_9zhEBQcXghGH_Gp3t8X7s89pWWoqZu5TELa8Vg4ARo6x3z9DH3hv52mMynXUUAZ8pssEp2ykd4e5E9rXTBU3x7NsvU8Dyk3Q6MsdjOuZfjuynPm/s1600/IMG_1294.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539949830211015794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn95px6EhVYiUGQqhUFTjdGnezmVZx_9zhEBQcXghGH_Gp3t8X7s89pWWoqZu5TELa8Vg4ARo6x3z9DH3hv52mMynXUUAZ8pssEp2ykd4e5E9rXTBU3x7NsvU8Dyk3Q6MsdjOuZfjuynPm/s320/IMG_1294.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Cenotaph on Whitehall. Remembrance Day (or Armistice Day-Veteran's Day in the States) is Nov. 11, and the following Sunday is Remembrance Sunday. There is a march down Whitehall by war Veterans. The Queen lays the first poppy wreath dedicated to the fallen from the First and Second World Wars and all conflicts after. The Poppy represents remembrance of the fallen in the U.K.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw6nUsNHtZtFqD_QJCLbVT55VoYNv3-1C24BNCjf-P5QdOKC7_-ITU8Q97LjEzrAVoU6DuHyoxYeBR3FXIxe0a5NSgtdyUjwd1hDRk1jZR1Avk6RsWU7QaEYrrlz2cTgmvdDiOU2nW6OZ/s1600/IMG_1299.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539949822075096594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw6nUsNHtZtFqD_QJCLbVT55VoYNv3-1C24BNCjf-P5QdOKC7_-ITU8Q97LjEzrAVoU6DuHyoxYeBR3FXIxe0a5NSgtdyUjwd1hDRk1jZR1Avk6RsWU7QaEYrrlz2cTgmvdDiOU2nW6OZ/s320/IMG_1299.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAM7peVnTEWqqGUqMQ7LGNlw1S8bO8lbaAinwqE_Je01b3jQCdLqRgv_j9hUpXzTySthmYrMnL5YEOXqWyeZBE1VNBn4EQKGQy0WSUvH6JZWfLcRSuefozTiwuLoIVypod_ieMSMNcP0N/s1600/IMG_1301.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539948831395268882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAM7peVnTEWqqGUqMQ7LGNlw1S8bO8lbaAinwqE_Je01b3jQCdLqRgv_j9hUpXzTySthmYrMnL5YEOXqWyeZBE1VNBn4EQKGQy0WSUvH6JZWfLcRSuefozTiwuLoIVypod_ieMSMNcP0N/s320/IMG_1301.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3Q7y0CScFeMqnNXvNEHmAXGKHBCMUkU6ECZy-DC2KAQ9ZAdDzuEUT43PlJWDwaXf72DVEdbCDZqBjKk_PLEsygTiXKi32Q7Qp9T3c5JfF9LRYu_Iqn6Dku1yXzr47TZzTmFbSmNMoqEd/s1600/IMG_1303.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539948820261396594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3Q7y0CScFeMqnNXvNEHmAXGKHBCMUkU6ECZy-DC2KAQ9ZAdDzuEUT43PlJWDwaXf72DVEdbCDZqBjKk_PLEsygTiXKi32Q7Qp9T3c5JfF9LRYu_Iqn6Dku1yXzr47TZzTmFbSmNMoqEd/s320/IMG_1303.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3uwz8Pl7-p2JfQG7h0awmpgX6HVnzBIJghidaaI3KWD1YQea0QvIaC8-Tr_iFFUGVWyDkZtsahyphenhyphen5y4mn-mXckdP24CJHP46Nbs-12MBLEOsYO8naGy2xBRd_lb19rzM95RqVCMG3FX0j/s1600/IMG_1306_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539948809584381714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3uwz8Pl7-p2JfQG7h0awmpgX6HVnzBIJghidaaI3KWD1YQea0QvIaC8-Tr_iFFUGVWyDkZtsahyphenhyphen5y4mn-mXckdP24CJHP46Nbs-12MBLEOsYO8naGy2xBRd_lb19rzM95RqVCMG3FX0j/s320/IMG_1306_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Millions of Remembrance Crosses at Westminster Abbey<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElPd0O9mo1KddV9T564haOhvR3tUqL_p9OLL-ztvl6AARS1WeErxs-0piqPgZfkdNRs6EA_lzApKdWIqBcE1LsIJhyphenhyphenKoaLl_-fgClizwz_sfOzSGGUhYFTDIa3_r_Ti-C2mQeEcd6RioP/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539948803307054690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElPd0O9mo1KddV9T564haOhvR3tUqL_p9OLL-ztvl6AARS1WeErxs-0piqPgZfkdNRs6EA_lzApKdWIqBcE1LsIJhyphenhyphenKoaLl_-fgClizwz_sfOzSGGUhYFTDIa3_r_Ti-C2mQeEcd6RioP/s320/IMG_1307.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YwSnp5G-S4zygo2gihysxhaksnF899NE5bQq8M6d2hH461sMWovY2oJaZMAfTGDvpkjvzkrKQ2oNth5mYOsktEHPUZkqVE5zf4F1pFYrFB0xQpFpGuK7PSU5HFb_h24vaz88YTtulJWt/s1600/IMG_1314_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539947923558731154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYECb5BgYFXjOgI_OTYRopLfTBLwzLKHI3TuGrJHqpDm6YNmxUfbpPYHrigRmVE1Gs2h7Dj5g-Mf9CmznLt6EYEDx6eKQHZMtSuVD2PHZg9iTylAFnKSBWZynqLNfkqU-pOpTTrcQpKOr/s320/IMG_1325_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu0DgpadcFQovuAYiiqAu3k036s5SB53RIqiUN03MVh-FzM8H9NCcgTHumfnZLDGZ2TjaGXVLzJ7ve1N1mbf0a6ryn5T9Bqh0ossDtCFWj9O70pRBvOsjoRoRIeQwPqmT0CHBe2YstMnj/s1600/IMG_1327_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539947915797909042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu0DgpadcFQovuAYiiqAu3k036s5SB53RIqiUN03MVh-FzM8H9NCcgTHumfnZLDGZ2TjaGXVLzJ7ve1N1mbf0a6ryn5T9Bqh0ossDtCFWj9O70pRBvOsjoRoRIeQwPqmT0CHBe2YstMnj/s320/IMG_1327_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">One of my favorite views of the London Eye and the Thames.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpybg61FiO39K4CvkmnJLC1I9u5qfgvboFrzDg4rCGUmWDPQXzUg_qndwy6ZdBQsSW7Eu09k2wOJ9mWUs4vd1YGpVtZUOJmDk8mOIPezx8-HQIs2mslAULgSohXY2LnM-rRC9fVb7qMok/s1600/IMG_1328_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539947057379686162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-okh8kzM-9ABvf8x_v5aiyus6Ohzb4G-9qkRM5G6RGHyUclDXMR0yNsj3c2AH1WSfIvSSy4aoteVHOnSDxANksbJMG_DCwukzdeiRUUAm5iVZKsKTHe1h9Q9uO45-e6rwaplbPpmNFiSv/s320/IMG_1341_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So I went to see Deathtrap-the comedy thriller starring Glee's Jonathan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Groff</span> (Jesse from Vocal Adrenaline-yes, this <span style="color:#ff9900;">is</span> the only reason I saw it). I was able to get cheap tickets in the Stalls only 7 rows back from the stage earlier in the morning. The seats were the best I'd had in the 5 West End shows I'd seen this trip. However, I was so close, that I could see Jonathan <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Groff</span> spit <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">everytime</span> he yelled his lines! Like really spit. It reminded me of the Friend's episode where Joey has to play next to a star who spits and he tries to wear sunglasses during filming. The play itself was also very strange. Wouldn't recommend it, but I'm glad I saw it because I would have regretted it if I didn't.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2vZVezkCx_u-78VqUy0UZj3vs001xjXahAKxqTqrpbHPs4VdbrGZ7gPmhTWqAXEGuGQPi7626tJ-lTelB4GX2RmF3JxklyzVrWOtJdcAN0CoI5XL5wGluAbOeTC9tAdpSJVFs60JMOme/s1600/IMG_1343_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539947051130200258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2vZVezkCx_u-78VqUy0UZj3vs001xjXahAKxqTqrpbHPs4VdbrGZ7gPmhTWqAXEGuGQPi7626tJ-lTelB4GX2RmF3JxklyzVrWOtJdcAN0CoI5XL5wGluAbOeTC9tAdpSJVFs60JMOme/s320/IMG_1343_01.jpg" /></a><br />So today I did my last day out in London. I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">started</span> out at Leicester Square to see what kind of tickets I could get for Deathtrap that evening. Even though it wasn't a musical and sounded a bit weird, I still wanted to see it for the sole reason that a Glee actor was in it.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. After getting tickets, as it finally wasn't <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">raining</span>, I walked to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Covent</span> Garden, then to Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall (where the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Remembrance</span> Parade had happened the day before), and ended up at Westminster Abbey to see the millions of Remembrance crosses. It was a very powerful experience. From there, I got a quick last glance at the Thames and the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">London</span> Eye before taking the tube back to Bob's. I did some more packing (it will be a miracle if it all fits in my two suitcases), before heading out to meet Lauren to say our goodbyes over coffee in Leicester Square before Deathtrap.</div><div>I have a little review of the play above. I would have to say it was my least favorite of the 5, but I'm still glad I saw it. It only lasted a few hours, so I got home to Bob's a little after 10, and had more time to pack and realize that my time here is just about over :( I will miss living in London SO much!</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-53984807641388965492010-11-12T13:50:00.000-08:002010-11-12T14:41:35.615-08:00"I passed through the seven layers of the Candy Cane forest..."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXkLwr_4jp1mBl6Guy_cUssKzAqS4c_MVRt1M55rKSzHZ2nj5Q-1MId5rjDX2JrDjQyHzFBjfV7Wn6nrRELkOxjL1MnQIH6x2_jjX-3fYVllMHodxuJkkBCwVa64dFHAccqkgIFEOoyUd/s1600/IMG_1160.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538790045480889906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXkLwr_4jp1mBl6Guy_cUssKzAqS4c_MVRt1M55rKSzHZ2nj5Q-1MId5rjDX2JrDjQyHzFBjfV7Wn6nrRELkOxjL1MnQIH6x2_jjX-3fYVllMHodxuJkkBCwVa64dFHAccqkgIFEOoyUd/s320/IMG_1160.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfT9np6NhUZKzDTEOJZoLJmBdkrtw_kTTAf4Ct6rHdXoHQTGiOizjjhU2p78WhPomMfwj_svcVuKorBoHd7PATEcP8gjJ7rvTRBQ5levln-g2VeVe5RT4nulN9abSgUcEZItF_e5Lhngzf/s1600/IMG_1166.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538786413026049346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0V7RMqlXZMxtm_L3sNRpjxcyp7pmqkrQpC9XoSUUfX7xyONZLZUYRMS1dyL8spGRSQepy15VAyE5cq_MESHEK2bGPpRzOB2Utac5M8c3D3js-PX5oQzk6JBPE4-9JRCHiWrkBSdxrmMPH/s320/IMG_1217.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiynbAYE0fRWrxhh9V6AajHi5BynHJ9GytHp2NSeWyy-oIE6Ydqo4WkqDwoYXapi12fDq3aU5uB3mnf-LvhkowFKSUr9_ldqJKt9bE1Ssah9nSQcWKEC8NBuaGZYL1ZpuuZVwdPgmxI4Xx/s1600/IMG_1219.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538786400613269394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiynbAYE0fRWrxhh9V6AajHi5BynHJ9GytHp2NSeWyy-oIE6Ydqo4WkqDwoYXapi12fDq3aU5uB3mnf-LvhkowFKSUr9_ldqJKt9bE1Ssah9nSQcWKEC8NBuaGZYL1ZpuuZVwdPgmxI4Xx/s320/IMG_1219.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center">So I finally got to see the lights of Oxford Street all lit up. After doing some recon work online, I figure out when they were turned on (apparently there was a huge ceremony with celebrities and things to turn them on on Nov. 5th). And as a bonus, Regent's Street had these star canopies stretched out across the streets as well. I think they were actually more impressive. And they seemed to have pictures of the characters from the Chronicles of Narnia on some of them (not sure what that was about). I wasn't sure why Oxford Street had umbrellas as one of their repeating decorations with the boxes of presents, but I think I'm beginning to understand why! It pretty much rains everyday now! It was raining when I went out to take these photos, but with my nights here dwindling, I thought I'd better go take pics before I run out of time!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-46124317424038131412010-11-11T07:06:00.000-08:002010-11-11T13:07:57.727-08:00Oxford-Where all the "Posh" kids go to learn<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3mAm-1heyreRMPsnyFI6uz0T0wKLCU5iP30KwCf7VGVZWsWeszkHPL1i3GoIw0HDWVR7fC-pgbWJzsE9mfmu-rVulMGShCG1mjGW14awiS5AhxkLuf5JWrwPr1HZuY6cj5vHaMTqMZKZ/s1600/IMG_1157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538309845493412082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3mAm-1heyreRMPsnyFI6uz0T0wKLCU5iP30KwCf7VGVZWsWeszkHPL1i3GoIw0HDWVR7fC-pgbWJzsE9mfmu-rVulMGShCG1mjGW14awiS5AhxkLuf5JWrwPr1HZuY6cj5vHaMTqMZKZ/s320/IMG_1157.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The train left from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Paddington</span> station again (same as the train to Bath). They actually leave from other London stations too, but you have to switch to a different train somewhere along the trip, and I'm always a little scared I won't figure out which station, train or platform to get on and will miss the connection. Doing it in Italy was somehow much easier despite the language barrier...</span></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyM4TNIB7QoKpeFyohmg4Q5LIKYbzJROrCPzV1ZlEmd_9t5vqB1bi834YAI08UNSRjX_bG8-Id9qCrm4_U45q3YaYI3q05KmknvhdU_qGh72m41d-BJgnwmusYVGgvPS7xUv0cIIBSbWs/s1600/IMG_0827.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538309850954071986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyM4TNIB7QoKpeFyohmg4Q5LIKYbzJROrCPzV1ZlEmd_9t5vqB1bi834YAI08UNSRjX_bG8-Id9qCrm4_U45q3YaYI3q05KmknvhdU_qGh72m41d-BJgnwmusYVGgvPS7xUv0cIIBSbWs/s320/IMG_0827.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpkEP-q617jL-dZLqNppN1Tncbk1X1GlauJXm_JsLYEuHkrunGC7j0ZvqUSK73sGVg-l8b_JcapL_CZsMcj_MctxDSjeQPWRmeViyxcE94hBnuBm6iNG2bBwMV-8W4-WCzgRB4RAQZcNP/s1600/IMG_0829.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538309861267786802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpkEP-q617jL-dZLqNppN1Tncbk1X1GlauJXm_JsLYEuHkrunGC7j0ZvqUSK73sGVg-l8b_JcapL_CZsMcj_MctxDSjeQPWRmeViyxcE94hBnuBm6iNG2bBwMV-8W4-WCzgRB4RAQZcNP/s320/IMG_0829.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> This looks like the same font as the t.v. show to me. Strange... (It's a comedy club, not a singing club)</span></div><div align="center"><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-B2Q7uret_BxF3F69qhSiyRka48lPcAooWBuPGVMEOc-_vg-hQw15Zpp5gtWd5FMVb654uff9bePPzZNuY5kAcRA9CkIxRwy5KCgiuKlfeNEAL1Uvy3QzbzKtw2iD-qOzdopE5aoQk3b/s1600/IMG_0833.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538309872274205506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-B2Q7uret_BxF3F69qhSiyRka48lPcAooWBuPGVMEOc-_vg-hQw15Zpp5gtWd5FMVb654uff9bePPzZNuY5kAcRA9CkIxRwy5KCgiuKlfeNEAL1Uvy3QzbzKtw2iD-qOzdopE5aoQk3b/s320/IMG_0833.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> ??? <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span></span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWli0_UgH4CEPTcVKFu6cXGXK6dhNF5sJnobQsb62nx2Kjf6t_mkYp8WdmDIvXgWtrqTOV-BIxQbqTgqk5ALABBmeefgHBeRIWj3SV6DB9DemXLQNWV7Umy26NtsxGqc-KeP6YMu0FVfw/s1600/IMG_0846.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538310735143428626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWli0_UgH4CEPTcVKFu6cXGXK6dhNF5sJnobQsb62nx2Kjf6t_mkYp8WdmDIvXgWtrqTOV-BIxQbqTgqk5ALABBmeefgHBeRIWj3SV6DB9DemXLQNWV7Umy26NtsxGqc-KeP6YMu0FVfw/s320/IMG_0846.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">This tower is all that remains of the oldest building in town. I don't know what it's called...</span></span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ7g5lh6c9PcuObsgUyYEmvXm84ar-oWuW_6_Iu5Ky1ncJn1IvpJ-KUgs94E_usadteXGvFYQXDDRzpVSKO2iGaD8cenvA7tNMsiUihN50kpaBCX5FEz9JUvqXqaoKL_WD8C3oht9OVz4/s1600/IMG_0855.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538310744033163330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZ7g5lh6c9PcuObsgUyYEmvXm84ar-oWuW_6_Iu5Ky1ncJn1IvpJ-KUgs94E_usadteXGvFYQXDDRzpVSKO2iGaD8cenvA7tNMsiUihN50kpaBCX5FEz9JUvqXqaoKL_WD8C3oht9OVz4/s320/IMG_0855.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Inside the Covered Market-I like that "cobbler's" still exist. I mean I know they do in the States too, but they call them "Shoe Doctors" or something equally less charming!</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcGo1u99n38j0g2WYqSae456RjZ2lEOlSKuiaGO0M03STd1F_itCAjrcbPZFRCAfsTjf9k3cTa4twilFdWGuRSx1yWEXQUggG6bhlowyYHHuCg3PBY4OiFn2nQPeTfMBtS4ZmP48Z5VKU/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538310748861595346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcGo1u99n38j0g2WYqSae456RjZ2lEOlSKuiaGO0M03STd1F_itCAjrcbPZFRCAfsTjf9k3cTa4twilFdWGuRSx1yWEXQUggG6bhlowyYHHuCg3PBY4OiFn2nQPeTfMBtS4ZmP48Z5VKU/s320/IMG_0862.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">There were SO many bikes in Oxford. The last time I saw that many was in Amsterdam!</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAl46AvUwhBDfTxoS_PE7-0DmPG-AN0tcfiZrA_NOKOJLbD-e9w23NEr4LUODGGvJkwzisS_ZkKzPNb-3E8JkYGisrOYV_CF9I0eoBGkhaEVauqsiRw8-oI89s6Qt5whXW3o-HzKMyEbMY/s1600/IMG_0868.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538310754474171794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAl46AvUwhBDfTxoS_PE7-0DmPG-AN0tcfiZrA_NOKOJLbD-e9w23NEr4LUODGGvJkwzisS_ZkKzPNb-3E8JkYGisrOYV_CF9I0eoBGkhaEVauqsiRw8-oI89s6Qt5whXW3o-HzKMyEbMY/s320/IMG_0868.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbgudsT7y9qqcw7-fupoIop8MkFlWhr7uwjUk8XBfRbo2OFgz0m4mxQqi8jSsealL1UgpsWLyiUr4LvW2lZvbG0JI_0lG9cKeOzUun9Uista7pZh7PSTc1EheMk5JMxLpJmnQ6dq54J2k/s1600/IMG_0886.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538311775645644370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbgudsT7y9qqcw7-fupoIop8MkFlWhr7uwjUk8XBfRbo2OFgz0m4mxQqi8jSsealL1UgpsWLyiUr4LvW2lZvbG0JI_0lG9cKeOzUun9Uista7pZh7PSTc1EheMk5JMxLpJmnQ6dq54J2k/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View of Broad Street</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2yluf3HBk36e5rnKvlmohwp7VAT_VyRT4qoodROYQmZaL-IyAfBGnX8JxEDfOFwuZce0Ii2X4sNrqR0ZfTiYaqmzF3apgpeaHO1nsSQFqYzlTxvkhJgeuWcoQlYGNCMRDk9tZOIOTxM3/s1600/IMG_0896.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538311783266667522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2yluf3HBk36e5rnKvlmohwp7VAT_VyRT4qoodROYQmZaL-IyAfBGnX8JxEDfOFwuZce0Ii2X4sNrqR0ZfTiYaqmzF3apgpeaHO1nsSQFqYzlTxvkhJgeuWcoQlYGNCMRDk9tZOIOTxM3/s320/IMG_0896.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnCL5n1HmiGrDSrp5dVxoM0vtDXOV04rSbFmPPFXeoTSijl-YVQATpRHlLTqhJEUqyUZ1hniKpHlgaePg4GdUIEmackviM_ei1cAVe5XMOSaSKdybLNKGSuCivIz5KqNftJ56OT2aJOdy/s1600/IMG_0874_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538311766707895218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnCL5n1HmiGrDSrp5dVxoM0vtDXOV04rSbFmPPFXeoTSijl-YVQATpRHlLTqhJEUqyUZ1hniKpHlgaePg4GdUIEmackviM_ei1cAVe5XMOSaSKdybLNKGSuCivIz5KqNftJ56OT2aJOdy/s320/IMG_0874_01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZdOsqcpuT-eU2Lrks89Yq-U910k8pvkE1plGRcDSaq7uhdxdkZ0ffmU3LY1FEKBkUyznOll-lEjHPMe_CDsx-orqcRSzesktgHBqLqsr4pFtuifDJOGX8UDKEgd-YVMoPas6x-hPHEI9/s1600/IMG_0907_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538328727948724082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZdOsqcpuT-eU2Lrks89Yq-U910k8pvkE1plGRcDSaq7uhdxdkZ0ffmU3LY1FEKBkUyznOll-lEjHPMe_CDsx-orqcRSzesktgHBqLqsr4pFtuifDJOGX8UDKEgd-YVMoPas6x-hPHEI9/s320/IMG_0907_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Oxford is known as the "city of dreaming spires" as this chalk drawing demonstrated!<br /></span><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2uRDkWvSpRNlPS68A9tvmRk6FcfuENbnzhyphenhyphenjwB2lHPlA1IR0bu4fMiRhil6KHDFfCNARkpZnETPxaYgCWh5yWCQ-lb32q_8MBDl7w-29NijZrJb__9tcvwGZ8X_G3b7GOvDj1HFR8-NO/s1600/IMG_0908.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538313064611843378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2uRDkWvSpRNlPS68A9tvmRk6FcfuENbnzhyphenhyphenjwB2lHPlA1IR0bu4fMiRhil6KHDFfCNARkpZnETPxaYgCWh5yWCQ-lb32q_8MBDl7w-29NijZrJb__9tcvwGZ8X_G3b7GOvDj1HFR8-NO/s320/IMG_0908.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Carfax</span> Tower situated at the cross section of St. Aldate's Street, Cornmarket Street, High Street, and Queen Street right in the center of town-I climbed the 99 steps to the top to get some nice views of Oxford.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEo4lEz_QGg0XoQflEFwNvzTmiAoRwCp7cP3PCR9m-PWPKgXzWl32IYWvT6dPhOBT1-A7EZmUkkutB7UejHD8DgzkXxbwpkBvqYDLwvD6MzKTOEK3ynDPVb03KDo1f6EeI3o7uWdGw__J/s1600/IMG_0911.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538313072162504834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEo4lEz_QGg0XoQflEFwNvzTmiAoRwCp7cP3PCR9m-PWPKgXzWl32IYWvT6dPhOBT1-A7EZmUkkutB7UejHD8DgzkXxbwpkBvqYDLwvD6MzKTOEK3ynDPVb03KDo1f6EeI3o7uWdGw__J/s320/IMG_0911.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">99 steps really isn't a whole lot (despite the fact that the people coming down when I went up seemed extremely out of breathe), but it was the fact that the steps came in the form of 3 of these awkward small spiral staircases.</span></span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQREeBtvENcOqpFQ4tqEec6SRjH6Wsxy9Xio7-3wuceWxBjDEF9a2IbDi_eOUNCXD7tkilE4Zk0G3G0qJ8ooa2THyLfzV-0jy6KBseumGquSDNNPK8zLkT1CQcjo3mnIUdJwXE2r0SzOGS/s1600/IMG_0928.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538313074965521842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQREeBtvENcOqpFQ4tqEec6SRjH6Wsxy9Xio7-3wuceWxBjDEF9a2IbDi_eOUNCXD7tkilE4Zk0G3G0qJ8ooa2THyLfzV-0jy6KBseumGquSDNNPK8zLkT1CQcjo3mnIUdJwXE2r0SzOGS/s320/IMG_0928.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Oxford!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15aSyp_9_HGWIGiHBgrlV56eIlbW6u9L3k6kk-ckeoPTQLnyT4HHTLyC0BGOPCKhBSBBDIru6_usdpPs5Xa8Osdzn3dOlTdmR6a3j_WfEUtWemYDqjKcmgSZ-wkt30w9VS3wAk2R3dPxT/s1600/IMG_0938.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538313085526477746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15aSyp_9_HGWIGiHBgrlV56eIlbW6u9L3k6kk-ckeoPTQLnyT4HHTLyC0BGOPCKhBSBBDIru6_usdpPs5Xa8Osdzn3dOlTdmR6a3j_WfEUtWemYDqjKcmgSZ-wkt30w9VS3wAk2R3dPxT/s320/IMG_0938.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9npXJwOxjNArbntqyOE9PLk3KijrrR3pRJtrH5FUP5IPY9XyiE61M_1CCHEAfsDAj3pLuErdEEXhaMZBIxLHJOPkmmqK4PJsZIqr75Gl5wTciBWR9rRRAIvCcwpQ_M109P3PhyphenhyphenKWX_Xda/s1600/IMG_0944.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538313088384493906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9npXJwOxjNArbntqyOE9PLk3KijrrR3pRJtrH5FUP5IPY9XyiE61M_1CCHEAfsDAj3pLuErdEEXhaMZBIxLHJOPkmmqK4PJsZIqr75Gl5wTciBWR9rRRAIvCcwpQ_M109P3PhyphenhyphenKWX_Xda/s320/IMG_0944.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfa-WhxrPx3qXyfHjWFr9bNoMvJt9i24_gVwxSOeIO7sEkMMBBRC8Fns89FgGyPzGbp4sfVbPE0jEynYKsqmztl8blK14C7SLspm2OcOhJR_tiJYxLUr2MnFJ3i85M92o4QGUKqDxHU3L/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538314161540571778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfa-WhxrPx3qXyfHjWFr9bNoMvJt9i24_gVwxSOeIO7sEkMMBBRC8Fns89FgGyPzGbp4sfVbPE0jEynYKsqmztl8blK14C7SLspm2OcOhJR_tiJYxLUr2MnFJ3i85M92o4QGUKqDxHU3L/s320/IMG_0965.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wPv9t4a9IrRYZXTbZKr_ptRMD20PsRA01vfVK2f3psR3sfYy2FL68Bn4stEKlJfSK1EMLAcsWxuw7mXvdnoKWt0abNA5l39B_Do8Z3KtroHJKUzBOO7mxkmE7kwNUFFOvcWTts5J7PYk/s1600/IMG_0970.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538314161986151890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wPv9t4a9IrRYZXTbZKr_ptRMD20PsRA01vfVK2f3psR3sfYy2FL68Bn4stEKlJfSK1EMLAcsWxuw7mXvdnoKWt0abNA5l39B_Do8Z3KtroHJKUzBOO7mxkmE7kwNUFFOvcWTts5J7PYk/s320/IMG_0970.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5DgeC-Y0meHJAvQ1poOlJ5goFf50zqFH4nApnfgwX00xygJYbQxwaNzK-Wn-MeO-D2DjfTZBI7U7aq8Jz6gYszHmfS1szCPN3-DqbZ5m0qgQz81zm3K0ggbWk3fGzcxnViJsPY-2t3P1/s1600/IMG_0972.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538314167686649890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5DgeC-Y0meHJAvQ1poOlJ5goFf50zqFH4nApnfgwX00xygJYbQxwaNzK-Wn-MeO-D2DjfTZBI7U7aq8Jz6gYszHmfS1szCPN3-DqbZ5m0qgQz81zm3K0ggbWk3fGzcxnViJsPY-2t3P1/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I wonder why this lamp has a #2 on it?</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JxVKWjKHnh5tH7NQ2nzkUpJPLBpUkioaLJxD_72sy8PS9veGyKco2j2o-LnSE0qQlRiocYfpqX17K_cOCaBuQa2JVMw4wM462ZsnGjdAoXffWp-zXwWApQGAUc4KxY7FSEIrJyu20N6T/s1600/IMG_0981.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538314176299527490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JxVKWjKHnh5tH7NQ2nzkUpJPLBpUkioaLJxD_72sy8PS9veGyKco2j2o-LnSE0qQlRiocYfpqX17K_cOCaBuQa2JVMw4wM462ZsnGjdAoXffWp-zXwWApQGAUc4KxY7FSEIrJyu20N6T/s320/IMG_0981.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Radcliffe Camera-Houses the Radcliffe Library (not sure why the building has "camera" in the name)</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3zmSuTHZN6FfY0763u7pM6q6TJpIl_esJHagNoi-5-8_PvIQhoiUz0oLGhk5AduXV6W5fzTxLOLGdIyFkOq3CtuS9CftFMAIXGx5rDQliiYGUCQ1OpFomi20zbB3I7Xc92MVgmif2gCS/s1600/IMG_0995.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538314181677156370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3zmSuTHZN6FfY0763u7pM6q6TJpIl_esJHagNoi-5-8_PvIQhoiUz0oLGhk5AduXV6W5fzTxLOLGdIyFkOq3CtuS9CftFMAIXGx5rDQliiYGUCQ1OpFomi20zbB3I7Xc92MVgmif2gCS/s320/IMG_0995.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Spires!</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplxyYJgXhko3qGBbNhEKtpKfDkHzX2iVvDj1b-ih6S479YNWqJUb37xU1YlFZQl6VLTS0RrvOoG078w3Csd0-wuZrGo6CqQfsLlmapthgAyrWwLS9JQN4H4zqBrn-keb1NbKmmDnzX8bR/s1600/IMG_0997.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538315128181461346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplxyYJgXhko3qGBbNhEKtpKfDkHzX2iVvDj1b-ih6S479YNWqJUb37xU1YlFZQl6VLTS0RrvOoG078w3Csd0-wuZrGo6CqQfsLlmapthgAyrWwLS9JQN4H4zqBrn-keb1NbKmmDnzX8bR/s320/IMG_0997.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hertford</span> Bridge (known as the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford like the one in Venice)</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkImU-uyT3MZtNu9oHiOO_KZ4XEwhQFnovGATIPV0yH2yEdU2iqz6hAc8np1eJ3DSGMLnVT_lhTvlVuV9R1SYWn_5KtJALufuptUTlaIgAbBy3FjbS0SnL82UL03YTAM797kCZKwwMbZ8J/s1600/IMG_1006_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538315133838369442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkImU-uyT3MZtNu9oHiOO_KZ4XEwhQFnovGATIPV0yH2yEdU2iqz6hAc8np1eJ3DSGMLnVT_lhTvlVuV9R1SYWn_5KtJALufuptUTlaIgAbBy3FjbS0SnL82UL03YTAM797kCZKwwMbZ8J/s320/IMG_1006_01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH4F0GyJmA4YKKD6gGpQyLHlkEXO0iI9M1N4vCkWTeiOfAMfPUbEVCBx2VN7aFhqZEfPQzolS9EmAfNkEdMpoU_1LFgdlYai5LFEyKB_2qpmYKXNDflPY17GvsdqZ7WULubbdbQ64VwYi/s1600/IMG_1036.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538315144978073794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH4F0GyJmA4YKKD6gGpQyLHlkEXO0iI9M1N4vCkWTeiOfAMfPUbEVCBx2VN7aFhqZEfPQzolS9EmAfNkEdMpoU_1LFgdlYai5LFEyKB_2qpmYKXNDflPY17GvsdqZ7WULubbdbQ64VwYi/s320/IMG_1036.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bodleian</span> Library-Tower of Five Orders-The 5 sets of columns on this facade represent the five classical architectural orders:Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite. How sad is it that I don't even recall T<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">uscan</span> being on the list???</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLW1DbMhkowLrgilC054N5gqJ866fzrsd5FdQZirbzgZBDj0B3izYorjNKEmADyZvNZqJ2nYBXN1eNsoueanMGUlzrNN9Jx8wFeiXE3WLYNRBFcp6CMOWHPuNYeygjPUCb2oUtT-c810P/s1600/IMG_1055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538315149292283122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLW1DbMhkowLrgilC054N5gqJ866fzrsd5FdQZirbzgZBDj0B3izYorjNKEmADyZvNZqJ2nYBXN1eNsoueanMGUlzrNN9Jx8wFeiXE3WLYNRBFcp6CMOWHPuNYeygjPUCb2oUtT-c810P/s320/IMG_1055.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeeAwq7KDyyjJc-PyQ8_ohthFnpF3zfcsla-zj5Hvnio_yk40nkBODA0grgQ8UTRoN0s-fHEKW7Ec5QLc-BQV5QpIyHqEeEOGOU4uMagDBWcryampMYBrhy0O0mkxtYA7j7gdX84Nyjdg/s1600/IMG_1070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538315157224434178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeeAwq7KDyyjJc-PyQ8_ohthFnpF3zfcsla-zj5Hvnio_yk40nkBODA0grgQ8UTRoN0s-fHEKW7Ec5QLc-BQV5QpIyHqEeEOGOU4uMagDBWcryampMYBrhy0O0mkxtYA7j7gdX84Nyjdg/s320/IMG_1070.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View out the window of the Convocation House in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bodleian</span> Library-used by British Parliament when they were unable to meet in London</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1GE3KQRWexiZ-UpQGuHKqnYWOWbtDfQKJ8_5opUZAvkfS_XYmrFV1epcVjhEjtAI09Uk_rqxTNXlI30ckfZkgs83DiwqgzvZjZYExmXxoIsJzPjyed0GBoQ8jqJBP_S_dQnXLZeuaqY6/s1600/IMG_1080_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538316564976059522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1GE3KQRWexiZ-UpQGuHKqnYWOWbtDfQKJ8_5opUZAvkfS_XYmrFV1epcVjhEjtAI09Uk_rqxTNXlI30ckfZkgs83DiwqgzvZjZYExmXxoIsJzPjyed0GBoQ8jqJBP_S_dQnXLZeuaqY6/s320/IMG_1080_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Convocation House<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Ip9SyESpR2pdAfZyRTMgoP87KMrryPYf1aSmg0UGgvfz0Y-Yz5XaQ3ijnKd1jsgZkxtIQHvBJdtEHPZ9Ga0X5LpxmRNtSHmTNkA_2bBLNJBSaFv-EHNK4tGPpgT3n8s9z8Yw_Vxj9JB/s1600/IMG_1085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538316570392328098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Ip9SyESpR2pdAfZyRTMgoP87KMrryPYf1aSmg0UGgvfz0Y-Yz5XaQ3ijnKd1jsgZkxtIQHvBJdtEHPZ9Ga0X5LpxmRNtSHmTNkA_2bBLNJBSaFv-EHNK4tGPpgT3n8s9z8Yw_Vxj9JB/s320/IMG_1085.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkzgZSPt6sX0VR03bUFzfJz7FR9U3hVMgH0npgmU47a0aM9thYZAnDES4j9YaBXKUenc6FUtuZjUOuw3amwvnQvsqnzXQhYcqcqrkSIPcAzKqhvcQyU4RonGiNCYGQyVhmFQLF996-0YA/s1600/IMG_1087.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538316577456940610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkzgZSPt6sX0VR03bUFzfJz7FR9U3hVMgH0npgmU47a0aM9thYZAnDES4j9YaBXKUenc6FUtuZjUOuw3amwvnQvsqnzXQhYcqcqrkSIPcAzKqhvcQyU4RonGiNCYGQyVhmFQLF996-0YA/s320/IMG_1087.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo_eG4n-TI_lwZZW2YMJWAHFgubwhD-3SCJFX8lbyG34cpN7Tcg099eYLZS3feYZP_gIIhDymtsqJnGLm18L48kRqAOWvaIguFZG4k6uTX5v_9IzGGbYg0ZEDlSX-ueCH_lhDHMKAvTO8/s1600/IMG_1097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538316581274665538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEo_eG4n-TI_lwZZW2YMJWAHFgubwhD-3SCJFX8lbyG34cpN7Tcg099eYLZS3feYZP_gIIhDymtsqJnGLm18L48kRqAOWvaIguFZG4k6uTX5v_9IzGGbYg0ZEDlSX-ueCH_lhDHMKAvTO8/s320/IMG_1097.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Divinity School in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bodleian</span> Library-where students once took their exams which could last up to 3 days and were not done by writing, but by the professor sitting opposite the student to debate. Sounds like a blast! This is also where the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hogwart's</span> infirmary scene from Harry Potter was filmed (and changed digitally).</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76JOWxanS9Ydr1U5Cjt-kR_TXA-Plcp4WbvvHFERHyBH6JuQHyDUuA3eVp3OG9eLl_rUVHmtZ1WreJnlqkDCqqRXJDj__ZcS7u6MDFq05vy7zDSux77JSwmi-WWYxMz03F9DI2PH8smcg/s1600/IMG_1101_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538316590725737634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76JOWxanS9Ydr1U5Cjt-kR_TXA-Plcp4WbvvHFERHyBH6JuQHyDUuA3eVp3OG9eLl_rUVHmtZ1WreJnlqkDCqqRXJDj__ZcS7u6MDFq05vy7zDSux77JSwmi-WWYxMz03F9DI2PH8smcg/s320/IMG_1101_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Fall time-LOVE IT!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoVPzguk0VsUAZVM2eaq_kWzupl2Ld5n1HkbUf1pz1QX1g5hgYelACLu2wAWMHpZezyyyb5mowOylZStRDBn6xTI561BsM3s4Nqc1XIvLTA3Fj7-SkmIoGl_0IrYw-8gx5WB2OKDf7cAM/s1600/IMG_1102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538317651985062594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoVPzguk0VsUAZVM2eaq_kWzupl2Ld5n1HkbUf1pz1QX1g5hgYelACLu2wAWMHpZezyyyb5mowOylZStRDBn6xTI561BsM3s4Nqc1XIvLTA3Fj7-SkmIoGl_0IrYw-8gx5WB2OKDf7cAM/s320/IMG_1102.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiAlwC5RhGaDvQWt-_5W2uq-ESoFriGM-xCnoksg00A3y-O10TQyEIxhqZt1JQnWhmKpQTPp_faws_MSNDLzBrxZj8aFHbgoHr9lmkPwcy8zrBAqrbyfN4NArQC1uHk0ZkqrmSxMV4cX7/s1600/IMG_1113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538317660934403090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiAlwC5RhGaDvQWt-_5W2uq-ESoFriGM-xCnoksg00A3y-O10TQyEIxhqZt1JQnWhmKpQTPp_faws_MSNDLzBrxZj8aFHbgoHr9lmkPwcy8zrBAqrbyfN4NArQC1uHk0ZkqrmSxMV4cX7/s320/IMG_1113.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">On my way to Alice's Shop. I did not know that Lewis Carroll attended the Christ Church school in Oxford where he met Alice <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Liddell</span> whom he based his novels <em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em> and <em>Through the Looking Glass</em> on. I had no idea it was based on someone he knew!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL8mSwHlq38d6F7Q_zkcRYdlSDEP7Pc1KoGQrrmqofK25JfIi4monmImTu57GyNscAidAyPirhgGkEFapP_0_oq49zGkcU_gfHXJIpBG_hZLQVTnqNduGlJvUntDVwM5WpdDyDbi71gVA/s1600/IMG_1121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538317664250173938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL8mSwHlq38d6F7Q_zkcRYdlSDEP7Pc1KoGQrrmqofK25JfIi4monmImTu57GyNscAidAyPirhgGkEFapP_0_oq49zGkcU_gfHXJIpBG_hZLQVTnqNduGlJvUntDVwM5WpdDyDbi71gVA/s320/IMG_1121.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22HDi7-QgqCTTleZWVAOqvB7WvHTUh88799aq-N4jie0kqnP_cem1YVnnHwABN03XL5uAk20GtR3AUXR2K8XgNS6aFqRs-Jr_dTD7D5mopx74Edf0Q0iYL6DwPrT6cnLPxBu9GIBZcqnM/s1600/IMG_1136.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538317670247984338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22HDi7-QgqCTTleZWVAOqvB7WvHTUh88799aq-N4jie0kqnP_cem1YVnnHwABN03XL5uAk20GtR3AUXR2K8XgNS6aFqRs-Jr_dTD7D5mopx74Edf0Q0iYL6DwPrT6cnLPxBu9GIBZcqnM/s320/IMG_1136.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Christ Church</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIQwN-0NEY-3ur7-AizWo7bXhUFDx1wQ_I2Zy4daksKA7mXi9femzbv8AvH8zb0cJitSDooY8EL78C06v_stfDbskif_eLQGjiZAYSGY319Qkvv_ICiQGRdE0G-B_i5VEcXLDb3PN_cUq/s1600/IMG_1138_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538317675858507762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIQwN-0NEY-3ur7-AizWo7bXhUFDx1wQ_I2Zy4daksKA7mXi9femzbv8AvH8zb0cJitSDooY8EL78C06v_stfDbskif_eLQGjiZAYSGY319Qkvv_ICiQGRdE0G-B_i5VEcXLDb3PN_cUq/s320/IMG_1138_01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0xPpcdIklvp1LASLiIZYeUBRdqkHYgOq0d6Y1V8Wy0qBaPbAm4dKp6q_AYwBjc2BPbwAjdrPi-qYjIpi115RMLbl_uTzmV34Xs-dagHPP35Yn6lDdkmatQm1t-SJfctji0KtcMM1Icb3/s1600/IMG_1145.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538318270153507554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0xPpcdIklvp1LASLiIZYeUBRdqkHYgOq0d6Y1V8Wy0qBaPbAm4dKp6q_AYwBjc2BPbwAjdrPi-qYjIpi115RMLbl_uTzmV34Xs-dagHPP35Yn6lDdkmatQm1t-SJfctji0KtcMM1Icb3/s320/IMG_1145.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Creepy religious <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">graffiti</span>...</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWQMbEDdqOuQdoDSg9JSBu0WpMs0y40b1ZWkBLwSBeeMYaFawOoFdX7fZ0EyXWqTn0rZDcIObZqj0APzDPu89rliY2V0lsmKu4fEtVPuFF_TKs_KynSmAymV77YXo_l1r3PRfyAxeJ9ox/s1600/IMG_1149.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538318275147369538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWQMbEDdqOuQdoDSg9JSBu0WpMs0y40b1ZWkBLwSBeeMYaFawOoFdX7fZ0EyXWqTn0rZDcIObZqj0APzDPu89rliY2V0lsmKu4fEtVPuFF_TKs_KynSmAymV77YXo_l1r3PRfyAxeJ9ox/s320/IMG_1149.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Gloucester Green-I kept seeing signs for this and thought it would be a cool park in full Autumn bloom. Actually it was just a market outside the bus station which was named Gloucester. A bit of a let down...</span></div><div></div><div></div><div>So, yesterday I took my last trip outside of London before I head back to the States next week. Since I had seen Cambridge, I really wanted to see Oxford to compare. Luckily, although the weather was freezing, it was perfectly sunny! While there, I walked up the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Carfax</span> Tower an took a tour of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bodleian</span> Library among other things. The library dates back to the 14<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> century when the books were actually chained to the shelf to discourage them from being stolen. Our tour guide pointed out that the library scenes from Harry Potter were filmed in the library on the second floor, and when they recreated the book chains, they did it incorrectly by placing the bracket on the spine of the book rather than the front which would make the books impossible to open.</div><div>A little over 200 of the oringial books still remain in the library and they are in a special section on the second floor in what is known as Duke Humphrey's Library (what was known as the "Restricted Section" in Harry Potter), and must be retrieved by a librarian for a good academic reason and with many strict guidelines (such as only opening it at a 45 degree angle so as not to damage the spine). They are also only allowed ot be opened 4 times a year. As it is only a reference library, no books are allowed to leave the library or be checked out. Even when King Charles I came in to check out a book, they wouldn't let him, and instead made him read the book in the library. Harsh! </div><div>Also, there is a room in the Convocation House which used to hold the student court. Until the 1900's the students of Oxford were known as "priveleged" and for any crime they committed, they were to be tried by the Oxford University Court, not the Town Court (and the university court was usually more lenient). This room now holds a refrigerator as it acts as a place where caterers prepare food for events held in the Divinity School such as weddings and private parties. Sad!</div><div>All in all, Oxford was beautiful. Especially on such a gorgeous Autumn day. However, it was much more spread out than the colleges of Cambridge, and I found it hard to know what was part of the University, and what was not, as all of the architecture of the city was old. It's also ironic that I visited the home of one of the world's most prestigous universities on the day when over 50,000 students held protests in London against university tuition fee increases. I'm sure glad those didn't extend into Oxford as they turned out to be quite violent!</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-53463516593486789902010-11-09T09:25:00.001-08:002010-11-09T09:56:38.301-08:00A Rainy Day in Richmond-Upon-Thames<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt-99fV3UMFRj4h7YNyjFzURbAZkoA9O9oQQhCpET6Nb2ejEatxQLJx9nkXZyl-6z0NJOLTvn67tLHauaIs_skXLqgKYGh2WnUc7YhnFpebua7Up8EHCiU1lFU2kwlPfXB1Yhtpsq91ac/s1600/IMG_0804.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537605177553312002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlt-99fV3UMFRj4h7YNyjFzURbAZkoA9O9oQQhCpET6Nb2ejEatxQLJx9nkXZyl-6z0NJOLTvn67tLHauaIs_skXLqgKYGh2WnUc7YhnFpebua7Up8EHCiU1lFU2kwlPfXB1Yhtpsq91ac/s320/IMG_0804.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I loved these little side streets with all the lights hanging and cute little cafes and shops.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHXF4rOTjoGNDdXS7R0x_HGYvumsGMzyi7QDeLYAVOionL13rkoA9POG3DctEaV3zxzmloM0HpKugOYE0NXcPDrLnkv8hh8kIKem9iPHwBJztoZShz_Ej-wc9UE1496i89aRsRG8bKvNh/s1600/IMG_0801_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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We ended up taking a bus through Richmond, and I stopped for awhile to take a look. It was a nice, but chilly day, and I would have loved to get some photos, but there was a problem. I had left my memory card in my computer to upload some photos, so unless I bought a new one, it meant no pictures(and let's be honest, I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">already</span> have 32 GB of memory cards, and I really didn't need another one that cost 3 times as much as they do in the states).</div><div>So today I decided to go back <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">despite</span> the bad weather because well, the weather looks terrible from here on out, and I'm running out of time! I didn't make it down to the Thames to walk the Thames path which I know would have been beautiful on a good day. But with the rain, dropping temperature, and it turning dark in about an hour, I decided to head back to Bob's. Still worth a quick visit out there!</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-21735971201855526852010-11-06T15:51:00.000-07:002010-11-06T18:12:43.781-07:00Bath, England (sometimes you have to clarify)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7V4CSYijEjp4X3LAAYJ_to7EfVZzGSurtFSFLqisb2CepGnNLQobYwNzvJ9V8_PSmfFYaSpZuAZO6YZZgUX3cC771KpIRFEn5HCCSVW7zjaGNYGNsNMeAtoHRXczuX3DB8KJ1G4x1cyB/s1600/IMG_0325.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536589868211750834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7V4CSYijEjp4X3LAAYJ_to7EfVZzGSurtFSFLqisb2CepGnNLQobYwNzvJ9V8_PSmfFYaSpZuAZO6YZZgUX3cC771KpIRFEn5HCCSVW7zjaGNYGNsNMeAtoHRXczuX3DB8KJ1G4x1cyB/s320/IMG_0325.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> My token scooter mirror pic...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpQf3v7C9mzS4EL8BcAUuybpZiaMjwjbcfwR74gz3u6BQVRKtXssoK4Ds1nb7QA3fingmoAJsAdMCzcoJZ4l_-a3gN1iyIB3-H4HsbvZJ_RKha5w-jSxdYthFBVTrAa4QRkeJcqHnnZ71/s1600/IMG_0341.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536589862376443938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpQf3v7C9mzS4EL8BcAUuybpZiaMjwjbcfwR74gz3u6BQVRKtXssoK4Ds1nb7QA3fingmoAJsAdMCzcoJZ4l_-a3gN1iyIB3-H4HsbvZJ_RKha5w-jSxdYthFBVTrAa4QRkeJcqHnnZ71/s320/IMG_0341.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Although I really dislike the cold, I LOVE seeing Autumn leaves somewhere that has seasons (not like Houston where it's 90 degrees one day, then 40 the next, and all the trees and plants freeze and the leaves are all brown).</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82mWQbI1vJJBBav3lC1JvejrcRWjKA_2er_8o3qnA_FjpHkzgtlx6sUnAaUq3UOsoyHk25hKzRlG9MEC_tqgXnq8Sqd2kKa32kmjNs4VoCuC0jmBcowBxnNecQVt3jrh99eZL5J0EMcLr/s1600/IMG_0342.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536589859990941298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82mWQbI1vJJBBav3lC1JvejrcRWjKA_2er_8o3qnA_FjpHkzgtlx6sUnAaUq3UOsoyHk25hKzRlG9MEC_tqgXnq8Sqd2kKa32kmjNs4VoCuC0jmBcowBxnNecQVt3jrh99eZL5J0EMcLr/s320/IMG_0342.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4R4zqXHM4O30i-m8mcj_li88Xaic4KHZoYuk3eXXea73wcpZjIxICWQobFswHFCmRmqaXW-_JLXPjw14_nSUzMTYbNQkQb48xL6UtF1Yu8E0ppr-JSXqy9wHZgPaSZWBbSWHVvJJ-lhO/s1600/IMG_0356.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536588718911818210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4R4zqXHM4O30i-m8mcj_li88Xaic4KHZoYuk3eXXea73wcpZjIxICWQobFswHFCmRmqaXW-_JLXPjw14_nSUzMTYbNQkQb48xL6UtF1Yu8E0ppr-JSXqy9wHZgPaSZWBbSWHVvJJ-lhO/s320/IMG_0356.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Not sure what this was, but it said "The Hot Bath", so I thought it had something to do with the Roman Baths...maybe not.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSuK_P4dgKDhPZS8d5GWf9Hb3qq3amS8MRHYJWbMqZ3XFaQl-lK2LXqF_heL5eRw5ViU154QkX0XGCMciYYAc2f8r-24X3MRVwf08gD5-HNmMIY14XrBIId-hlUMSUU_RVgxKY3jnh57v/s1600/IMG_0368.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536588716511016754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSuK_P4dgKDhPZS8d5GWf9Hb3qq3amS8MRHYJWbMqZ3XFaQl-lK2LXqF_heL5eRw5ViU154QkX0XGCMciYYAc2f8r-24X3MRVwf08gD5-HNmMIY14XrBIId-hlUMSUU_RVgxKY3jnh57v/s320/IMG_0368.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I like bikes with baskets.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SPuRz9omBXtQg7_kCGqcs21yjBo97pwRFzODxYqtwWtNcAVQ-fIUcQHDf-fiAoThDCTWveEc3asumeRifVyIPGxE-85GTVelFnASM2JAlDyhCuxBfQAxMAzG0g38zx_I04GkL9vu2Fgr/s1600/IMG_0381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536588711771200114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SPuRz9omBXtQg7_kCGqcs21yjBo97pwRFzODxYqtwWtNcAVQ-fIUcQHDf-fiAoThDCTWveEc3asumeRifVyIPGxE-85GTVelFnASM2JAlDyhCuxBfQAxMAzG0g38zx_I04GkL9vu2Fgr/s320/IMG_0381.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">They had their Christmas decorations up to, but unfortunately I didn't stay late enough to see the lights turned on.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSWrPXZvxcmnG8Quy7hNxRcKhFxb8eccmBH8PMMKamYB8asCmMPHzFMO7fgaBeVDmpy_R5INkEk74F98U5VPSNt3xqf5Nm_wOYE578LKFx42Ms6fgnXx4S1rl9ZJMzPXgiZHD2pWBh96z/s1600/IMG_0382.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536588705407586770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSWrPXZvxcmnG8Quy7hNxRcKhFxb8eccmBH8PMMKamYB8asCmMPHzFMO7fgaBeVDmpy_R5INkEk74F98U5VPSNt3xqf5Nm_wOYE578LKFx42Ms6fgnXx4S1rl9ZJMzPXgiZHD2pWBh96z/s320/IMG_0382.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEtRtwpdPtdoaeZokfzcW3dKeo1ljeeYi21wdJA2AdOP3nvfoVUDhNWD8SBqlyP5ny8eywlIVwTuEUS8dgBxX1tlcFfNQ0Jcu9GUSpgsCaD-VgkBaqwP1cm_ZgLVUqkqddSpVDr3xc2P9/s1600/IMG_0387.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536587618054032658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEtRtwpdPtdoaeZokfzcW3dKeo1ljeeYi21wdJA2AdOP3nvfoVUDhNWD8SBqlyP5ny8eywlIVwTuEUS8dgBxX1tlcFfNQ0Jcu9GUSpgsCaD-VgkBaqwP1cm_ZgLVUqkqddSpVDr3xc2P9/s320/IMG_0387.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bath Abbey<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5axVonw89NNVfiowj7we6_5MHE4hiq1Vk44MNdXvTzBo8_zCcdbwzph1Tt4ajgqiX8KqXHSuiB5ff0c2yDMvZgqGaK9hHnuL64WWSjWuxFKVqvm7-X6wRLDOcEdgMsbcKSzPhtsI4K3/s1600/IMG_0389.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536587611875564674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5axVonw89NNVfiowj7we6_5MHE4hiq1Vk44MNdXvTzBo8_zCcdbwzph1Tt4ajgqiX8KqXHSuiB5ff0c2yDMvZgqGaK9hHnuL64WWSjWuxFKVqvm7-X6wRLDOcEdgMsbcKSzPhtsI4K3/s320/IMG_0389.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> A Flame Thrower outside the Roman Baths?<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTpg5NDOAr73WnJZkfFjDk1a0v7DnwZON_i6iQTVCFBUaBNLgrM4IeWDHkbzTf87hY6uOYSFDHjI_GBxxAWnKjdexbQxiD6LVpTca0KbGB4x3Bl2gmcXGxu7kFTLihaW5l6jz_yR6rWXN/s1600/IMG_0391.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536587607685509202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTpg5NDOAr73WnJZkfFjDk1a0v7DnwZON_i6iQTVCFBUaBNLgrM4IeWDHkbzTf87hY6uOYSFDHjI_GBxxAWnKjdexbQxiD6LVpTca0KbGB4x3Bl2gmcXGxu7kFTLihaW5l6jz_yR6rWXN/s320/IMG_0391.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> This was my first siting of these strange costumed people....<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWe5cFWSdCb11ufZTOAXLk5VV91oR2odcBzWdP1A8D4xAxBM3SMhHowp1iXknNSMT653xxEXlO-zWAnpX988YPt8F8cmlHTwzFrx10PacW-mEWXnAkSfTmZOLTTNF8FJ-UggNH5HstJugu/s1600/IMG_0405.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536587603692870098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWe5cFWSdCb11ufZTOAXLk5VV91oR2odcBzWdP1A8D4xAxBM3SMhHowp1iXknNSMT653xxEXlO-zWAnpX988YPt8F8cmlHTwzFrx10PacW-mEWXnAkSfTmZOLTTNF8FJ-UggNH5HstJugu/s320/IMG_0405.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Inside the Roman Baths (I really liked photographing these fellows you will see. Very dramatic in their skirts and robes.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4g3lcmS2PNsq5b8_xUfbzcC-HpxQmj9XVmdtbl7P0hlNyMQgrVxzeZbAQrFL9X0pVdwPqXUNB2Oo8hBnspAEPb59jT-jMVuCevM23H58qqOCmBzCukuXNNyjBgyU2FpO4cpHpTfgAqZo/s1600/IMG_0415_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536586816471982418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4g3lcmS2PNsq5b8_xUfbzcC-HpxQmj9XVmdtbl7P0hlNyMQgrVxzeZbAQrFL9X0pVdwPqXUNB2Oo8hBnspAEPb59jT-jMVuCevM23H58qqOCmBzCukuXNNyjBgyU2FpO4cpHpTfgAqZo/s320/IMG_0415_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Their hats are dramatic too...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4s-IiyqNIdbrQjrFHv6pUbiEXbahkeHny6cH0xlNImhb_ha2_0flKALfagSu-mMJL19i_AV3BDWjTosnyqAlR-M7LE2vRfe6kqo2-Rye_iDIWxTFI2e6cCVSusd-FciMZO53Ql9jSC_pO/s1600/IMG_0447.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536586811789882466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4s-IiyqNIdbrQjrFHv6pUbiEXbahkeHny6cH0xlNImhb_ha2_0flKALfagSu-mMJL19i_AV3BDWjTosnyqAlR-M7LE2vRfe6kqo2-Rye_iDIWxTFI2e6cCVSusd-FciMZO53Ql9jSC_pO/s320/IMG_0447.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> The actual hot springs still from Roman times. The rest of the Roman Baths out in the open (from what I understood was all reconstructed, but then again, I stopped listening to my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">audioguide</span> as I usually do after about 2 explanations).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2BDC3rfOykSqu7zJY7WLe8IK16PwcM-8wSJFF2CfM78DQ-kN9N-MLbUrsrOM4_qsH7_RCjxRd_2s34qsvEeQ822hOywKq8EI4o8DfZpQnC9UE8V-knn3X4oTp2YG-OYo98UE85nHLsYq/s1600/IMG_0466.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536586809795609506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2BDC3rfOykSqu7zJY7WLe8IK16PwcM-8wSJFF2CfM78DQ-kN9N-MLbUrsrOM4_qsH7_RCjxRd_2s34qsvEeQ822hOywKq8EI4o8DfZpQnC9UE8V-knn3X4oTp2YG-OYo98UE85nHLsYq/s320/IMG_0466.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGa7WAiIoitwtabbKXAYtWFRSJjE1gGxWCltdmmW6ltOE58UsA0qHMVxoEfbHKH-BZO-rZ6El5K0W859PBYc08Af08mpjSfP6Uml5d2z-HFkf3iMClQVMpcMfEVPjCQs26gM3LfU_Dcno/s1600/IMG_0468.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536586805072901874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGa7WAiIoitwtabbKXAYtWFRSJjE1gGxWCltdmmW6ltOE58UsA0qHMVxoEfbHKH-BZO-rZ6El5K0W859PBYc08Af08mpjSfP6Uml5d2z-HFkf3iMClQVMpcMfEVPjCQs26gM3LfU_Dcno/s320/IMG_0468.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-FPfGoUU0J_fyG9gjRFY51TpUL7V2qpsTivC-Mq0E_6Qaooo3Cf7fS17yUyO9Cxt9EjXY0W8xIMI_BreN5ECMqZ9Z4MRGX1ALYn5kFOhpn5oOJeOpCNniVt0YjjQIfIR58h_K3ScApLJ/s1600/IMG_0473.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536585834343773762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-FPfGoUU0J_fyG9gjRFY51TpUL7V2qpsTivC-Mq0E_6Qaooo3Cf7fS17yUyO9Cxt9EjXY0W8xIMI_BreN5ECMqZ9Z4MRGX1ALYn5kFOhpn5oOJeOpCNniVt0YjjQIfIR58h_K3ScApLJ/s320/IMG_0473.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnPdLBck2Z8ptxVsT9jjALNIxOEWztCmWQvqqyOgeHE036Up4zjJOI7IcEyBe20puWM8OrrrqzsMMQRauKEWaaLTgpbzXV0mOED9ZK8el9csrzf9JtIHMSegJGTiYedmLyl8xUPf_uAWz/s1600/IMG_0505.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536585816694628498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnPdLBck2Z8ptxVsT9jjALNIxOEWztCmWQvqqyOgeHE036Up4zjJOI7IcEyBe20puWM8OrrrqzsMMQRauKEWaaLTgpbzXV0mOED9ZK8el9csrzf9JtIHMSegJGTiYedmLyl8xUPf_uAWz/s320/IMG_0505.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The River Avon<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU096y-XJ5zFBHHgb61Iakve35IBRQtRU06No5L1z8w4oJ8n6_yIZXYEBn-Np3eExGLLFWHiZq-Qlt45sZyH-Eof1OcV3S2jGWMg9B6J6fk4423A2T45xDKwjl_iu1nOCTRDOOcX8w2oeo/s1600/IMG_0506.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536585801832587218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU096y-XJ5zFBHHgb61Iakve35IBRQtRU06No5L1z8w4oJ8n6_yIZXYEBn-Np3eExGLLFWHiZq-Qlt45sZyH-Eof1OcV3S2jGWMg9B6J6fk4423A2T45xDKwjl_iu1nOCTRDOOcX8w2oeo/s320/IMG_0506.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAYROaAUTKDlMCk_9qJFUEPBI8zZsCz7PmIW5XLGnvVh_I51DN3bXA647MFySPVzB5jgAP8p2UcK4OcrHNProGysYBaQnH8jAPzHbC6KDJkuzt-ngldSKN2qrMZh1ACVgSn4v_y5Muocm/s1600/IMG_0517.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536585789501908258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAYROaAUTKDlMCk_9qJFUEPBI8zZsCz7PmIW5XLGnvVh_I51DN3bXA647MFySPVzB5jgAP8p2UcK4OcrHNProGysYBaQnH8jAPzHbC6KDJkuzt-ngldSKN2qrMZh1ACVgSn4v_y5Muocm/s320/IMG_0517.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Just in case you were thinking about diving...I would think the next picture would be more of a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">deterrent</span>...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6YCPg7zDvrtZ8BnEBShOq0qx3Dm60QtE4cxbfMq_u8gJsQf0YPh_8udu1v5KMrZilKg4TcxxK7Qi5nWqqxp34C7Kv2D8qeQ3KO0rG4IFs7TrSG2sigqNKGDp4Z-CD7Z5U0_LFvkige5W/s1600/IMG_0522.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536584673713420514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6YCPg7zDvrtZ8BnEBShOq0qx3Dm60QtE4cxbfMq_u8gJsQf0YPh_8udu1v5KMrZilKg4TcxxK7Qi5nWqqxp34C7Kv2D8qeQ3KO0rG4IFs7TrSG2sigqNKGDp4Z-CD7Z5U0_LFvkige5W/s320/IMG_0522.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">See what I mean...</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ZM2pzlp9_AapYkT-7vJGzz9FsZINtz8A91xmi7ml_gU44zMOYoAyLUTLjkzUIJL8ValFrbTc7SGXoSu9fBMMSEvh_PWsFF8VxTVe9MY8IMULYNuybNMTGUTtGzJhpzz5RwPPsnPC5yf/s1600/IMG_0525_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536584665167312338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ZM2pzlp9_AapYkT-7vJGzz9FsZINtz8A91xmi7ml_gU44zMOYoAyLUTLjkzUIJL8ValFrbTc7SGXoSu9fBMMSEvh_PWsFF8VxTVe9MY8IMULYNuybNMTGUTtGzJhpzz5RwPPsnPC5yf/s320/IMG_0525_01.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The town had a lot of cute little shops. This Antique Map Store made me think of Dad and is located on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pulteney</span> Bridge (just in case you want to find it Dad like those houses I didn't get you in Prague located near the Charles Bridge...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>).<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vf_Lv44G_A0eHoIDuvUziiybLmXAKxO8Y_-GAakrdhVMaxmt29qAjY2NmF4RRFJ5K5bY8kUdpn6G5yMUsy2sX-cGAB5ztOEdyvxhCVoHl6tK4gG_DKUQAbpHBpW8SIkX0MkxOYlyRio3/s1600/IMG_0536.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536584645892952274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vf_Lv44G_A0eHoIDuvUziiybLmXAKxO8Y_-GAakrdhVMaxmt29qAjY2NmF4RRFJ5K5bY8kUdpn6G5yMUsy2sX-cGAB5ztOEdyvxhCVoHl6tK4gG_DKUQAbpHBpW8SIkX0MkxOYlyRio3/s320/IMG_0536.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Back of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pulteney</span> Bridge<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BthRMEd-cvNtAJ-J1-78ezCuW5oi5p5rxYsqOnYzk1WkVqS8xV2ogeKi9aRXGdt7r-IvoSlPQ8jjaqPvREPDFPVCI_uxXpY7mg1i_FmcY_QY5F6A4uiXQbXkzgXAJdNWMjv2fACMTlnP/s1600/IMG_0553_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536584641050976626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BthRMEd-cvNtAJ-J1-78ezCuW5oi5p5rxYsqOnYzk1WkVqS8xV2ogeKi9aRXGdt7r-IvoSlPQ8jjaqPvREPDFPVCI_uxXpY7mg1i_FmcY_QY5F6A4uiXQbXkzgXAJdNWMjv2fACMTlnP/s320/IMG_0553_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">The Circus which I mistook for the Royal Crescent (see a few pics down and I think you will see why). It is a prime example of Georgian architecture (as is the Crescent), but a tighter circle and with a giant tree in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">middle</span>. Not sure the significance, but the tree was really pretty (it was one of 5 things marked on the free map I got of Bath, but then again, until I saw the Crescent, that's what I thoguht this was).<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfumE28h6-WLSfV8ZUVKIqiW_rO9siJHhnDFXH2XcqhTRa_Rb9chG9NItiY0oGJL5TpdMeU7Ja2anEGEl9rq1GBH9_qzWz2NOdY4Dzy9nZWjtKyEmpYjlYp9GdTfBfdgnttWLsJfjpNcKN/s1600/IMG_0558_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578645915583170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfumE28h6-WLSfV8ZUVKIqiW_rO9siJHhnDFXH2XcqhTRa_Rb9chG9NItiY0oGJL5TpdMeU7Ja2anEGEl9rq1GBH9_qzWz2NOdY4Dzy9nZWjtKyEmpYjlYp9GdTfBfdgnttWLsJfjpNcKN/s320/IMG_0558_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkclo3_4Oevi_YDyyvBqgEQPPKfKMKEICT-bAkk5xp8-HBRvSxfcT6rWQUXJ8apOVKUOnumtbkqplO_1OQmmNsKFcTZ88ZIQSqtkq4mFPd1P_pQlC_tRz7WodXUIdVg_ltRj9glxJgKhR/s1600/IMG_0567_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578634902003602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkclo3_4Oevi_YDyyvBqgEQPPKfKMKEICT-bAkk5xp8-HBRvSxfcT6rWQUXJ8apOVKUOnumtbkqplO_1OQmmNsKFcTZ88ZIQSqtkq4mFPd1P_pQlC_tRz7WodXUIdVg_ltRj9glxJgKhR/s320/IMG_0567_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">The Royal Crescent-well part of it. I couldn't fit all of it in, but I didn't think it was that amazing...especially with all of the cars parked out front ruining my picture!<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NZsSYi8_VKP_FE0SZP-RD5LAt3ga6NwGXrhbwA2PaKS7gjocUp-UnDTA_IHEO_M1uIYw9kOkCEbh4UdSZqC1M1aUlX27USJ8RApROXpuUTTglm5Barzzeeo_iAbDRV8H5wisRZ-ZE9y8/s1600/IMG_0591.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578626805769874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NZsSYi8_VKP_FE0SZP-RD5LAt3ga6NwGXrhbwA2PaKS7gjocUp-UnDTA_IHEO_M1uIYw9kOkCEbh4UdSZqC1M1aUlX27USJ8RApROXpuUTTglm5Barzzeeo_iAbDRV8H5wisRZ-ZE9y8/s320/IMG_0591.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is the tree in the middle of the Circus (the sun decided to come out so I took a picture on my way back!).<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdj1mEUh06mOPEUW32Xxc8RrmSmYBqo-AQOYyi02FwStZbeBG8j4N3gC4ruorSPM5J2w4Y_hSx_2cpexr1K1yEBTe9tQaJTK8lO-nkzUm5_4iSkcosjimUIcykv6dH8oa8YGeS0Wa9iie/s1600/IMG_0614.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536578615095690690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdj1mEUh06mOPEUW32Xxc8RrmSmYBqo-AQOYyi02FwStZbeBG8j4N3gC4ruorSPM5J2w4Y_hSx_2cpexr1K1yEBTe9tQaJTK8lO-nkzUm5_4iSkcosjimUIcykv6dH8oa8YGeS0Wa9iie/s320/IMG_0614.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Dusk on the River Avon (this is about 3:15 or so...)</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFOpoomifg1jOOqdsfxygnh0hQm6tFqvmVvkfOiA1Zfsbu0RQBmFPOfTDxn4Dv5UDmMsqdd5EATrLA-A7M_UYei51DEAIlWtqwCI5Yz9yOSEVD4r9vC9fJQ1IqcWavn4yOOJYMapHdwRF/s1600/IMG_0621.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577683306907122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFOpoomifg1jOOqdsfxygnh0hQm6tFqvmVvkfOiA1Zfsbu0RQBmFPOfTDxn4Dv5UDmMsqdd5EATrLA-A7M_UYei51DEAIlWtqwCI5Yz9yOSEVD4r9vC9fJQ1IqcWavn4yOOJYMapHdwRF/s320/IMG_0621.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLbWt3UXtYHLBJsqrKnWtWZcQ3NP8s0jel4LkgNtz0FmlSb4vBmSYrplJo4KqAIBFyhMOsgIfFJgeU9QD1I_24HA74u2U2OAPlFGH63cVfTbPwvdPzLrUymmKvizC4wqqZGEUw6n5d2aC/s1600/IMG_0622.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577672362400594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLbWt3UXtYHLBJsqrKnWtWZcQ3NP8s0jel4LkgNtz0FmlSb4vBmSYrplJo4KqAIBFyhMOsgIfFJgeU9QD1I_24HA74u2U2OAPlFGH63cVfTbPwvdPzLrUymmKvizC4wqqZGEUw6n5d2aC/s320/IMG_0622.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCakJ1-uzX043wmmWL8AD7gv5qvhJQXm7OaBGMPcAJtdJywUOYnMK-2uAs3IIoQ_GuPoYG1A6lkAgiwMy7eFI0-XZuYQJYvTXP00djYbSmbXkGd80CPco4vdqjtAT8XOxxklV58k25gId/s1600/IMG_0626.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577668608795890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCakJ1-uzX043wmmWL8AD7gv5qvhJQXm7OaBGMPcAJtdJywUOYnMK-2uAs3IIoQ_GuPoYG1A6lkAgiwMy7eFI0-XZuYQJYvTXP00djYbSmbXkGd80CPco4vdqjtAT8XOxxklV58k25gId/s320/IMG_0626.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Bath Abbey from the opposite side of the River</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UvQVVUMLstD1g6T87JI4KZozi0HQ9BkP4JB9jcM9zHHNXUsm2DBBL8ZMWcDS4ZmjtT9Gw89w9meUTxm2hwXZg03mMrRq3cTh_7CJ58O1DGRz2CU6w4v6RF3OVSZapQzlkH_oWzlSg6Ib/s1600/IMG_0630.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536577666918951714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UvQVVUMLstD1g6T87JI4KZozi0HQ9BkP4JB9jcM9zHHNXUsm2DBBL8ZMWcDS4ZmjtT9Gw89w9meUTxm2hwXZg03mMrRq3cTh_7CJ58O1DGRz2CU6w4v6RF3OVSZapQzlkH_oWzlSg6Ib/s320/IMG_0630.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SoxUlmMUCMwhrvLqT_DQQ4swWklUI_6rpTw0qzCD4LN038bjo1QxzKxYiGjzoInc91vQ23Ws_mpmBTUjzAylLhfM5CWyn_Lff0n20FVttX4szetBlqadGxbSXr4COLjflk0n-R7cakuV/s1600/IMG_0634.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536576781545116482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SoxUlmMUCMwhrvLqT_DQQ4swWklUI_6rpTw0qzCD4LN038bjo1QxzKxYiGjzoInc91vQ23Ws_mpmBTUjzAylLhfM5CWyn_Lff0n20FVttX4szetBlqadGxbSXr4COLjflk0n-R7cakuV/s320/IMG_0634.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQVasYfb-Wa5qIUIn3IT7vdp1QYG52dMM0ZPUJY-IIzmok762dBuCFQRt3hTaBnIypAMt6oQTgGaez6tgwM4fGrz3aKtGlsKYT1CCKJAIeTMFXCi8tODSXmEjqNPoVXG4OA6WyqqB4eXm/s1600/IMG_0648.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536576777631864002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQVasYfb-Wa5qIUIn3IT7vdp1QYG52dMM0ZPUJY-IIzmok762dBuCFQRt3hTaBnIypAMt6oQTgGaez6tgwM4fGrz3aKtGlsKYT1CCKJAIeTMFXCi8tODSXmEjqNPoVXG4OA6WyqqB4eXm/s320/IMG_0648.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IeZO5Ltp9sZD6G_uIAd9UiUL7AG3BOREHFhmw6dYYS8VlC5zKx7eMGMXawiTpuDnJGSuRbrPZ0ZUCOKH5u49aRY9CcpuPJugspAHNAZBoF61FztZ98migvivAN4betObJJlE60N-U0tw/s1600/IMG_0650.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536576771050467650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IeZO5Ltp9sZD6G_uIAd9UiUL7AG3BOREHFhmw6dYYS8VlC5zKx7eMGMXawiTpuDnJGSuRbrPZ0ZUCOKH5u49aRY9CcpuPJugspAHNAZBoF61FztZ98migvivAN4betObJJlE60N-U0tw/s320/IMG_0650.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbqwHJlT1lARInavo8EhRbpSVHE_tOkF4qj0syQU03JtUpw3uGb4NpCb9FEzwEpQii3JkxikrbVBB2VS153REV9YUT3ORbkYes8ZaTYvM-9s8ljWrA8riPfm-eVSIYLSey1D3OrDsa1xs/s1600/IMG_0669.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536576762785359570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbqwHJlT1lARInavo8EhRbpSVHE_tOkF4qj0syQU03JtUpw3uGb4NpCb9FEzwEpQii3JkxikrbVBB2VS153REV9YUT3ORbkYes8ZaTYvM-9s8ljWrA8riPfm-eVSIYLSey1D3OrDsa1xs/s320/IMG_0669.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So there are blue ones too! And they put on a dance performance with sticks. From what I could tell, the red and green ones played the instruments while the blue ones danced and banged sticks? Perhaps I should have asked what the heck it was for.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXjXJU6-SclCom1mgbxc8a2nPSjq2XbbgAp9LPbUKlUCoP4B47q1KORtH1GlOcYAKNXtnru_zrnkcSFbx170dkhnNHLbBPBIG7Eo4TfG1xat9UayHnCkiDrijrf9idrTg9vx9u8KW16G6/s1600/IMG_0679.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536574536371162082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXjXJU6-SclCom1mgbxc8a2nPSjq2XbbgAp9LPbUKlUCoP4B47q1KORtH1GlOcYAKNXtnru_zrnkcSFbx170dkhnNHLbBPBIG7Eo4TfG1xat9UayHnCkiDrijrf9idrTg9vx9u8KW16G6/s320/IMG_0679.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Abbey glowing at dusk!<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2IV80G6f1_9yJMIV6TUR88KmZxKIDNokKKTLpXrvpJx2FmRq13qPbZLuW-ARBmRLZxtgQ5FoERElNyt0JRV8huaHy6xT-Wa7xLMFMlkS2P-qR-kVlN0b0NeUhKZyKIbYcMXoNbKptxq4/s1600/IMG_0684_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536574529916944738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2IV80G6f1_9yJMIV6TUR88KmZxKIDNokKKTLpXrvpJx2FmRq13qPbZLuW-ARBmRLZxtgQ5FoERElNyt0JRV8huaHy6xT-Wa7xLMFMlkS2P-qR-kVlN0b0NeUhKZyKIbYcMXoNbKptxq4/s320/IMG_0684_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoaBHKtGIXC3qM_rcWM9EE9KvPhqD9JGyOciXsY3CGWkUut_Foe2Hq5j0z-t_i6kkoQplwNDjQNFaAn1OOI-gYi1OY1K7Dj8ziknLrfcpPlWzojVvhCH_IlTk2mmlPMEHqy1pmZolHVX_/s1600/IMG_0688_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536574522166286690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoaBHKtGIXC3qM_rcWM9EE9KvPhqD9JGyOciXsY3CGWkUut_Foe2Hq5j0z-t_i6kkoQplwNDjQNFaAn1OOI-gYi1OY1K7Dj8ziknLrfcpPlWzojVvhCH_IlTk2mmlPMEHqy1pmZolHVX_/s320/IMG_0688_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWshpWQUrftQrN1QubrTpEAsfsS87F6Jsfz6sTphfoO99a_jFWFFqqtR37lNdf_iFi0LGmg1QyzVB64oUdzzsQHA2gH51UIZTHNd2FRBwqyS0Pey0iv-5-fpRNhCpvlrTSOhi2djNm6m2/s1600/IMG_0690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536574514059239058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWshpWQUrftQrN1QubrTpEAsfsS87F6Jsfz6sTphfoO99a_jFWFFqqtR37lNdf_iFi0LGmg1QyzVB64oUdzzsQHA2gH51UIZTHNd2FRBwqyS0Pey0iv-5-fpRNhCpvlrTSOhi2djNm6m2/s320/IMG_0690.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCP4xP0BUnHZnfya4ymvcXWa0ay-JOU3h6Yf2EqV_XEdkgf-JgqR6bdPDDiwGXFnIzm00h8DzHF4ryEsg-jQGIsXrIjoPC4_FNxpWootv6BZKeW0T4nyk3ljT_JmbQrhzZ6BCRQM9tgV/s1600/IMG_0697.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536574506950849458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCP4xP0BUnHZnfya4ymvcXWa0ay-JOU3h6Yf2EqV_XEdkgf-JgqR6bdPDDiwGXFnIzm00h8DzHF4ryEsg-jQGIsXrIjoPC4_FNxpWootv6BZKeW0T4nyk3ljT_JmbQrhzZ6BCRQM9tgV/s320/IMG_0697.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Outdoor markets started appearing when it started getting dark.<br /></span><br /></span><div>So today I had quite a busy day! Despite last night being Bonfire night and fireworks going off until e<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">arly</span> this morning (thank goodness for my ear plugs!), I got myself out of bed at 6 a.m. (this is beyond early for me these days), to catch the tube to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Paddington</span> Station where I could catch the train to Bath. I had bought tickets yesterday a<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> looked up times to see what was possible. Of course there were planned engineering works on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bakerloo</span> line which would have been my quickest route to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Paddington</span>, so I had seen on NationalRail.co.uk to get a train from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Victoria</span> to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Paddington</span> would take about 17 minutes. Well when I got to Victoria and didn't see a train listed at "8:14", I asked the guy at information and he looked at me like an idiot and in a thick Scottish accent said that I had to get the tube because these trains only run South. He definitely didn't get his job because of his "pleasant" demeanor. Thanks NationalRail.co.uk. Well I got to Paddington none the less, and much earlier than expected (surprise..haha) and the 8:12 train was delayed a bit, so I thought I'd be doing well to catch that one instead of the 9:12 I was planning on. I got on the train, and it left about 8:30. Now the journey is supposed to be about an hour and a half, but for some reason, this train kept getting delayed, so we were literally moving so slow that I could walk along side it faster! We finally got there just before 11-right when the 9:12 train was supposed to get there (not sure if it was delayed as much too)!</div><div>Another unfortunate thing was the weather. Now I know I shouldn't have trusted the BBC weather report, but I did, and got rained on and very cloudy skies all day. The cloudy skies made the temperature freezing as well! I was wearing tights under my jeans, knee socks, boots, two shirts, a jacket, scarf, and gloves, and was still freezing! At least the rain only lasted for about ten minutes though, or I would have been much colder.</div><div>The city overall was very nice. The Baths were a bit dissapointing as much of what you get to see is reconstructed (do you really think those statues or columns were there in Roman times??no me either). I did miss my opportunity to climb to the top of the Abbey to get an overview of the city as the last tour left at 3:30 and I got there at 3:35. However, the skies were quite cloudy, and you had to survive a 50 minute guided tour before climbing the 212 steps, so maybe it was for the best! My favorite thing by far was walking along the River Avon. It was so beautiful-especially with all of the trees chaning color! Despite all my hiccups on the journey, it was a good trip to a new city!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-53074065310875932872010-11-05T13:26:00.000-07:002010-11-06T14:13:31.907-07:00Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBoU808zvTkk95XHn-ftN5N3KK7pyTILmrEFnH8UBKdxmySs0HDW35lMyY2gUG9s-a0xITTRxHvfQbqnAQzjlS57Zw5UkNIBKiSRDa_SUi3YLSG8TPPqjN_7hxO2BNDopqCO4sXY5z4Xw/s1600/IMG_0182_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536540564267820482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBoU808zvTkk95XHn-ftN5N3KK7pyTILmrEFnH8UBKdxmySs0HDW35lMyY2gUG9s-a0xITTRxHvfQbqnAQzjlS57Zw5UkNIBKiSRDa_SUi3YLSG8TPPqjN_7hxO2BNDopqCO4sXY5z4Xw/s320/IMG_0182_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Clapham</span> Common South Side<br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcpN_4RrdPHoYk6XdXCctxeY-mrATQB5XBIua66SXM-bGQlm2yc62fMP8Wcs9aJgY5aVyk_RqUY3WdHIuGhm1O7wzVOEy_Y8HdTjBcWDjKzCHpEIHXrxBplycOucI-nIuNXC3oKfdX3ZL/s1600/IMG_0206_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536538527773821346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKfHg5Gjhl3He1lFS83jAPn4pqWthMm4wmojti7zFBSQ5oc7qsW-56zQZmLvHlTednk5ZuY2mRMrUk_S6nAHdBIk5FP638IFq9HJFLFEGpUIOiXKSebIj86PkQP_uAdk5EY6O7DvgMt50/s320/IMG_0281_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GHk0OB24hHKTYPFKFlanKXnBqxbvEZw4SswwPBLsZm1boX9usBMSSmx8kyLGEs7SLmFwsgFdsPYLKh-AUCUdFJ-K3Zk41Zzj9VvNkA2w3nOH0V3ZcHL2ZYreYRUaXki4u1lFC_KjXnci/s1600/IMG_0286_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536538526994850018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GHk0OB24hHKTYPFKFlanKXnBqxbvEZw4SswwPBLsZm1boX9usBMSSmx8kyLGEs7SLmFwsgFdsPYLKh-AUCUdFJ-K3Zk41Zzj9VvNkA2w3nOH0V3ZcHL2ZYreYRUaXki4u1lFC_KjXnci/s320/IMG_0286_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7gUWT7ZpLMHWES4yiSd4Rbiy_RbjKmkLBwAQsAW4So6K62CDgsmHBMBuwQWKczigTSpPt-5YrNC8ecYJkczjkBHhUTvMfsz7iYaM-vcAfkEjovnNI3GeOJl5JRR8Q7dLNbebNxbat0t5/s1600/IMG_0294_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536537538716393538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7gUWT7ZpLMHWES4yiSd4Rbiy_RbjKmkLBwAQsAW4So6K62CDgsmHBMBuwQWKczigTSpPt-5YrNC8ecYJkczjkBHhUTvMfsz7iYaM-vcAfkEjovnNI3GeOJl5JRR8Q7dLNbebNxbat0t5/s320/IMG_0294_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Walking towards <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Clapham</span> Common Station-glad I was not in a car because they were not moving much unless they were turning around!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQA223mYfnQ72xbvhlJmOslx_d3Hg_vY1XY9SAIL-FbCx3QwEemxi_OkqauQT_v0g-3jKBFYTJoTqQ4pduf6onomkMX0ovsp_orM0ReT79LkTwe6qDwrreqrUHGDKKunKjbjdrlNNP9Bk/s1600/IMG_0296.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536537534449189346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQA223mYfnQ72xbvhlJmOslx_d3Hg_vY1XY9SAIL-FbCx3QwEemxi_OkqauQT_v0g-3jKBFYTJoTqQ4pduf6onomkMX0ovsp_orM0ReT79LkTwe6qDwrreqrUHGDKKunKjbjdrlNNP9Bk/s320/IMG_0296.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBAU9DTNqIthx45ZTYSGsYUfzR6fP1CeQGG-biVdkxg8-CdkWh_7vlgoNsLQvXt0S3NYCQ5mLU7OvrDmY7KBJ1PT2mJI8-j-sstSqe3pEV33IFvDB5tFpQFP25L8hXbERGmT_h7cv2pwR/s1600/IMG_0300_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536537526510743314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBAU9DTNqIthx45ZTYSGsYUfzR6fP1CeQGG-biVdkxg8-CdkWh_7vlgoNsLQvXt0S3NYCQ5mLU7OvrDmY7KBJ1PT2mJI8-j-sstSqe3pEV33IFvDB5tFpQFP25L8hXbERGmT_h7cv2pwR/s320/IMG_0300_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">All the people standing outside the Windmill. There were thousands of people watching the fireworks!<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1plHPwz_k1EJUTcUJYOzMtSfRObUDlKe100fjPMM5xAf1aUAUSqK0U_2SjvrI8iGwrDw5aV8TBlwACv95PDundnH-XAYi_94U2MzJ8EHJOSSGUr-bx7xgPX4mDs7dG-fCkBI88bIRrB5/s1600/IMG_0305_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536537519061977842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1plHPwz_k1EJUTcUJYOzMtSfRObUDlKe100fjPMM5xAf1aUAUSqK0U_2SjvrI8iGwrDw5aV8TBlwACv95PDundnH-XAYi_94U2MzJ8EHJOSSGUr-bx7xgPX4mDs7dG-fCkBI88bIRrB5/s320/IMG_0305_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYk4AaOmC3bGtUtZWat8uY8yMJA4k8xQOFWeRbukQxz0JbngLB12ceKjSseOlVnEg-vV8koZDz8Utg3oOLS8d_SaaGh3NwXHvixIOTC9dZIQfCh73FCbhsxcCOfhMdVlemhcn_rsN5gGXv/s1600/IMG_0306_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536536742496928786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYk4AaOmC3bGtUtZWat8uY8yMJA4k8xQOFWeRbukQxz0JbngLB12ceKjSseOlVnEg-vV8koZDz8Utg3oOLS8d_SaaGh3NwXHvixIOTC9dZIQfCh73FCbhsxcCOfhMdVlemhcn_rsN5gGXv/s320/IMG_0306_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg519TZflzZc4M01PDdQ6rB9TbDuVxW8nYyaY06edJrqJApSni4qXvG7RFcKyhewnUTshhWFtRDNH625X7kOSoF-r5xlBOdxwfjp7_jJDci2_roBKe-uQQOs94QmHj7UCC_MFbRcCcfBo-E/s1600/IMG_0308_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536536740462490194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg519TZflzZc4M01PDdQ6rB9TbDuVxW8nYyaY06edJrqJApSni4qXvG7RFcKyhewnUTshhWFtRDNH625X7kOSoF-r5xlBOdxwfjp7_jJDci2_roBKe-uQQOs94QmHj7UCC_MFbRcCcfBo-E/s320/IMG_0308_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Trying to make my way to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Clapham</span> Common the meet Lauren after the fireworks with a few thousand of my friends!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLAJ68r5WgW04DJBv5rACemb0MSUmT3ULKDx4DgZHXhFniL6PLEvS0i1ebTW8ZkoXDN2QekEwU_ltaK32uoH8OP_1czQ4vPLpezT9igGtilrrsLS089d2W9U_N486o3827vDOc1aH6xIq/s1600/IMG_0312.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536536728497898882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLAJ68r5WgW04DJBv5rACemb0MSUmT3ULKDx4DgZHXhFniL6PLEvS0i1ebTW8ZkoXDN2QekEwU_ltaK32uoH8OP_1czQ4vPLpezT9igGtilrrsLS089d2W9U_N486o3827vDOc1aH6xIq/s320/IMG_0312.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaiUbbEmJGUlUyxccbiFbxmbevN1bIEnwFlJ4tMMvB4VvMfRxjGf6kWvNKJIBcH34ZNUWhXPNKW_oPYFXk-fz8Vxyvmssf-U9yl-3I7JLfdYa5h4J89f2FSOyNH70kFJvDmiXQhVwRC2c/s1600/IMG_0313.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536536722578543538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaiUbbEmJGUlUyxccbiFbxmbevN1bIEnwFlJ4tMMvB4VvMfRxjGf6kWvNKJIBcH34ZNUWhXPNKW_oPYFXk-fz8Vxyvmssf-U9yl-3I7JLfdYa5h4J89f2FSOyNH70kFJvDmiXQhVwRC2c/s320/IMG_0313.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Outside the bar we met at. Only a few people out looking for a drink or two!<br /></span><br />So, Bonfire Night/<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">GuyFawke's</span> Night is actually something I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">don't</span> have to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wikipedia</span> to know what it is! When we did the tour of the Houses of Parliament, they let us know the story behind it (until that tour I had no idea this holiday even existed, and it's basically like England's 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> of July-minus the whole <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">independence</span> thing, so, it's kinda a big deal...). I had agreed to meet Lauren at a pub in Clapham Common, and her being Austrailian, and me being American, we had NO idea how big of a deal this was. Clapham was packed! They were only allowing people to come out of the tube stations at Clapham South, Clapham Common, and Clapham North to allow all trains to go there for the fireworks instead of running the line into central London, and it's not like there weren't 10 other huge fireworks shows in London at least! Needless to say, these pictures are meant to capture the fireworks, chaos, lights, and movement of the night!</div><div> </div><div>This celebration mainly marked by fireworks/bonfires (I saw none) and an excuse to party, is the anniversary of the failed attempt by Guy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fawke's</span> to blow up Parliament in 1605. Guy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fawke's</span> had hid under the floor boards in the House of Lords with a load of gunpowder in hopes of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">assassinating</span> King James I to restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. There was an anonymous tip-off which led to them searching Westminster Palace, and Guy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fawke's</span> being found. After his conviction he was to be drawn and quartered (a not very pleasant way of torture/killing), and he instead jumped from some scaffolding and broke his neck, so, lucky him?</div><div><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ok</span>, so I got some of that off of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wikipedia</span>, and here's the poem I keep hearing people saying (also from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wikipedia</span>, it's not <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">like</span> I wrote it down when I heard them saying it).</div><div><br />Remember, remember the Fifth of November,<br />The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,<br />I know of no reason<br />Why the Gunpowder Treason<br />Should ever be forgot.<br />Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent<br />To blow up the King and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Parli'ment</span>.<br />Three-score barrels of powder below<br />To prove old England's overthrow;<br />By God's providence [or mercy] he was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">catch'd</span><br />With a dark lantern and burning match.<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hulloa</span> boys, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hulloa</span> boys, let the bells ring.<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hulloa</span> boys, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">hulloa</span> boys, God save the King!<br /></div><div>(Side Note: Did not know the word "assassinate" had "ass" spelled out twice. Spell check would not even pick it up with the way I spelled it...)</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-42995928993688572362010-11-04T14:07:00.000-07:002010-11-04T14:59:27.787-07:00It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRukhDlFi89sltxdtTzVhI8EbrswvWEWxUrwQypi4pbTCFkmaZXoLBNC0U8Oy9K7w6is7DCNI0jP-mXB2WXHNNeBTnFJNjGRT42xyB7RXShgTip5_Cu0VPmUEHv-h89GeQWtRZt6yc7Bt/s1600/IMG_0106_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535813292742443090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRukhDlFi89sltxdtTzVhI8EbrswvWEWxUrwQypi4pbTCFkmaZXoLBNC0U8Oy9K7w6is7DCNI0jP-mXB2WXHNNeBTnFJNjGRT42xyB7RXShgTip5_Cu0VPmUEHv-h89GeQWtRZt6yc7Bt/s320/IMG_0106_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Reflection of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Harrod's</span>-see it???<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy2P8nDyUyjGNvl3tTTVLugYC187WgMlAbHkaVxxpLdKFIjwX_wtVGGmBNovVssC2lkkcU3ccGPTKZbGpnc9foijSK0TJ0wUxKNix6Xovs1sLe-Q1WGcbLRoEx4vYops_YJtRnWU1C2v7/s1600/IMG_0108.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535811546957486914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy2P8nDyUyjGNvl3tTTVLugYC187WgMlAbHkaVxxpLdKFIjwX_wtVGGmBNovVssC2lkkcU3ccGPTKZbGpnc9foijSK0TJ0wUxKNix6Xovs1sLe-Q1WGcbLRoEx4vYops_YJtRnWU1C2v7/s320/IMG_0108.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Knightsbridge</span> Tube<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3FaXuKigT1l7tZ56HmCy3KdGFQNUpa8UxOoRGsSlWDpbwbZ6eVuAP9HucAv1MhVjM9MslbZ4B9lVHX0E2SwnaGBdKJCkrTJftHynBVmswfdUoSi38bLGfeXi8iN0A6EVAcsDN21FXWdh/s1600/IMG_0112_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535811541966929682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3FaXuKigT1l7tZ56HmCy3KdGFQNUpa8UxOoRGsSlWDpbwbZ6eVuAP9HucAv1MhVjM9MslbZ4B9lVHX0E2SwnaGBdKJCkrTJftHynBVmswfdUoSi38bLGfeXi8iN0A6EVAcsDN21FXWdh/s320/IMG_0112_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JagbjUR9k8uaJ_F9j7Ilvrh75BJFAim8YR_wHWpMw77mwcCxrHscyS4b9T4DpYgn0OAe36Usp_JOd-evACv1d2OA9CILjk4LiDq6uMniKYvuypv9OOueusOVikvyJhKRFSwYs1TAUfQJ/s1600/IMG_0113_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535810321406435554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JagbjUR9k8uaJ_F9j7Ilvrh75BJFAim8YR_wHWpMw77mwcCxrHscyS4b9T4DpYgn0OAe36Usp_JOd-evACv1d2OA9CILjk4LiDq6uMniKYvuypv9OOueusOVikvyJhKRFSwYs1TAUfQJ/s320/IMG_0113_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwPMQZm7ApriAJKbFQmi1Wc-c2k-c4mjUdhhfAZWVHhbr_paZEQyKINO_qShK2IOWayCD0cj_IE-E3MXxN5kRgjPa5d4tLxsgH6KToGvbNEgZk_9O6n16_2p3D_ElG0QLmDUVZmhF9NMj/s1600/IMG_0114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535810313160047106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwPMQZm7ApriAJKbFQmi1Wc-c2k-c4mjUdhhfAZWVHhbr_paZEQyKINO_qShK2IOWayCD0cj_IE-E3MXxN5kRgjPa5d4tLxsgH6KToGvbNEgZk_9O6n16_2p3D_ElG0QLmDUVZmhF9NMj/s320/IMG_0114.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgPuYOtZCCvLbAm4IRuWRjDXRE7hAWaR7V7oiA2BEfr-UKzGkWtOJdJ45ibPzikQ_42GnqxH2WTNzv_FewHUrzRIFhwuK__dfOxUxyWBZMwKGisX-WQdHa4SQWDz4e_eEGVfoV6Zb7SOF/s1600/IMG_0116_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535810296432990994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgPuYOtZCCvLbAm4IRuWRjDXRE7hAWaR7V7oiA2BEfr-UKzGkWtOJdJ45ibPzikQ_42GnqxH2WTNzv_FewHUrzRIFhwuK__dfOxUxyWBZMwKGisX-WQdHa4SQWDz4e_eEGVfoV6Zb7SOF/s320/IMG_0116_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Still in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Knightsbridge</span>...It has like 6 different tube entrances spread over a block or so<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQNv7Gh1nDIVqMgevhs3uB8W2e5IaZdtFqS_IN70qj-TeXa85akKe7XK9Sv8gqRqaC1dx4sQxX9aNUq-O8-svinMsq0HJLXzjYlzqBr9GmynAre6SK-n7hu2WbOUq7NsPu-AHDxursHMm/s1600/IMG_0118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535810286272726386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQNv7Gh1nDIVqMgevhs3uB8W2e5IaZdtFqS_IN70qj-TeXa85akKe7XK9Sv8gqRqaC1dx4sQxX9aNUq-O8-svinMsq0HJLXzjYlzqBr9GmynAre6SK-n7hu2WbOUq7NsPu-AHDxursHMm/s320/IMG_0118.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Christmas window displays at Harvey Nichols! Wasn't too sure about the weird "people"<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ78XzA6nFWCSca7cSeAdJO5NmkLw8gfOA1SkM3pnkWJ41bzcClX8kGNdTRODN-Fb9zT7QEbqizwu9PxiQFBO80J7FdazhdK4RuSebqBvy6bTVf_XgizmJUB0rL7xlr_UDxTVpGGFk1Xb/s1600/IMG_0119.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535809465046489666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ78XzA6nFWCSca7cSeAdJO5NmkLw8gfOA1SkM3pnkWJ41bzcClX8kGNdTRODN-Fb9zT7QEbqizwu9PxiQFBO80J7FdazhdK4RuSebqBvy6bTVf_XgizmJUB0rL7xlr_UDxTVpGGFk1Xb/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmnP185-EqqEm3IrFtqKi8hoWRaSgd3nL5zA1qKMCKT1Ppbtty9CjJ-QfN10iIEPpGYJUh-P7ZxNrfGcGxOxswjKY5USw32TWQMLbFs8jJkmdr73X8oPtYbDOwhv2fxiNPIB9B2pwgQi5/s1600/IMG_0119_01.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535809449654816114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmnP185-EqqEm3IrFtqKi8hoWRaSgd3nL5zA1qKMCKT1Ppbtty9CjJ-QfN10iIEPpGYJUh-P7ZxNrfGcGxOxswjKY5USw32TWQMLbFs8jJkmdr73X8oPtYbDOwhv2fxiNPIB9B2pwgQi5/s320/IMG_0119_01.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Oxford Street!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yEsG-JVQB9ezTbVeijNulVaSfNle6csJirTvqDQT8COalIMUaIt4jKl05zDBnDRzHkgYfRqIAFzRZ9LcwExgfMrmtO8IJGnKKEkZkEg2Jq23C4xlVgC7csjS27AL_RtrR8skSsmSvpxC/s1600/IMG_0120.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535809439972396898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yEsG-JVQB9ezTbVeijNulVaSfNle6csJirTvqDQT8COalIMUaIt4jKl05zDBnDRzHkgYfRqIAFzRZ9LcwExgfMrmtO8IJGnKKEkZkEg2Jq23C4xlVgC7csjS27AL_RtrR8skSsmSvpxC/s320/IMG_0120.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Now if only I could figure out when they turn on the lights that are shaped like bows and umbrellas and span the whole street!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie6PyOtxE4NFzCASeo7OaUGeanEv0csJZB5Jk3-SWl-_zFNx_MI-4j-8vV_pMMmfZb3XxXpva65Jkt0VcF0iZXQ4dxZE5Oy55GmAIb499EBDVmwmXMsTqBdgdW9z6B7Bb3nCCKpRY7Uv6/s1600/IMG_0121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535809438063818066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie6PyOtxE4NFzCASeo7OaUGeanEv0csJZB5Jk3-SWl-_zFNx_MI-4j-8vV_pMMmfZb3XxXpva65Jkt0VcF0iZXQ4dxZE5Oy55GmAIb499EBDVmwmXMsTqBdgdW9z6B7Bb3nCCKpRY7Uv6/s320/IMG_0121.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53MbvVTli5zjMAzGdjjvTWGzk8gGQImqLk_wnEbBRc-O4xtKdBULUgJ-KK_YsjMLpYBsvveRbh5IaUp6PUJbCLBOgo5SGPK0sbiAoabYsXF1bXnR13B56vyheurXURxE_mPPy6PYwuZEr/s1600/IMG_0124.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535808145680095266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53MbvVTli5zjMAzGdjjvTWGzk8gGQImqLk_wnEbBRc-O4xtKdBULUgJ-KK_YsjMLpYBsvveRbh5IaUp6PUJbCLBOgo5SGPK0sbiAoabYsXF1bXnR13B56vyheurXURxE_mPPy6PYwuZEr/s320/IMG_0124.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEENjcsW72fzZsuRzO4KH6mLY4I4L35FptelV5oFk0JQvM_kfFykVtoCsxPa6GIjLxLBhMb_MRLb7CVZb1OWfQvg4juvEd7UpfXWC4LahtsViXwrO6GMhVjFVyH2Ss5j8yrhEbIXpcjDz/s1600/IMG_0129.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535808135035270002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEENjcsW72fzZsuRzO4KH6mLY4I4L35FptelV5oFk0JQvM_kfFykVtoCsxPa6GIjLxLBhMb_MRLb7CVZb1OWfQvg4juvEd7UpfXWC4LahtsViXwrO6GMhVjFVyH2Ss5j8yrhEbIXpcjDz/s320/IMG_0129.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJylhIKsasZuFJ4UMFIkIimK396LkpdQD-60T3gGoxS0RfnfXE5VV4So4GkOC0vzrJHmRTXM-0qz3jE9avU_5uWuHLyJKnlU0yh8sLyF_xasXHJzP6QrvPriqwqoJM0LLxwfm4lJ-s23lp/s1600/IMG_0130.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535808126513055602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJylhIKsasZuFJ4UMFIkIimK396LkpdQD-60T3gGoxS0RfnfXE5VV4So4GkOC0vzrJHmRTXM-0qz3jE9avU_5uWuHLyJKnlU0yh8sLyF_xasXHJzP6QrvPriqwqoJM0LLxwfm4lJ-s23lp/s320/IMG_0130.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Selfridges</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQq11jbfALs7eK4-NxSU3Unlt0LHwhsGham56SZAGWvEpZek_-n170kgVk5gJSjFy0FVmrUukykQc2OsySdy1n-1SFJhV4zwdRKjAlTbtQA9Y9Q3tI_VvmH6f_L9qws9VxpFenGi2z9Ux/s1600/IMG_0135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535808118759874482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQq11jbfALs7eK4-NxSU3Unlt0LHwhsGham56SZAGWvEpZek_-n170kgVk5gJSjFy0FVmrUukykQc2OsySdy1n-1SFJhV4zwdRKjAlTbtQA9Y9Q3tI_VvmH6f_L9qws9VxpFenGi2z9Ux/s320/IMG_0135.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Selfridges</span> window displays were definitely the best!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi5BfFARdu-OuVOfkelnVPO_8CpamIBxndHonhwVs0AH343C2_kITjgnC6MUtIYlYzHIF-zcTJFVRRX1QWXqtdaydp2Xw2SBoxY3VrDTJPt5rHv_UBl0hoxsi3glojIfCoBGQPCCrSqF-/s1600/IMG_0137.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535807228021180994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi5BfFARdu-OuVOfkelnVPO_8CpamIBxndHonhwVs0AH343C2_kITjgnC6MUtIYlYzHIF-zcTJFVRRX1QWXqtdaydp2Xw2SBoxY3VrDTJPt5rHv_UBl0hoxsi3glojIfCoBGQPCCrSqF-/s320/IMG_0137.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97E2JruoPeaJ5-u7OwMabU0oaoVXIRkyxVomwEXMreSwwXDPlX4g7fep7Dqy_6QSZ_hEYEF10xmO6ITMdqaJoDHpEOxPxpaCddFZAiPF1kmKzERCQkJJnYuzA3Ky6OzZsVZ-NtVLfp39H/s1600/IMG_0142.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535807221737442162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97E2JruoPeaJ5-u7OwMabU0oaoVXIRkyxVomwEXMreSwwXDPlX4g7fep7Dqy_6QSZ_hEYEF10xmO6ITMdqaJoDHpEOxPxpaCddFZAiPF1kmKzERCQkJJnYuzA3Ky6OzZsVZ-NtVLfp39H/s320/IMG_0142.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Tons of little stuffed dogs. This one was particularly popular with the little kids! :)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF49zJJhXij6welfzBNv6Cgv1OAAjph9e8W2TmSzcnT0LfAMkoYP8gXsHSm5nOECz0rIShyphenhypheneYXQp3XVKql4NjxthfWPdlMW-9Wo7i9LQVbe2F46kP7qlTye3xOD-53bdJsM1R4jEw5E_qB/s1600/IMG_0145.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535807219188097410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF49zJJhXij6welfzBNv6Cgv1OAAjph9e8W2TmSzcnT0LfAMkoYP8gXsHSm5nOECz0rIShyphenhypheneYXQp3XVKql4NjxthfWPdlMW-9Wo7i9LQVbe2F46kP7qlTye3xOD-53bdJsM1R4jEw5E_qB/s320/IMG_0145.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxuIxt-LTklUV-33tPBO8dyRMRt3_ULpf7WV3M511qCl4DH79u-es08hHvhoLSi-KZBh7T-9ag5cr2uvBQsGiZS6ASPoVUgnTT4WQNMo7yzbCIS5xz-o2zPmfnpfqQMEYbxeRiXj4I_GT/s1600/IMG_0149_01.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535807214729850290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxuIxt-LTklUV-33tPBO8dyRMRt3_ULpf7WV3M511qCl4DH79u-es08hHvhoLSi-KZBh7T-9ag5cr2uvBQsGiZS6ASPoVUgnTT4WQNMo7yzbCIS5xz-o2zPmfnpfqQMEYbxeRiXj4I_GT/s320/IMG_0149_01.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Selfridges</span> Window Displays<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8oDkkAYsAgc5F5N_35Hkm6f_tIQQTm2mhDDWhecKYrqkzxgK6VW8umpMMgiaj6x9aDef3MHNkIYMUGfwHw9DcHmAGlQmCLxHDcq2356pD6fgNkD_6Sb2UBKj_r1zBihSy4YDx62X4yrI/s1600/IMG_0155.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535805347453840914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8oDkkAYsAgc5F5N_35Hkm6f_tIQQTm2mhDDWhecKYrqkzxgK6VW8umpMMgiaj6x9aDef3MHNkIYMUGfwHw9DcHmAGlQmCLxHDcq2356pD6fgNkD_6Sb2UBKj_r1zBihSy4YDx62X4yrI/s320/IMG_0155.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdcXomlQwNlWOV9AxqRF0VXYimnRhtCkc9nVvxYu3-Np4Yq_EG89SomJ8zSp5-CnuzLSz3TlClJlXgDIM_XyYf7eF07yn7PS0TsDZ_jGg2i46ICrA3NjWfJKqoLcQHqipBEepWDiPPwrL/s1600/IMG_0156.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535805340022919154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdcXomlQwNlWOV9AxqRF0VXYimnRhtCkc9nVvxYu3-Np4Yq_EG89SomJ8zSp5-CnuzLSz3TlClJlXgDIM_XyYf7eF07yn7PS0TsDZ_jGg2i46ICrA3NjWfJKqoLcQHqipBEepWDiPPwrL/s320/IMG_0156.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGrNxn_BE5z94iNUTKgKqzxRBsyivkwTZVztLE_5wMsR4WNwE1Xl48wr6B1gA7050V5SJx6XvLjK8wRuBgorOs__rawGM5lh8ILizlW4qXXOCXGUippaHrqp-615SzNL44wdkpGavfLjd/s1600/IMG_0157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535805334091341010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGrNxn_BE5z94iNUTKgKqzxRBsyivkwTZVztLE_5wMsR4WNwE1Xl48wr6B1gA7050V5SJx6XvLjK8wRuBgorOs__rawGM5lh8ILizlW4qXXOCXGUippaHrqp-615SzNL44wdkpGavfLjd/s320/IMG_0157.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Uh1IpYHJFFEATOePHvr7NP5eumg8w8VOCFZiPi-buT6TeW2J3m40J2rTWem0Mn7p7W07iRjojGwQdVTIPnj1Vs7DGpcNgr8pYyI1L6dJ81deteYtSNZXhIGymc4GYHfdGlmYMXEIy8Qa/s1600/IMG_0159.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535805325574428434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Uh1IpYHJFFEATOePHvr7NP5eumg8w8VOCFZiPi-buT6TeW2J3m40J2rTWem0Mn7p7W07iRjojGwQdVTIPnj1Vs7DGpcNgr8pYyI1L6dJ81deteYtSNZXhIGymc4GYHfdGlmYMXEIy8Qa/s320/IMG_0159.JPG" /></a> </div><div>So I've always wanted to go to New York during Christmas time (or just at all) to see all the window displays and lights lining the streets (and of course the giant Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center). Well luckily London does it up just as big! They have already got out a few of their outdoor ice skating rinks, Christmas trees, and lights! I love it! Now if only I could figure out when Oxford Circus turns on all the lights hanging across the street... (note: These pictures were taken in between 5-5:30. Yes, it got dark at 4:30! I think I'm leaving at a good time of year. When it starts getting dark at 2:30 in the afternoon and it's freezing, I feel doubtful that I would have much motivation to leave the house!).</div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-85966673120692612472010-10-28T17:17:00.000-07:002010-10-29T04:55:54.521-07:00A Week at the Theatre!!! (yes, spelled the British way)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuGecb0VMCjqTmYv2FiO-JrZUsvdK3Pz772JjFvFfxv44xuZrBwaHMAiFbCw6vHwJzeJEdZGTZA54e6YW_hOPIgsdal9HQsjmwd0u6f8xbSYlFng8X-gCra9GsGKYSJOaG5xP6IQPqQWz/s1600/IMG_9646_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533262958593735026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuGecb0VMCjqTmYv2FiO-JrZUsvdK3Pz772JjFvFfxv44xuZrBwaHMAiFbCw6vHwJzeJEdZGTZA54e6YW_hOPIgsdal9HQsjmwd0u6f8xbSYlFng8X-gCra9GsGKYSJOaG5xP6IQPqQWz/s320/IMG_9646_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">First night out to "Billy Elliot" last week!<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-N6yqL0_wD5WmgBFxn-j3ds5uQXJcYEkOzEkuaQPg2BzwjscGCNvUm76CxVTwkkKr5OVAdJX5httQsmY06a5cULEINO9PuVJToBKk8KtSy40X-sP4yiMLh4Vb-tecCCJnsAZh_Sy0zb-/s1600/IMG_9650_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533262950319775682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-N6yqL0_wD5WmgBFxn-j3ds5uQXJcYEkOzEkuaQPg2BzwjscGCNvUm76CxVTwkkKr5OVAdJX5httQsmY06a5cULEINO9PuVJToBKk8KtSy40X-sP4yiMLh4Vb-tecCCJnsAZh_Sy0zb-/s320/IMG_9650_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">In front of the Victoria Palace Theatre where "Billy Elliot" has been playing since March of 2005.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXmmlfY2xMctah1sGMJ4-7jkgg5_8LdwFhrq8a5lxKhJ0_TjeA3TzV7x5iVUGAVDwAMRbmUVd8Z84BQXYX0s3BF9gy4vmRkGUPmhCmJsOmiVPq35iYvt7c7v4FIncXCqZz_6RGHyAINuK/s1600/IMG_9653.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533262941354386370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXmmlfY2xMctah1sGMJ4-7jkgg5_8LdwFhrq8a5lxKhJ0_TjeA3TzV7x5iVUGAVDwAMRbmUVd8Z84BQXYX0s3BF9gy4vmRkGUPmhCmJsOmiVPq35iYvt7c7v4FIncXCqZz_6RGHyAINuK/s320/IMG_9653.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy9DlWIvw-ZxebY1oZ3CHgtN9J0kb5QzcQML4tpyXOsyP73EnDXOCd17EJLXbupy5bKnjYG6kpRAT7s7hvE68DVuiT4HliwWsPHuncrzZYPf7P6sVhOQCbpFOnoHggDpgEFA5da6i8K6d/s1600/IMG_9656_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533260351542534162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy9DlWIvw-ZxebY1oZ3CHgtN9J0kb5QzcQML4tpyXOsyP73EnDXOCd17EJLXbupy5bKnjYG6kpRAT7s7hvE68DVuiT4HliwWsPHuncrzZYPf7P6sVhOQCbpFOnoHggDpgEFA5da6i8K6d/s320/IMG_9656_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VSOJDfLjc8tEzFInhfxGAzyeKei4-TNYWORrrCfiU4_oLhJdwgLXq59dldQMY9dZ72O0Sj19OPsaPp90kiJojre06B9K2sqL-wAoKFS6JXeq7msR6QjM2mJxqujXxT1T2SQPbXGe7YZu/s1600/IMG_9657.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533260343616508450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VSOJDfLjc8tEzFInhfxGAzyeKei4-TNYWORrrCfiU4_oLhJdwgLXq59dldQMY9dZ72O0Sj19OPsaPp90kiJojre06B9K2sqL-wAoKFS6JXeq7msR6QjM2mJxqujXxT1T2SQPbXGe7YZu/s320/IMG_9657.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAYbkGL4PFlWP-HsK9OSnYajgShZkbwufjiJ5pvzOmaQnYtug0YcK7I2gBGcejm5c7K528L68FRnsNPuO7-OnKBLKCAxqA7j_nkcVaUb0n6hfJVRX-mbwQBgeZoSRjYaVcKORVkt5tbrI/s1600/IMG_9965_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533260337893876018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAYbkGL4PFlWP-HsK9OSnYajgShZkbwufjiJ5pvzOmaQnYtug0YcK7I2gBGcejm5c7K528L68FRnsNPuO7-OnKBLKCAxqA7j_nkcVaUb0n6hfJVRX-mbwQBgeZoSRjYaVcKORVkt5tbrI/s320/IMG_9965_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">This week on Tuesday we went to "Wicked" at the Apollo Victoria Theatre (right across the way from where "Billy Elliot" was). It has been playing there since Sept. 2006.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8yvHX64JvXXrDf11ygbJV6kInKyKfghVsShPxU2hiuxJ1q5tsr5oHcYpX_wfOa85dWTiRzdjzVtfUSKNl6kDXFQct1LtWA0F_URFFs4GjwRgp_-8__s7KwgcnejT5IMqxYrQ1eaQUL5G/s1600/IMG_9967_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533259350464787522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8yvHX64JvXXrDf11ygbJV6kInKyKfghVsShPxU2hiuxJ1q5tsr5oHcYpX_wfOa85dWTiRzdjzVtfUSKNl6kDXFQct1LtWA0F_URFFs4GjwRgp_-8__s7KwgcnejT5IMqxYrQ1eaQUL5G/s320/IMG_9967_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn94uyQhGKprG85yK4oNrv2f3FC22CIxyItLSRIkvxiBaFrf0IClFQ72ycIlZeF1NWw3FRDtAO4ejCe-HpwrTPac_b-RvLKMhozz3xOvj3b8esMwsxHC_ZH63DmsZnlnohlTRv79Vxfxu/s1600/IMG_9983_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533259342415474914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn94uyQhGKprG85yK4oNrv2f3FC22CIxyItLSRIkvxiBaFrf0IClFQ72ycIlZeF1NWw3FRDtAO4ejCe-HpwrTPac_b-RvLKMhozz3xOvj3b8esMwsxHC_ZH63DmsZnlnohlTRv79Vxfxu/s320/IMG_9983_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> The set for "Wicked"<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk2D9jeGipcNnr9PcqfOB2PFmiQhbSuDsob_sP2zK-N9LuMwCJEyLmCnPHJImFcsNgzn9ChsMpRAdE7LzU0jeKGgvvfpE5aoLBNzyiGYSOA4zoiXNkZMNcRiXAlLE6yE84ba1fBdTSs55/s1600/IMG_9987_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533259341068385938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk2D9jeGipcNnr9PcqfOB2PFmiQhbSuDsob_sP2zK-N9LuMwCJEyLmCnPHJImFcsNgzn9ChsMpRAdE7LzU0jeKGgvvfpE5aoLBNzyiGYSOA4zoiXNkZMNcRiXAlLE6yE84ba1fBdTSs55/s320/IMG_9987_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Follow the yellow brick road!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMMDkWZFMWESVca25u2KKxOmjHEw6e390vglCBZyHwXZhDoGvs4hldQDTkZjOJ4UavZaAcvuhnvpJ2DAeMJqgZEAvRtyHKkCKTolAVLkJHqu_iZsAzjBaWZZsXomiDe5MHamVUhHvbZ7t/s1600/IMG_9988_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533258040184116466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMMDkWZFMWESVca25u2KKxOmjHEw6e390vglCBZyHwXZhDoGvs4hldQDTkZjOJ4UavZaAcvuhnvpJ2DAeMJqgZEAvRtyHKkCKTolAVLkJHqu_iZsAzjBaWZZsXomiDe5MHamVUhHvbZ7t/s320/IMG_9988_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Posters in Leicester Square (might recognize these from the post of my photography social...)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUIExFF1YLg2Lfs_Twe848LsCpxRP3gSLjJmm__MQNMHvyEBNg7ozqeStuNWts7-UyCtCTzq4aiZbQHPS4BCrYNeaTdJtIxJjn9eOVcoO1QM0E7zG_CMSQ57cKtwoQ-3W0CDXtpI6rjfq/s1600/IMG_9989.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533258034521333186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUIExFF1YLg2Lfs_Twe848LsCpxRP3gSLjJmm__MQNMHvyEBNg7ozqeStuNWts7-UyCtCTzq4aiZbQHPS4BCrYNeaTdJtIxJjn9eOVcoO1QM0E7zG_CMSQ57cKtwoQ-3W0CDXtpI6rjfq/s320/IMG_9989.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Dominion Theatre where "We Will Rock You" has been playing for nearly 9 years (literally right outside of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tottenham</span> Court Rd. tube station).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflZRnKzVUYTGy6fBofkgwddy8hIr3TXBXZ0aA_0aFsVoUJM9LqdXIvOt_mPlXkiRlAFzP2qKzYAgsbcpTPP6mxdJpAA6hdCprckVOGzYV5KK_-ah2X3eigKYTuCweimVdbDT7QQmhTwnJ/s1600/IMG_9989_10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533258028765831378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflZRnKzVUYTGy6fBofkgwddy8hIr3TXBXZ0aA_0aFsVoUJM9LqdXIvOt_mPlXkiRlAFzP2qKzYAgsbcpTPP6mxdJpAA6hdCprckVOGzYV5KK_-ah2X3eigKYTuCweimVdbDT7QQmhTwnJ/s320/IMG_9989_10.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1SlAjtvIV9MGEjRepkxbf0Rm_gwicxxxkyAoDtd4WNqXZCqONBpCW0w9jy1SJxuGzHlyu_mNcoKx9josraN6DIEhmgCev4kXmwsrPhFsJwzpOui5bDTXYQiZ_C8x1L0OlUsKZ3aSqXqm/s1600/IMG_9990.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533256802798478594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1SlAjtvIV9MGEjRepkxbf0Rm_gwicxxxkyAoDtd4WNqXZCqONBpCW0w9jy1SJxuGzHlyu_mNcoKx9josraN6DIEhmgCev4kXmwsrPhFsJwzpOui5bDTXYQiZ_C8x1L0OlUsKZ3aSqXqm/s320/IMG_9990.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoy-dNlmdqExm-jWBg1Xkj-zEnoTOW9l23Iw3HCuddzwOdHbOx2eZ1-jU-1Th7lCAiFX95uFDSYIuw5O20PXfzViSUs5RPb1W-jk_PheI-o0uO31yjQnSlWGVn2xmDb3Wpg9jD-UEvPkS/s1600/IMG_9991_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533256797617775698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoy-dNlmdqExm-jWBg1Xkj-zEnoTOW9l23Iw3HCuddzwOdHbOx2eZ1-jU-1Th7lCAiFX95uFDSYIuw5O20PXfzViSUs5RPb1W-jk_PheI-o0uO31yjQnSlWGVn2xmDb3Wpg9jD-UEvPkS/s320/IMG_9991_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolvZlb4KGEYLl-OCX2Txq5b5vIe7FMQAWubzORPdN-2LH3AbRRzBW8QRsfw86WHs4paSIgQksrFsKXIqAvIY1m9B-GYh5_MPsfgIpnxN8vRm_x4NJKwAkifI99w1kx4SvY8XWkupd63v7/s1600/IMG_9992.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533256789146852146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolvZlb4KGEYLl-OCX2Txq5b5vIe7FMQAWubzORPdN-2LH3AbRRzBW8QRsfw86WHs4paSIgQksrFsKXIqAvIY1m9B-GYh5_MPsfgIpnxN8vRm_x4NJKwAkifI99w1kx4SvY8XWkupd63v7/s320/IMG_9992.JPG" /></a><br /><div>So for the past week, Mom and I have been trying to fit in all of the West End (what London calls their version of Broadway) shows we can! If you go to Leicester Square the day of the play, or a few days in advance, the theaters start to release discounted tickets (sometimes up to 50% off) that they know they won't be able to sell at full price before the show. It makes the theater affordable even for some great seats in the stalls and dress circle!</div><div>Starting with Billy Elliot (you may remember the movie) which is the story of a 12 year old boy who starts going to ballet class instead of his boxing classes in the hard times of the 1980's in Durham, England. He falls in love with dancing (and happens to be pretty good), and has to convince his dad and brother of his talent so he can audition for the Royal Ballet School instead of going into the dangerous and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">un-lucrative</span> mining <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">business</span> they are in. As it takes place in a time where miners were losing their lives and rights while on strike, he had to overcome some very strong issues (of course!). It was hilarious and a little sad too! AWESOME!</div><div>Next, we saw Wicked which is based on the best selling novel written after The Wizard of Oz which acts as a sort of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">prequel</span> telling the story of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Glinda</span> (who goes on to be the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz) and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Elphaba</span> (who goes on to be the Wicked Witch of the West that Dorothy runs from in the Wizard of Oz). <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Glinda</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Elphaba</span> meet in sorcery school, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Elphaba</span> being born green, has to overcome some adversities to fit in. It portrays the witches in different lights than the Wizard of Oz and was great <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">despite</span> our sub-par tickets (as it is currently the most popular show in the West End and this is apparently mid-term week where all the kids have off of school like Spring Break, tickets were hard to come by)! Besides, I already knew the popular "Defying Gravity" song thanks to Glee which made it more fun to sing along with.</div><div>Last night we went to see "We Will Rock You" which to be honest, we were a little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wary</span> of because the story takes place in 2310 and sounded pretty strange. Earth as we know it no longer exists, and kids are all forced to dress the same, learn the same songs, watch the same t.v. shows, so they are all brainwashed in order to follow orders from the Killer Queen. A group of rebels (one being called Meat-after Meatloaf and one being called Brit after Britney Spears), have found old magazines and posters referring to popular music and rock 'n' roll, and know that in order to release the kids from their brainwashed states, they must find the only musical instrument still hidden on the planet-once belonging to Queen <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">front-man</span> Freddie Mercury. So weird, right? Right. Well the show was basically all music, very little dialogue other than through songs, and the play is based on songs from Queen. Of course Galileo and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scaramouche</span>, the main characters (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">hmm...</span>sound <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">familiar</span>), find the guitar (buried at was once <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wembley</span> Stadium) and the rebels become the Champions. With songs like "Another One Bites the Dust", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and about 12 more popular songs, I actually thought it was pretty awesome (surprise to me too!). The dancing and singing made the weird story well worth it. Plus, all of the subtle references to popular and present artists/issues made it pretty funny! Was possibly my seond favorite show after Billy Elliot, but really, they were all spectacular shows!!</div><div>All in all, I am so glad I've gotten to see some West End shows and will <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">hopefully</span> see at least one more before I go! I will miss half-priced musicals back in Houston :(</div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-60317558239579629052010-10-28T03:38:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:57:57.714-07:00My Last Photography Social :(<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmlRvHDcFYDj3OyvVpRAnO0ZvRjEP-xJgMXeUCFtAxM5G0Y0zx1dX9SvnK6el1ycoGeBSz9CtabLukPedYmWOv5b4KZgKmmIwcq7aznzpjelkKYeFtPN4_lLgffOI4obp8tlaX18xSNGp/s1600/IMG_0003_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533050808438732322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmlRvHDcFYDj3OyvVpRAnO0ZvRjEP-xJgMXeUCFtAxM5G0Y0zx1dX9SvnK6el1ycoGeBSz9CtabLukPedYmWOv5b4KZgKmmIwcq7aznzpjelkKYeFtPN4_lLgffOI4obp8tlaX18xSNGp/s320/IMG_0003_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRizF_B8atsdhDqU60fg0LGi5nquvht7zW1-LeS-LZmDFnfusYVZePT8Rw0_8C8VQVAhUX6187Vs-HLArphaSrGsEImB3ldcbCRuejF0BH2WWAkMn3R2hILpQeH2b8X6kZ82AQwjGXFaNq/s1600/IMG_0006_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533072494031669490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRizF_B8atsdhDqU60fg0LGi5nquvht7zW1-LeS-LZmDFnfusYVZePT8Rw0_8C8VQVAhUX6187Vs-HLArphaSrGsEImB3ldcbCRuejF0BH2WWAkMn3R2hILpQeH2b8X6kZ82AQwjGXFaNq/s320/IMG_0006_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Yes, I want to see the Deathtrap play for the sole reason that Jonathan Groff (Glee's Jesse) is in it (and no, this photo and many of the others do not have any relevance to the challenge)!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPgrBiwSnZjnWLuP6xDv-5gVuUjUxwjKj4yHwjOJdr5KE5eb3C7-ysGYxREPBUuctJwKHa5UUFx2K-3xB3s2W-bd-x-gxhIM7fWiebhIrfTU21jvCtm50KO7kzLiiWwfMecruhEV75KKA/s1600/IMG_0005_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533050796048525826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPgrBiwSnZjnWLuP6xDv-5gVuUjUxwjKj4yHwjOJdr5KE5eb3C7-ysGYxREPBUuctJwKHa5UUFx2K-3xB3s2W-bd-x-gxhIM7fWiebhIrfTU21jvCtm50KO7kzLiiWwfMecruhEV75KKA/s320/IMG_0005_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Shoes! ok, getting sidetracked again...</span></div><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObxeHoROwiligg-K8DCU6vzLYvRuruiiLpDAxyCPj6Q-itPCb_X7yxgHW1D2ueutL4IzwYfn71FnPNlzM-MTlYjTxBnxtjNzqZfPFzlwt8QkrnHUwBnp1d3TIk5dheX0-zGAG54D0MydA/s1600/IMG_0009_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533050790403113170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObxeHoROwiligg-K8DCU6vzLYvRuruiiLpDAxyCPj6Q-itPCb_X7yxgHW1D2ueutL4IzwYfn71FnPNlzM-MTlYjTxBnxtjNzqZfPFzlwt8QkrnHUwBnp1d3TIk5dheX0-zGAG54D0MydA/s320/IMG_0009_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">"Use Reflections" was one of our ten challenges to get photos of<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUQsDWjBXgU6z7p2W8zIk9CYKMH2FYoPZgzOlNXd6U97G-veu6nMtzcEVkqtvMJxr4WSrI4deQsfpqDBUpH0FQSHFZ3IVbDbkcY-rhwdckJkdGsXWhA5VDZbAgC5e3z-swxmN4GW_6nu4/s1600/IMG_0011_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533072512776394066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUQsDWjBXgU6z7p2W8zIk9CYKMH2FYoPZgzOlNXd6U97G-veu6nMtzcEVkqtvMJxr4WSrI4deQsfpqDBUpH0FQSHFZ3IVbDbkcY-rhwdckJkdGsXWhA5VDZbAgC5e3z-swxmN4GW_6nu4/s320/IMG_0011_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> "Use Props" or on the way to "Shoot a portrait not showing someone's face" (but obviously didn't quite get there). Could also be "Capture Personality"...kind of (all depends on how you sell it to the judges!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yyPt7vAyYszJrSwR29I41dbCZQ0i46P-JEKbIxhk-BVaF0zl114xOEkVSZ22pLiOi56LTwaaBUOBzF6ZOH8doioz5LNb0ho9vy7wvvdhyvvpMLtr-WzmCb2fC2Odn1h4elSz35ChKN5o/s1600/IMG_0013_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533049746993298802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yyPt7vAyYszJrSwR29I41dbCZQ0i46P-JEKbIxhk-BVaF0zl114xOEkVSZ22pLiOi56LTwaaBUOBzF6ZOH8doioz5LNb0ho9vy7wvvdhyvvpMLtr-WzmCb2fC2Odn1h4elSz35ChKN5o/s320/IMG_0013_01.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtjn-z1hw2xwQMRBqcc3-pCzBCFRjWMOe1gUq5u-tfIwbhQ_t_HN5SHHOel05GhtgqWPbJ6OvfVOmdrkPyyVYD_fXcrzYVBloVvP8fn0Tm9HSVy6aIZ1jMwbYs-EOqMuTy345pl6quzAH/s1600/IMG_0015_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533058258696874962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtjn-z1hw2xwQMRBqcc3-pCzBCFRjWMOe1gUq5u-tfIwbhQ_t_HN5SHHOel05GhtgqWPbJ6OvfVOmdrkPyyVYD_fXcrzYVBloVvP8fn0Tm9HSVy6aIZ1jMwbYs-EOqMuTy345pl6quzAH/s320/IMG_0015_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;">More non-relavant photos...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3Wekqr0im7OvvZ9s3NJ1PFEJo1kUHG1SCiwxq0HnVpAFho7JHBgfBkTyzSqcFX9AfrPzjQP8VC2wQJ2cgY4EjT-yqOh4RU7vI9tUHRcbujPRToo8NDL373pbs1PmWVDu1RapV1DxhjZ0/s1600/IMG_0018_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533049713883053970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3Wekqr0im7OvvZ9s3NJ1PFEJo1kUHG1SCiwxq0HnVpAFho7JHBgfBkTyzSqcFX9AfrPzjQP8VC2wQJ2cgY4EjT-yqOh4RU7vI9tUHRcbujPRToo8NDL373pbs1PmWVDu1RapV1DxhjZ0/s320/IMG_0018_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">"Use Shadows" was another challenge</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtazr3vN5WOP-rbCG7tTHNnAsZUgrsYV5ibtvJXJzfzidDIeQ04LQWenaLn07U0IR4ma3y0NhFAMbnsxp4voAmrELdFvqyLhtprntHkH8se2EUwcHH0dhOpK8TmOvDmKJrqWOrRQ5cDZam/s1600/IMG_0022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533047437943746642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtazr3vN5WOP-rbCG7tTHNnAsZUgrsYV5ibtvJXJzfzidDIeQ04LQWenaLn07U0IR4ma3y0NhFAMbnsxp4voAmrELdFvqyLhtprntHkH8se2EUwcHH0dhOpK8TmOvDmKJrqWOrRQ5cDZam/s320/IMG_0022.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> More shadows!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHHN7hymHBPnx2lWUUG3b3eTqFNrnbswTyb_AVv2WHZz2EDRuQwvNbl2LoizvKIbD6iXZ4jALHU3JcFcItTPR9hmeleHYBPVA_6SWlV62YFFK_LbTCXdkrS34kbI1jlspIfCzexEKBbnT/s1600/IMG_0026_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533056983597315490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHHN7hymHBPnx2lWUUG3b3eTqFNrnbswTyb_AVv2WHZz2EDRuQwvNbl2LoizvKIbD6iXZ4jALHU3JcFcItTPR9hmeleHYBPVA_6SWlV62YFFK_LbTCXdkrS34kbI1jlspIfCzexEKBbnT/s320/IMG_0026_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">"Take a photo from an unusual viewpoint"<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBdG7IaWFNLYWGjc2u-VYK-L6PJ5NP07_5PnicDfTIlw4mbC8l31bpyULBRYeiBOsPVadmXMWta1i7XnW3UdLCVNwoBXUJNHjDhZuENW4D2rh2tvvMBF4tNGvJTJsfr21QSue9vp4cXOH/s1600/IMG_0036_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533047432713907906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBdG7IaWFNLYWGjc2u-VYK-L6PJ5NP07_5PnicDfTIlw4mbC8l31bpyULBRYeiBOsPVadmXMWta1i7XnW3UdLCVNwoBXUJNHjDhZuENW4D2rh2tvvMBF4tNGvJTJsfr21QSue9vp4cXOH/s320/IMG_0036_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> "Create Drama" (and as you might have noticed, we were supposed to bring props as well, as one challenge was "Use Props", hence the witches hat and the perfect opportunity to use it thanks to Wicked posters in Leicester Square!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1y5rbBRHarhyphenhyphenzteqlapt4BhM9RTgBCuQyhObyOYZyuQR7_HwXvsGk22cSveEYoRo6x-4kuvcGZ7OrDdaxmlh_OqQJKaiLh5dPFl6mtmNkYEaLEAfxpyx76UoUKlFOl-qnkTDF46swIns2/s1600/IMG_0037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533047415709076066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1y5rbBRHarhyphenhyphenzteqlapt4BhM9RTgBCuQyhObyOYZyuQR7_HwXvsGk22cSveEYoRo6x-4kuvcGZ7OrDdaxmlh_OqQJKaiLh5dPFl6mtmNkYEaLEAfxpyx76UoUKlFOl-qnkTDF46swIns2/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">To get her in the right place where she would be the same size as Glinda in the poster (or as close as we could get) took quite a bit of moving, repositioning, and looking a bit silly!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iPdwhzzPlMLGCkTwHdUQVinoiqBqIcr5jQdEexvd-MdCO8ydZU5h6JoJZqlfsUUaIl6wnwPeZ1UVAqYWErtYC23io8K8bLmZz3kUqyu6v8iynvskHgWcdH0iwGx1CMnTtXyoS5ZLu7NS/s1600/IMG_9991_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533046217542668466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iPdwhzzPlMLGCkTwHdUQVinoiqBqIcr5jQdEexvd-MdCO8ydZU5h6JoJZqlfsUUaIl6wnwPeZ1UVAqYWErtYC23io8K8bLmZz3kUqyu6v8iynvskHgWcdH0iwGx1CMnTtXyoS5ZLu7NS/s320/IMG_9991_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MsN9MLl7kkCuKiN45Zx7cig8ix5LKgfUdr5OYAVzj6xtnCenwYgv7NKEqcY0LUVk2kn81yxlkJQ_E24LApiEBLJDJJqXWxf81T3lvlOVrMTk8THE9mmm2XuR3hUJUxitK7dEj3CkBkB4/s1600/IMG_9992_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533046202822758786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MsN9MLl7kkCuKiN45Zx7cig8ix5LKgfUdr5OYAVzj6xtnCenwYgv7NKEqcY0LUVk2kn81yxlkJQ_E24LApiEBLJDJJqXWxf81T3lvlOVrMTk8THE9mmm2XuR3hUJUxitK7dEj3CkBkB4/s320/IMG_9992_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> "Self Portrait" was one of the challenges as well although this didn't turn out too great...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawPa84CsfZhpgKKf4AWdnOghTffPmH1tVWZErzPX2xXgbd3qs7L_nDeJsA2F3xOT6DYhKk0A87FRpcFCNRDhCZxbIOfERm7Xqf-XGR0UXW0HKOLjQlai2pMD2WShTtgIx2dRtA4vkj9Wx/s1600/IMG_9993_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533046183836253506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawPa84CsfZhpgKKf4AWdnOghTffPmH1tVWZErzPX2xXgbd3qs7L_nDeJsA2F3xOT6DYhKk0A87FRpcFCNRDhCZxbIOfERm7Xqf-XGR0UXW0HKOLjQlai2pMD2WShTtgIx2dRtA4vkj9Wx/s320/IMG_9993_01.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div><div>Theme of this social is: (drumroll please) PORTRAITURE! This immediately made me not want to sign up because if you've noticed, I don't really like people in my photos. Not only that, but our teamates and ourselevs are supposed to be the subjects in the photos which made it less appealing (that's why I take the photos, so I don't have to be in them!). And the third drawback? Bring props!haha... But I'm really glad I went because the next social isn't until Nov. 17th which is the day I go back to the states :( . So our night started at the Round Table pub in Leicester Square and we got our assignment with our ten different challenges pertaining to portraits "Shoot an abstract portrait, Use backlighting in a portrait, and the ones listed above (plus one more I can't remember). Our team, "Shooting Pumpkins" (a take on Smashing Pumpkins, Halloween, and Shooting in the photography sense), went around Leicester Square for an hour trying to get all the shots in. It proved to be as hard as the last social on the boat where instead of shooting randomly, you have to plan all of your shots and even create a few! As usual though, I had a great time, and I will really miss all my photography friends :( I only wish they had something like this in Houston!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-86607252935765307102010-10-24T14:39:00.000-07:002010-10-25T10:39:13.656-07:00A Beautiful Autumn Day in Kew Gardens<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_UGAjm26burw4_xZr8EpyZQRm8iK9dpSutAxJmEbJ7ujc7Hg6NEQ5NEJHK6HGJIgOtOxM0gcxwWHbpnaZ96Gqc03NN01aQ3ISlK1WLmqGXGFs8v_NaQN6F5hAS7ZLsfsKEVKYLEXfMt_/s1600/IMG_9690.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531981638308443890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_UGAjm26burw4_xZr8EpyZQRm8iK9dpSutAxJmEbJ7ujc7Hg6NEQ5NEJHK6HGJIgOtOxM0gcxwWHbpnaZ96Gqc03NN01aQ3ISlK1WLmqGXGFs8v_NaQN6F5hAS7ZLsfsKEVKYLEXfMt_/s320/IMG_9690.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The theme of this album is red, orange, and yellow for Fall!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaycySktK4j46vsK3Af0784EMA7XsvLysMJD6x_JV3vAtOQRi6pKKBkLUlAkccC2AcfuQZk9evqnHy0LBHUsl2wrbcCrgkeDjeWjyokxjMe-hPQfcwAbt9PMwjcjGQIO-HD31-X1MHoIm/s1600/IMG_9703.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531981634883389810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaycySktK4j46vsK3Af0784EMA7XsvLysMJD6x_JV3vAtOQRi6pKKBkLUlAkccC2AcfuQZk9evqnHy0LBHUsl2wrbcCrgkeDjeWjyokxjMe-hPQfcwAbt9PMwjcjGQIO-HD31-X1MHoIm/s320/IMG_9703.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3btQVPLj9hUumO0I0jClPBCtrawVdwGfLL4M2p5ILoM9C5nR0ts1vGEI1J6BpviSVkrD5q9sp56qFS3ALbEct0JZWLEUmyhe1VwHSSlXO4k1miWAgJLhp71BY-Zopc30tW-80Az_8vWN/s1600/IMG_9713.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531980450015088162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3btQVPLj9hUumO0I0jClPBCtrawVdwGfLL4M2p5ILoM9C5nR0ts1vGEI1J6BpviSVkrD5q9sp56qFS3ALbEct0JZWLEUmyhe1VwHSSlXO4k1miWAgJLhp71BY-Zopc30tW-80Az_8vWN/s320/IMG_9713.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2FBTTwwCYRsIbgNjriG9ZsviqB1b_SETEx4ZblDeeVrLPVO0A0Tyqne3CbpnCRIwNR-nDfD2AwAtawQhOomkjYJa6AQHKVmvZLpOIUzGlh-0gS2WSgje4UjydoOdDKY9ekqxt7KHvEy8/s1600/IMG_9714.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531978887640722226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEIMbPZfiq3hz9Uvw_yedfT0mGQgh3kgnx-XXhx897rGn_N7dwJp-GJoYfn4ZKIphWCDzFGl5Gb-Abm9L7aOBAF-1BIzEdULhVb_dcc92IJm9REX49XOZYAiSzcGpSR_z7EprAGqp9PsH/s320/IMG_9722.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Gardens hold over 14,000 trees spread over 326 acres, and we decided to wander through the Winter Wonderland area to see all the different Christmas trees!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlCeCpcHI532GJhzym0Txhxh0ec5o-Cgyuc-WtSemES7MoE9dxwJmFd1UijQM4-xqYgiB5vZtqbiEXLpXx-HehIP6stKj1BexXy5ipLZPI4qq6Mtxo0UbXJAQrHYtuQEoGlS0NYXTS1tC/s1600/IMG_9732.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531977277361639314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlCeCpcHI532GJhzym0Txhxh0ec5o-Cgyuc-WtSemES7MoE9dxwJmFd1UijQM4-xqYgiB5vZtqbiEXLpXx-HehIP6stKj1BexXy5ipLZPI4qq6Mtxo0UbXJAQrHYtuQEoGlS0NYXTS1tC/s320/IMG_9732.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzdC0Gn25UxInRy87ZnKwhpdTPqyFx06jNAYZHshxTydMBy8v_V0wFi3Z2vy0mvyRqpXVk9M5fwG3l7kyV5G9UaAl86G5iKeQPTg072C6Vir_HSHzWl7NlFxm8zc9usW6UB4B_Lrn9Nrj/s1600/IMG_9741.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531977276523785762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzdC0Gn25UxInRy87ZnKwhpdTPqyFx06jNAYZHshxTydMBy8v_V0wFi3Z2vy0mvyRqpXVk9M5fwG3l7kyV5G9UaAl86G5iKeQPTg072C6Vir_HSHzWl7NlFxm8zc9usW6UB4B_Lrn9Nrj/s320/IMG_9741.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Butterflies in the Princess of Wales Conservatory</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbydvi4duxJ87S0U8RpOfMLUp7I6TGtWlOOwHb1MuhljuaamrakaM3BG_ynAYTs0Dr_byDfc0bPREgtrMxJW-n7OpurbIJkGQK1WW8m_bdFvxHHUpzmEoZgGPQuMva7yY9bP6AFMDIi1oh/s1600/IMG_9749.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531977267235571106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbydvi4duxJ87S0U8RpOfMLUp7I6TGtWlOOwHb1MuhljuaamrakaM3BG_ynAYTs0Dr_byDfc0bPREgtrMxJW-n7OpurbIJkGQK1WW8m_bdFvxHHUpzmEoZgGPQuMva7yY9bP6AFMDIi1oh/s320/IMG_9749.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrbAo5Trt0xrCgtujlW7oCu2RWyMC6rIkFxRZUyrjaerag8X4aJt_ucrqvU3N3-TzT1dxGYi5Vy1g5Pvf4JrWkyiH7Aa6qhLtNtS5Tc8ZyzSDiMzIG3TXfLOpqJZduPfYCE6KNc2vX-Gd/s1600/IMG_9753.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531976077915143730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF36MjjT6fW3FrTK9EOQHqdSucrcn2-9f7E1snzCL2Qo6x10ibYcUUUoJZ2qJfd1bJYHBY03NSyNGz-B7_WetJ7fwcZMB5YTAckvDuGWfdoe9ANXXxWGzrC7yRz3NymcuwWK4dq8POY4qV/s320/IMG_9769.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">He wasn't too cooperative to get his photo taken, but I finally got a good photo of him!</span></div><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVOttJWAn1UqXc0Y5qa6dt90wuP5V4X6dhX27F4h24QKXF1BQYdIrtqC7OyswmVvksuM8B5ipBgz5FDaPuY4rCQjLDq0HNC4YacHMN71a4fsiOyfQIi0YV_yo1cFhZyBlIs0ymGY3n-n7/s1600/IMG_9776.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531974880921146994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVOttJWAn1UqXc0Y5qa6dt90wuP5V4X6dhX27F4h24QKXF1BQYdIrtqC7OyswmVvksuM8B5ipBgz5FDaPuY4rCQjLDq0HNC4YacHMN71a4fsiOyfQIi0YV_yo1cFhZyBlIs0ymGY3n-n7/s320/IMG_9776.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Inside the Orchid House</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbunUeEiWZ3CEkjWBbYDGKalCtMMPoII7muoUvOIpnGYY-FLOjf4Zo-IeSb-W-BjVhYVM7VPbyhgpKZVbFQr1_5KVqvanrNCIVSq8RN2_DPZ4SUl-KXsA_sN1ukEY1R3ae6iSQEsu6KiO7/s1600/IMG_9777.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531974873393296386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbunUeEiWZ3CEkjWBbYDGKalCtMMPoII7muoUvOIpnGYY-FLOjf4Zo-IeSb-W-BjVhYVM7VPbyhgpKZVbFQr1_5KVqvanrNCIVSq8RN2_DPZ4SUl-KXsA_sN1ukEY1R3ae6iSQEsu6KiO7/s320/IMG_9777.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZIlhntlONKubu4x8jCSP-EfiD7T6CoxvqHpW9ZlPISGD5bZKpCwamJtEqbJ99IDCzYbHz_zmSkFy-0samVH_wzSNa1mgE15c3u8Zq-DbdjHmd0ptS8xbvkGp-YZOFTDO4DZw8x-v6rIy/s1600/IMG_9783.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531974867483325074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZIlhntlONKubu4x8jCSP-EfiD7T6CoxvqHpW9ZlPISGD5bZKpCwamJtEqbJ99IDCzYbHz_zmSkFy-0samVH_wzSNa1mgE15c3u8Zq-DbdjHmd0ptS8xbvkGp-YZOFTDO4DZw8x-v6rIy/s320/IMG_9783.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjw10zxsm7zSdvSeZg8VcXA1gRgPDl3OSex9Vc4VYd1MzkvpuClyDt45uh54OK4oayPv0eWXGeQDOuVCDS3-BFj4oAjn47YPqub1Q3m6BeotOwvAZQi1CV-06VjceIRGIKBopnFGnWpX8m/s1600/IMG_9788.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531973699170337010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjw10zxsm7zSdvSeZg8VcXA1gRgPDl3OSex9Vc4VYd1MzkvpuClyDt45uh54OK4oayPv0eWXGeQDOuVCDS3-BFj4oAjn47YPqub1Q3m6BeotOwvAZQi1CV-06VjceIRGIKBopnFGnWpX8m/s320/IMG_9788.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Cacti like in Texas! Now I feel more at home. I don't believe I've ever written the word "cacti" before...</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORfJFuC5Hg7zKSbmzRQ6qMG4nC1AByrW3iroY6wgNzPaJY950utwT7npInVuSJHw60eQk9shIQt7p-OmQajE85vwSlJdhRxYzvd0P2JxBDu2pRby94qsFEL6H9omMkPHKWzqg4vFB8OGG/s1600/IMG_9793.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531973694165438386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORfJFuC5Hg7zKSbmzRQ6qMG4nC1AByrW3iroY6wgNzPaJY950utwT7npInVuSJHw60eQk9shIQt7p-OmQajE85vwSlJdhRxYzvd0P2JxBDu2pRby94qsFEL6H9omMkPHKWzqg4vFB8OGG/s320/IMG_9793.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhsDOYe49F042PdvLfZQu2w-TrI1Ct7tFu8afTU2SLlyCBZht0i8ooOrGrV3XmatRF4koFhCHsEwaiDGIDvAk3pqAMznoCBZgLM2a_TjzoRr41Q0whvuCm4xgPYBvQGxQeNFFCAa7ClGW/s1600/IMG_9799.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531973685255113714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhsDOYe49F042PdvLfZQu2w-TrI1Ct7tFu8afTU2SLlyCBZht0i8ooOrGrV3XmatRF4koFhCHsEwaiDGIDvAk3pqAMznoCBZgLM2a_TjzoRr41Q0whvuCm4xgPYBvQGxQeNFFCAa7ClGW/s320/IMG_9799.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Palm House</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1Q7-hoxgH7j1MascLlaHUnGenf3JidWA0oXvYg01BMwV7EnxJ9wDx05Mle3XyZ3KcRgb8kLuiwDx4_o5WuLF52f5xj7DIhjTWJNc-t4GpMIQCZgPZi8D71PTuU42PSxJe1GH8TYKhL3l/s1600/IMG_9806.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531972044639686402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1Q7-hoxgH7j1MascLlaHUnGenf3JidWA0oXvYg01BMwV7EnxJ9wDx05Mle3XyZ3KcRgb8kLuiwDx4_o5WuLF52f5xj7DIhjTWJNc-t4GpMIQCZgPZi8D71PTuU42PSxJe1GH8TYKhL3l/s320/IMG_9806.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPr_MJYrklCwRlIWfiCVpUtSEKwMX5yUkSeI0AOMVWDayGXvsQ2oLQJVhiotpIOgfPAqsa3Z2TCQ4vXQiptW8H4Wv_kgJAuwj57gjHhXAB-F_7eqCd5U1u8vesRbzlIHeHgXpfiJr8VUy/s1600/IMG_9808.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531972032724787042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPr_MJYrklCwRlIWfiCVpUtSEKwMX5yUkSeI0AOMVWDayGXvsQ2oLQJVhiotpIOgfPAqsa3Z2TCQ4vXQiptW8H4Wv_kgJAuwj57gjHhXAB-F_7eqCd5U1u8vesRbzlIHeHgXpfiJr8VUy/s320/IMG_9808.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNV8IaNy_UTGK5h1ZcJe49KNx1wKpBevKLFp-26qOmzL_Yn73-3aJ3YU6xpz8PSBp1wiSCtsMm4O1C7iu_o0LHnvdnYyKsPjDQntMt1eq6f-YNgIkR5i44UVNYcJCVgKYveoHxLBOUJkW/s1600/IMG_9815.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531972028002636098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNV8IaNy_UTGK5h1ZcJe49KNx1wKpBevKLFp-26qOmzL_Yn73-3aJ3YU6xpz8PSBp1wiSCtsMm4O1C7iu_o0LHnvdnYyKsPjDQntMt1eq6f-YNgIkR5i44UVNYcJCVgKYveoHxLBOUJkW/s320/IMG_9815.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnTfMiPdVhXsCuZym5FQxavcJbHT159avlV9hfhSgH1Itgmqi3t5fnsWFSn4TMR3BK0p-wTYMByiAb-sbaX8CSzSXctrseYgEFctB8An84_DQ3q1Qu1GXd_HQTeewOVQBwQ0Fj4vXHlI0/s1600/IMG_9819.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531970595613959986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnTfMiPdVhXsCuZym5FQxavcJbHT159avlV9hfhSgH1Itgmqi3t5fnsWFSn4TMR3BK0p-wTYMByiAb-sbaX8CSzSXctrseYgEFctB8An84_DQ3q1Qu1GXd_HQTeewOVQBwQ0Fj4vXHlI0/s320/IMG_9819.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">We went into the Palm House mainly to get to the Waterlily House, and as it is set to Tropical Rainforest climate and we were in our clothes dressed to walk around in 45 degree weather, we couldn't stay in there too long...</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDNETdfThyphenhyphenQfhQCNH2yiT2pEiUyf7TMeU-w3SweqZc5sCVAeHYd97vJHha5lnEIPeDb9xzhJLdA4lD7I7Z5G_23GZpitZ37BOBMfpV5OV7dDGl_IKetgFkxikDQEbiE3Ea3yMDaM-i8Fw/s1600/IMG_9826.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531970584037832370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDNETdfThyphenhyphenQfhQCNH2yiT2pEiUyf7TMeU-w3SweqZc5sCVAeHYd97vJHha5lnEIPeDb9xzhJLdA4lD7I7Z5G_23GZpitZ37BOBMfpV5OV7dDGl_IKetgFkxikDQEbiE3Ea3yMDaM-i8Fw/s320/IMG_9826.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Inside the Waterlily House with the biggest lily pads I've ever seen!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmE4JjBTQAzZsDOww8AeHIG2d3GeRZQXq7nfi2INLAy_XbSw7II3CjxATNFLwg3fKCuHAgHcNjZR4iHEMQNuldkXAoC-72oTcFh7gz1EB1qynsialjmD5dxwifY5BGbis0lpPbuM_3EOU/s1600/IMG_9829.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531970568050531282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmE4JjBTQAzZsDOww8AeHIG2d3GeRZQXq7nfi2INLAy_XbSw7II3CjxATNFLwg3fKCuHAgHcNjZR4iHEMQNuldkXAoC-72oTcFh7gz1EB1qynsialjmD5dxwifY5BGbis0lpPbuM_3EOU/s320/IMG_9829.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hLAvrGewkoXvT-sYcx-53uQv5Z57qvi5T8izuDafw3M7ufF00uoP92pkYO4BAj1Tapl9sccl2lPzX7HfpNntfBaEi6TzAZqjjl71Rhz5j8bqNzkf1IPLcPUAClfUqDczVtXLntHJaaBp/s1600/IMG_9831.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531969019483026018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hLAvrGewkoXvT-sYcx-53uQv5Z57qvi5T8izuDafw3M7ufF00uoP92pkYO4BAj1Tapl9sccl2lPzX7HfpNntfBaEi6TzAZqjjl71Rhz5j8bqNzkf1IPLcPUAClfUqDczVtXLntHJaaBp/s320/IMG_9831.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOwoxWDPr_HJ5QVAa6_x_2Rx4YvdKG1iBIyMEArF-2eZFWVPYfSLZ_AjzZeN5cWLXQauHtH-q6nmIHsxoqKWhbQlnd67boslsM3F8wTmyRz_iAMq3fpEJ6BKvym3n5wE6Nf6mQbSsmqW/s1600/IMG_9837.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531969014350427922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOwoxWDPr_HJ5QVAa6_x_2Rx4YvdKG1iBIyMEArF-2eZFWVPYfSLZ_AjzZeN5cWLXQauHtH-q6nmIHsxoqKWhbQlnd67boslsM3F8wTmyRz_iAMq3fpEJ6BKvym3n5wE6Nf6mQbSsmqW/s320/IMG_9837.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx27do5Ult9izPBls9ef1gNd2i3TxXM-jyOXHAWhvztFE2NTYhbZV4JZgwMMBVyxmqAsjgnBGII77TxBNKTB4j-xsmS2dJIaSig5jjL-zO-UcHMSkt2dM0Gncgz-PVQn8VF_qN8uGqD2J/s1600/IMG_9846.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531969007632911394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx27do5Ult9izPBls9ef1gNd2i3TxXM-jyOXHAWhvztFE2NTYhbZV4JZgwMMBVyxmqAsjgnBGII77TxBNKTB4j-xsmS2dJIaSig5jjL-zO-UcHMSkt2dM0Gncgz-PVQn8VF_qN8uGqD2J/s320/IMG_9846.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Temperate House which I thought was pretty boring.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqM-BWZq98h1y5SyPt9_0AMuhuWbDKtqrGQDHecif2So_f_zZLxHjdS8DzXIBPPyc-SU42Htu7MI0e_PFYr80MG0_To3jaKStPEzeO1iicDV7iuscWhgcSuVrrMLeAUmFW41VNHXwkLJI/s1600/IMG_9849.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531967387815374226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqM-BWZq98h1y5SyPt9_0AMuhuWbDKtqrGQDHecif2So_f_zZLxHjdS8DzXIBPPyc-SU42Htu7MI0e_PFYr80MG0_To3jaKStPEzeO1iicDV7iuscWhgcSuVrrMLeAUmFW41VNHXwkLJI/s320/IMG_9849.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Xstrata Treetop Walkway that gets you 18 meters above the ground (no I don't know how many feet that is).</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tXk9LXL2GJQPPDTBS3KeRA2ls90fAKKhfCb3WBGNOmevqWidxyi_yIOD8OHwNT7GVr5QiSsNPCMWdPGn639H5XcsHu0mYDnSwaKTW_nFCVRp66LOPFUl5w1R014XZ9I9Y4_ysrUnmoYl/s1600/IMG_9855.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531967374598753202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tXk9LXL2GJQPPDTBS3KeRA2ls90fAKKhfCb3WBGNOmevqWidxyi_yIOD8OHwNT7GVr5QiSsNPCMWdPGn639H5XcsHu0mYDnSwaKTW_nFCVRp66LOPFUl5w1R014XZ9I9Y4_ysrUnmoYl/s320/IMG_9855.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdqr0RS0JSWsmq5uq6Hapn5Who_2k9_SIRT40C0iZl8HfqF334KCtesDGuaplyGX6POWb_AABZttRmzKueTS1tw3t6XxUXcoDuRkWEofr5Y8VtCTBvMvjg6pvaPWqlFaRO6V__fH1W0lD/s1600/IMG_9873.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531967367153370594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdqr0RS0JSWsmq5uq6Hapn5Who_2k9_SIRT40C0iZl8HfqF334KCtesDGuaplyGX6POWb_AABZttRmzKueTS1tw3t6XxUXcoDuRkWEofr5Y8VtCTBvMvjg6pvaPWqlFaRO6V__fH1W0lD/s320/IMG_9873.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJJi7SqO0GIJx2xahW4eIslOVnAbKD80yCPAuWuWLgwBxOFJsVc_a-a0PkvjCTJSgk7KXC3Ymba8QtryXRW_UB6xiJSEkI-4UL4YgB0526BZ3RP_zBrR8Ls6tVvv8c9oVELq_KUJmjuwy/s1600/IMG_9888.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531963237827890546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJJi7SqO0GIJx2xahW4eIslOVnAbKD80yCPAuWuWLgwBxOFJsVc_a-a0PkvjCTJSgk7KXC3Ymba8QtryXRW_UB6xiJSEkI-4UL4YgB0526BZ3RP_zBrR8Ls6tVvv8c9oVELq_KUJmjuwy/s320/IMG_9888.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE8gVQ03a8tm3C-FXCKa7eTIelSGWkUO63KnG3eRAIKbHsFQehVg1FTfzEm4lm8c8scukLouhz30n5jwXy47z2VFHqssIHIkFt70-4BcHS4c0GTFNi1pJNSpd7KhpOjQ2cqp_qdYiNo8M/s1600/IMG_9893.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531963234934674274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdE8gVQ03a8tm3C-FXCKa7eTIelSGWkUO63KnG3eRAIKbHsFQehVg1FTfzEm4lm8c8scukLouhz30n5jwXy47z2VFHqssIHIkFt70-4BcHS4c0GTFNi1pJNSpd7KhpOjQ2cqp_qdYiNo8M/s320/IMG_9893.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Just saw this guy roaming around trying to eat some berries!!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIpYvzXUwqtAHBcBqUQx2jEKiRRbEGPOIgsj-LfOZGqwpXYXp46jdVnhDr6JAhsVXg-achi0CUOhsahomfzXSY_RDsQBefbI110UqeYUJMzWgwMcb9gcJ_N8q7k7jYrj5bWsh-shtBw-7/s1600/IMG_9895.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531735026178333346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrI3-16-9VjzfeWf0Curi1gHRGM0_zC7y-DwcofSwJssJTIVjLMpwQfgbhC71QMkoH-V5YScs9AwseQVAo_As1iHAA_mNA7-E3RNwtSZebe8NhaeRKPaaqldRMT7q1ZcMHzuyjb9wOu7ZQ/s320/IMG_9963.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">What's better to end a great Autumns day than a jug of Mai Tai's with my new friend Lauren in Clapham Common? It even carried on the color theme of the day! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><br /></span><div></div><div></div><div>So we spent about 4 hours roaming around the Gardens, and only made it about halfway through (granted we ate lunch, stopped for hot tea, and went into the giftshop-well two of those). The weather said it would be a completely sunny day, but of course, they were wrong as usual, and right as we decided to leave around 4 or so, it started pouring on us. Despite the rain, it was a perfect, very brisk Autumn Day roaming around the gardens!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-89627426984528319072010-10-22T06:30:00.000-07:002010-10-23T14:41:15.388-07:00Falltime means Christmas in London!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LgzkqJM0CcJJ_WUQDfLHC6xO8T3GH4Re6JekTeWAEPxLL64CaRuqXMSJW7J8YjCkk61-xP77Vf7CWHYtaMAVjxrQAVcGQo14nCSVv1TelxeWj81LbZItH436S0L4OJFTPrsT7FhUrqLR/s1600/IMG_9633.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530877992746573634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LgzkqJM0CcJJ_WUQDfLHC6xO8T3GH4Re6JekTeWAEPxLL64CaRuqXMSJW7J8YjCkk61-xP77Vf7CWHYtaMAVjxrQAVcGQo14nCSVv1TelxeWj81LbZItH436S0L4OJFTPrsT7FhUrqLR/s320/IMG_9633.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Mom and Bob going to get some groceries down in Balham<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDob8XQvO5P1J9f30ghmnvsv9VCDP5B4UcyFR2NXgtHFYOIVxionKkxigLVDYHM8OQ4SnpQE77teqNsXffDECKGvTJBZRbEnk2JqNKkT8u0NJ19AtwYnvzFaMlJ1SOwo1FC9zuByhp3PZS/s1600/IMG_9635.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530877987493251746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDob8XQvO5P1J9f30ghmnvsv9VCDP5B4UcyFR2NXgtHFYOIVxionKkxigLVDYHM8OQ4SnpQE77teqNsXffDECKGvTJBZRbEnk2JqNKkT8u0NJ19AtwYnvzFaMlJ1SOwo1FC9zuByhp3PZS/s320/IMG_9635.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Oxford Circus at sunset (which is at like 6 p.m. now...)<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-9bUgRkzaibbYrGsjPC6xTDnGgsFfG1r5ophtLmBwJUM8WwigO91RxPbVY_3gLqI7xITXburCz4SxND5Y96dJhMeFMOpCPCMbid6e35UlQRvglSuVPuVUFPABRiSiKeDtdRsLDx5pAef/s1600/IMG_9637.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530877978685282466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-9bUgRkzaibbYrGsjPC6xTDnGgsFfG1r5ophtLmBwJUM8WwigO91RxPbVY_3gLqI7xITXburCz4SxND5Y96dJhMeFMOpCPCMbid6e35UlQRvglSuVPuVUFPABRiSiKeDtdRsLDx5pAef/s320/IMG_9637.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLixL3U1KWQvNYQKwr9xN2YVSrufK7zYNoPwd1w6f6sg3kYCHbVCnVEB_04peLGCAcvpsJDxuvYv_k6CuuO4DB_WpG86wuAz-bwy_o386on3h7E5LD1HL5a1BvGfhyGUk7kTipoAgDrqA/s1600/IMG_9638.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530877974109435330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLixL3U1KWQvNYQKwr9xN2YVSrufK7zYNoPwd1w6f6sg3kYCHbVCnVEB_04peLGCAcvpsJDxuvYv_k6CuuO4DB_WpG86wuAz-bwy_o386on3h7E5LD1HL5a1BvGfhyGUk7kTipoAgDrqA/s320/IMG_9638.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Oxford Street has their Christmas decorations up, and I love it! (it's ok to put up Christmas decorations here in October because it's actually cold, I don't think Halloween is that big here, and of course there is no Thanksgiving!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YOLtsnGBU5L6W6QPMBkG55kN2E0D7nsmziLZg2fJvlXjEOwFh63CJ_4LLfdyvMwn2ICY9WRLn5NByTmMhdLb6-eIhTo3Ih8EKISaQAR1Ioi2uuKj5d8Ub0HJbN4FGs4Abr0gXZIkB5rw/s1600/IMG_9639.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530876330087959954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YOLtsnGBU5L6W6QPMBkG55kN2E0D7nsmziLZg2fJvlXjEOwFh63CJ_4LLfdyvMwn2ICY9WRLn5NByTmMhdLb6-eIhTo3Ih8EKISaQAR1Ioi2uuKj5d8Ub0HJbN4FGs4Abr0gXZIkB5rw/s320/IMG_9639.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2mwY6xZfneusj_ZMfCuM5I39yQsczlZYT7ivwLLUNy8DmiUbYbamOA9Go2V_UcuxICiQYATk72bly0JVBx-LSvNH3RFRpU-yg-0mO70wAAb9Api3F4vye59PdfSsbtdAnwep_srpR5is/s1600/IMG_9663.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530876311570661938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2mwY6xZfneusj_ZMfCuM5I39yQsczlZYT7ivwLLUNy8DmiUbYbamOA9Go2V_UcuxICiQYATk72bly0JVBx-LSvNH3RFRpU-yg-0mO70wAAb9Api3F4vye59PdfSsbtdAnwep_srpR5is/s320/IMG_9663.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Leaves changing color outside of Spitalfields Market<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMXDDroW8W9OYRqy2IS57AWoq_kXKtSnK0D0TO3Pk95AYAOc70Os2-AwlPeZpKblVyJzeN4uDyUQLvp8rVFU4ue38RTbdyNjrkizyhOh4HQytk519HUYO5GWmNEwSevz1Q7At_DCv1wRX/s1600/IMG_9665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530876296182232338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMXDDroW8W9OYRqy2IS57AWoq_kXKtSnK0D0TO3Pk95AYAOc70Os2-AwlPeZpKblVyJzeN4uDyUQLvp8rVFU4ue38RTbdyNjrkizyhOh4HQytk519HUYO5GWmNEwSevz1Q7At_DCv1wRX/s320/IMG_9665.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Some bunny statues outside of Spitalfields?<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Uq4e_UoJZ0KS5wV5TZYJ8rnwvGx1oqIYT8OdlhYXTtu5PrXxRXzLy03N_57Bt9BuM0Tp5OkukVKV2im45ACZo6Y0VkydJDlmkpbR6Tvwiy4uFQ1esYsz7F8KEOwNiMCrBpexn1WPOkW/s1600/IMG_9669.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530876290252542914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2Uq4e_UoJZ0KS5wV5TZYJ8rnwvGx1oqIYT8OdlhYXTtu5PrXxRXzLy03N_57Bt9BuM0Tp5OkukVKV2im45ACZo6Y0VkydJDlmkpbR6Tvwiy4uFQ1esYsz7F8KEOwNiMCrBpexn1WPOkW/s320/IMG_9669.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> The Christmas shop is open in Liberty of London</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDB7FxUXQeFzs7aEgE2wrLOPY1XUYh0h5BkXpAifpitVNmSeZRKc9Q-3f0Xx7Qkh4c6_4QyG9GNzjqXbzYtjP6q0zwgrn_TL4b06avaDWz22vmyyRduyilDMCREPaHtAVLcsOjBoMHqXqp/s1600/IMG_9671.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530874615791486242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDB7FxUXQeFzs7aEgE2wrLOPY1XUYh0h5BkXpAifpitVNmSeZRKc9Q-3f0Xx7Qkh4c6_4QyG9GNzjqXbzYtjP6q0zwgrn_TL4b06avaDWz22vmyyRduyilDMCREPaHtAVLcsOjBoMHqXqp/s320/IMG_9671.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJGbUMeuoPbPVXt3lXXrD9aY14WnkfGt12l0c7L-rlGFqRQl2rgFsY0KGVjy68vhJPA-Otcsur3Wa6r3ESqODnBVDOAqX_Oh3ZgqiwHDnxs-TKZ_A1TcHWNAmyYXrRDaCPWuvbuGncoMd/s1600/IMG_9672.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530874607662262994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJGbUMeuoPbPVXt3lXXrD9aY14WnkfGt12l0c7L-rlGFqRQl2rgFsY0KGVjy68vhJPA-Otcsur3Wa6r3ESqODnBVDOAqX_Oh3ZgqiwHDnxs-TKZ_A1TcHWNAmyYXrRDaCPWuvbuGncoMd/s320/IMG_9672.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Haha who woudn't want that animal in their house? (I thought at the time it was a deer, but it kind of looks like a donkey now)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0J3iDr2GF9eF7AGOexVT4_h-8Omu71gV2RFPvMWsAfUC46-wy8ZSZmijnsdG76srcJ0Nm7vBmyG2VQuxft9U6T4nIplKfcxlCGe6ckDjD_jkxxCeiHuDDnSaExS_dR4pf1sQzvpgdUFy/s1600/IMG_9673.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530874596308896898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0J3iDr2GF9eF7AGOexVT4_h-8Omu71gV2RFPvMWsAfUC46-wy8ZSZmijnsdG76srcJ0Nm7vBmyG2VQuxft9U6T4nIplKfcxlCGe6ckDjD_jkxxCeiHuDDnSaExS_dR4pf1sQzvpgdUFy/s320/IMG_9673.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">An entire portion of the Christmas shop dedicated to candy!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1XdbEeFg894qgESCPIiEYDR_qAhc8X5TZJot8bufybXLlbbfgHXEKVMBdmeqE1T9r75yoen8FLA_TrKduqhWFDnNGWdhEJvmvFjD19mL2YTnv-KNUmnJr8OP2Qh7LM5zJuAK9uuq7jNA/s1600/IMG_9674.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530870616094173106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1XdbEeFg894qgESCPIiEYDR_qAhc8X5TZJot8bufybXLlbbfgHXEKVMBdmeqE1T9r75yoen8FLA_TrKduqhWFDnNGWdhEJvmvFjD19mL2YTnv-KNUmnJr8OP2Qh7LM5zJuAK9uuq7jNA/s320/IMG_9674.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUXM4khpzCWgTbq8mgu4WbhIf2aK0VvspSnfawxFKHwQWoztJd8lKrHKpR7pkZ-mFsUdf3v-9vP2BppwHycyYHdXE-pEy3BZ-j9KDi0Y1xpX_bd7dz5UglrBImfomOcpvmcoIkYQp9vRy/s1600/IMG_9675.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530870606650295874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUXM4khpzCWgTbq8mgu4WbhIf2aK0VvspSnfawxFKHwQWoztJd8lKrHKpR7pkZ-mFsUdf3v-9vP2BppwHycyYHdXE-pEy3BZ-j9KDi0Y1xpX_bd7dz5UglrBImfomOcpvmcoIkYQp9vRy/s320/IMG_9675.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMREsO5yYuhr4eWhxEyqG0dLoB3p6mYOUteWAdVhNzpX8FZhNnv9csXzhk2jf5_DgLbKyslibUuc0OwoHzg2EddWEYYxpXYqb_piBJJZZRsrVr0CspQrIwG2RDkS5NGsU8Y5fgIMEx61g/s1600/IMG_9676.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530870599323090818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMREsO5yYuhr4eWhxEyqG0dLoB3p6mYOUteWAdVhNzpX8FZhNnv9csXzhk2jf5_DgLbKyslibUuc0OwoHzg2EddWEYYxpXYqb_piBJJZZRsrVr0CspQrIwG2RDkS5NGsU8Y5fgIMEx61g/s320/IMG_9676.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvJe833MYBe7GfVjDPTTmAyeciX_xFJTtnePZnSdNfTSh6npFaiQ4my27h2mGJEtOxhx0MdDuw_yPcDbzA57lTUYn9g0MIbxT4OaChWOYhGPsU7_4fx7TmOITi25CL-wHN1kGWjuDtfQu/s1600/IMG_9677.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530870590794763010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvJe833MYBe7GfVjDPTTmAyeciX_xFJTtnePZnSdNfTSh6npFaiQ4my27h2mGJEtOxhx0MdDuw_yPcDbzA57lTUYn9g0MIbxT4OaChWOYhGPsU7_4fx7TmOITi25CL-wHN1kGWjuDtfQu/s320/IMG_9677.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>So the days are getting much shorter and colder! When I first got here, the sun came up at 4 a.m. and it stayed light until almost 11 p.m. Now it's getting dark at 6 p.m., and in the dead of winter it will get dark at about 3 p.m. The temperature will hit freezing for the first time tonight in London, so I have stocked up on winter wear-jackets, gloves, and contemplating some ear muffs (people actually wear them here!). I hope I will actually be able to use some of it when I get back to Houston!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-18645763885815357632010-10-22T03:57:00.000-07:002010-10-22T15:02:08.805-07:00Hilly Toledo!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLvhHHEKL-c08hbc2pW94X4eezQWZLtgYUxklTeVPG9rMexZ24GDEh-4HdkpJBxoGkjvYYmoz8QGF5CwDPPxGw9IrEABXbxfU_3GX70yGKS_cZyc93M90yKnkHIKkAOa9sY84xRaXeA0-/s1600/IMG_9230.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530852023918465394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLvhHHEKL-c08hbc2pW94X4eezQWZLtgYUxklTeVPG9rMexZ24GDEh-4HdkpJBxoGkjvYYmoz8QGF5CwDPPxGw9IrEABXbxfU_3GX70yGKS_cZyc93M90yKnkHIKkAOa9sY84xRaXeA0-/s320/IMG_9230.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Toledo's Cathedral. It looked a lot like Seville's to me. I guess as it's one of three Gothic ones in Spain, it's bound to look similar.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5IwzdZYslPazCPO3_LzX6PwKaGMoWA8zfSL66XOe4BM0JKF2pvslpetYAyiIoo_bxmVNU0RoXS1HbeDYHhFe4Nj6x-MDRE-fvqvUNR785eIAhFfdPofsS_AZCRhy3tO-TLo3mw1eSZbt/s1600/IMG_9247.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530851090542839154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5IwzdZYslPazCPO3_LzX6PwKaGMoWA8zfSL66XOe4BM0JKF2pvslpetYAyiIoo_bxmVNU0RoXS1HbeDYHhFe4Nj6x-MDRE-fvqvUNR785eIAhFfdPofsS_AZCRhy3tO-TLo3mw1eSZbt/s320/IMG_9247.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> The streets of Toledo reminded me a lot of Italy. Very hilly and with the charm that I felt some of the narrow winding streets of the rest of Spain were lacking.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WG6Lu2tCC7X9Y24ocqfvbrlU1YJto6QNV0YZqARPbFSmfVYOEWMTcNh8YnoiQB19rbDsD-YPvVgWdwLb7UNLBmwh9-x4a2x5DaXZgOqPCniERovlqt26iqX6QcW-XzrT-DddxtQflu8s/s1600/IMG_9249.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530851082765035730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WG6Lu2tCC7X9Y24ocqfvbrlU1YJto6QNV0YZqARPbFSmfVYOEWMTcNh8YnoiQB19rbDsD-YPvVgWdwLb7UNLBmwh9-x4a2x5DaXZgOqPCniERovlqt26iqX6QcW-XzrT-DddxtQflu8s/s320/IMG_9249.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Definitely my legs felt the burn like they did in Italy from all of the steep streets.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLOUw4aEpu2Cq3zyRl5ZCSOLfFhpvDgKM5hRyxyGDFchqQryKGkxe2KGODXqaik5HgZAnjM1LrTd6aOOwRYUf-QsN17AvjlU3yOzXwXRGNrYHjLYGlTUF2WaciO79bJuqFWLjRPWixPnP/s1600/IMG_9252.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530851073616931282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLOUw4aEpu2Cq3zyRl5ZCSOLfFhpvDgKM5hRyxyGDFchqQryKGkxe2KGODXqaik5HgZAnjM1LrTd6aOOwRYUf-QsN17AvjlU3yOzXwXRGNrYHjLYGlTUF2WaciO79bJuqFWLjRPWixPnP/s320/IMG_9252.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X8WaLQ0v46IW-8USiaW2K_T7oAweiDrOgpXL7_tbiKi_CihbUGl506sxeRZmqQMdXU-jKA3SO40p741GrOReAQx9EuNS_2jVajaL2pK-tg9cXFB_F-7VBLjJ3gUNpHXlkqu7-cBGeVoo/s1600/IMG_9258.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530851061097676962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X8WaLQ0v46IW-8USiaW2K_T7oAweiDrOgpXL7_tbiKi_CihbUGl506sxeRZmqQMdXU-jKA3SO40p741GrOReAQx9EuNS_2jVajaL2pK-tg9cXFB_F-7VBLjJ3gUNpHXlkqu7-cBGeVoo/s320/IMG_9258.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaovl-udv5oGiDFWlhsTvElo-kqBnBInP1llrCK82EHCMFYHeXtHb3C5yhFLPdtSRbJUUXzo6iSyelmu1HSKUGvV29MgfyLiNnm1lO-gkTDmk60ToUNv9xDxNPigjD7G78XENkMqASwHEa/s1600/IMG_9260.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530851047441484098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaovl-udv5oGiDFWlhsTvElo-kqBnBInP1llrCK82EHCMFYHeXtHb3C5yhFLPdtSRbJUUXzo6iSyelmu1HSKUGvV29MgfyLiNnm1lO-gkTDmk60ToUNv9xDxNPigjD7G78XENkMqASwHEa/s320/IMG_9260.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The main plaza in Toledo-Zocodover Square<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoeUur_4LDlzNtGOXhG6bgZ2_Ar4z0xBGrAimdH6ekePZr0QZt-Z9Bj-gICUdjjQIQhNeOSFRQF0xbItJI57lphWZcq79kK_8eWPJ7cCBfayB82bFxtFEehlGMs4MMBrFsu_8LZcidYev/s1600/IMG_9261.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530843284274312818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoeUur_4LDlzNtGOXhG6bgZ2_Ar4z0xBGrAimdH6ekePZr0QZt-Z9Bj-gICUdjjQIQhNeOSFRQF0xbItJI57lphWZcq79kK_8eWPJ7cCBfayB82bFxtFEehlGMs4MMBrFsu_8LZcidYev/s320/IMG_9261.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2vuHNK5gG1VTVzMh2Aao3qzQ_FhAsUkOUR5AWcP-urQ4RxqyXbJZg4-rvxsuC0o7SqtAuV9UwdwyM3_pqlFlv14sfK2B1JftvsvrHgRUR0qcCE7ki_7S1aI3AGpyfSD0xQ0s-v_7XDMn/s1600/IMG_9262.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530843275203685778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2vuHNK5gG1VTVzMh2Aao3qzQ_FhAsUkOUR5AWcP-urQ4RxqyXbJZg4-rvxsuC0o7SqtAuV9UwdwyM3_pqlFlv14sfK2B1JftvsvrHgRUR0qcCE7ki_7S1aI3AGpyfSD0xQ0s-v_7XDMn/s320/IMG_9262.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpxC-PlVxqIeq5osXj8reLaA05_T_QK0srLEZDvnsXPR2qRnAs4covqX4QzEFpPLZDrIh6s1RKa41rAggNb5xvrcx1H4EwH5IOtx8TjqEvmKZ3Qhxr6cz6qyONhz5F45w8_sycm0Oryjo/s1600/IMG_9269.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530843268593441202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpxC-PlVxqIeq5osXj8reLaA05_T_QK0srLEZDvnsXPR2qRnAs4covqX4QzEFpPLZDrIh6s1RKa41rAggNb5xvrcx1H4EwH5IOtx8TjqEvmKZ3Qhxr6cz6qyONhz5F45w8_sycm0Oryjo/s320/IMG_9269.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnrS3CvfeO7VMlYBouDPMTX63to_Pah1TvWa3FlIc_gCXpSH7nmdFtC8lEM17ClFeTTctf-n70_fYYZXJ4XJzBlIz6EKyzGQ0EV24HPlAn1uhwRgrg82JRQCDRmP6K3hRGexqMu_x8I6l/s1600/IMG_9279.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530843268153801858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnrS3CvfeO7VMlYBouDPMTX63to_Pah1TvWa3FlIc_gCXpSH7nmdFtC8lEM17ClFeTTctf-n70_fYYZXJ4XJzBlIz6EKyzGQ0EV24HPlAn1uhwRgrg82JRQCDRmP6K3hRGexqMu_x8I6l/s320/IMG_9279.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Found a park on the edge of town that overlooked the gorge around the city<br /></span></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua2r6ZV0l17oAMBK53yM4uIimoKI_0eRKs7U-1_qarntdLVAbEJKndpQKFtMIAvS_8emUo-7G3mDKgp9jDgQm6lKEJp2K4mf33MG7MkCyM9gQyywayQEBCipqExTJK18eO9DkP0g_GXUd/s1600/IMG_9305.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530843265982400978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua2r6ZV0l17oAMBK53yM4uIimoKI_0eRKs7U-1_qarntdLVAbEJKndpQKFtMIAvS_8emUo-7G3mDKgp9jDgQm6lKEJp2K4mf33MG7MkCyM9gQyywayQEBCipqExTJK18eO9DkP0g_GXUd/s320/IMG_9305.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So the city was like Siena and Cortona in that it had escalators up into the city walls. However, once you get up the escalators, you have to walk up these stairs, so I didn't really see much of a point as it wasn't much good for disabled people. But then again I guess if you lived/worked in one part of town and had to walk down everyday to the other part, you would appreciate the small relief of a few escaltors. And if you were diasbled, you woudl have to move as it's so freaking hilly anyways! 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530838820417259714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye8U8YhYECaDk4zm_5_seY4V6XgCNFZLildlYVMsGKHV40ixLgSF7q7rA_2EseKmyUofNJl7Eqozp5ku7bcBNM6bENDF3ExjgMj8m5BvsIRDC28Un7AA7dFZlILSvrsJ_1YboHnoxSigG/s320/IMG_9348.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> It was about this time that I realized I was really lost. I had followed a group of tourists off the plaza near the cathedral, under the archway a few photos up, and was now no where near the synagogues I wanted to see.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q-pt8Bv3vMjw11o2mz2nma2-7WCEc9lzEa_25UDuVldg92Xgd-GpVAHGGcZPYeB5Mpl9K9KqtBWg1zhfGEwzzGBuC2C43ph5UdnyWYJfrpFvwHeGmbldNs3bSfdBB3OcWC8Uq7_ImoJi/s1600/IMG_9349.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530836880458975474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q-pt8Bv3vMjw11o2mz2nma2-7WCEc9lzEa_25UDuVldg92Xgd-GpVAHGGcZPYeB5Mpl9K9KqtBWg1zhfGEwzzGBuC2C43ph5UdnyWYJfrpFvwHeGmbldNs3bSfdBB3OcWC8Uq7_ImoJi/s320/IMG_9349.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> And while directions seemed to be posted quite a bit, whenever the road would fork into 2 different narrow winding roads in the same general direction as the sign pointed, it seemed that I always took the wrong one because I didn't even ever find 4 of the things I wanted to find. Oh well, they looked nice on the postcards!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZFXvy_03GGbfh5jOYVhyphenhyphenKFkItzsG2T2Tgp3JqFyuYKY6Nauzf420Ra4quLcJpuYU89lhRT3U0piAYvkJh_MRbrWeaPWR5bTDb4JtfdEXaxYmwEI7wjYoj8FqgUgun0ljtGCIw4gjs8-s/s1600/IMG_9350.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530836876507301410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZFXvy_03GGbfh5jOYVhyphenhyphenKFkItzsG2T2Tgp3JqFyuYKY6Nauzf420Ra4quLcJpuYU89lhRT3U0piAYvkJh_MRbrWeaPWR5bTDb4JtfdEXaxYmwEI7wjYoj8FqgUgun0ljtGCIw4gjs8-s/s320/IMG_9350.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXVvlJBB_7GiLnEeIQltfZxtSytavIAptiAVF3SVLYOe1p4fqVfQfdFdGovSodfW3OtbzLI_kN9Y2u8wmqKmtwAAalLavOOrogEEdcSDqlI1qDY86E8wafFKitx3TVCVfb64_lBUbGNl6/s1600/IMG_9352.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530836864657983026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXVvlJBB_7GiLnEeIQltfZxtSytavIAptiAVF3SVLYOe1p4fqVfQfdFdGovSodfW3OtbzLI_kN9Y2u8wmqKmtwAAalLavOOrogEEdcSDqlI1qDY86E8wafFKitx3TVCVfb64_lBUbGNl6/s320/IMG_9352.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBbIeLa5ZwfeZHIIImMr-HY9Kd-3cIlEQ9ixhDPsWTwv1l4dTXxeNlZuRQKH3xuF526R3B5Am-XRSfMbaIHcoh-vcD1SsTdUbPnSXkxRAMsUefAcrbLGg52tQa1OaYca2wPi2B_lDdiBC/s1600/IMG_9353.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530836861643327554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBbIeLa5ZwfeZHIIImMr-HY9Kd-3cIlEQ9ixhDPsWTwv1l4dTXxeNlZuRQKH3xuF526R3B5Am-XRSfMbaIHcoh-vcD1SsTdUbPnSXkxRAMsUefAcrbLGg52tQa1OaYca2wPi2B_lDdiBC/s320/IMG_9353.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Another archway...but different! Notice how the lanterns along the wall go steeply down...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCbgc832qhAdaMw8mBv-rwPFKHTpB0blJvh-1XXZ5nos7JPONfVotUUtFlKVsuR8bC_1U1pEIqBlt0LJOghBW-4XCmkS2hU_cAm-CyAzWQv91WfJ_qhyphenhyphendciaNG4BAoJGFlB3Un6KZ-mUA/s1600/IMG_9360.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530836857834646962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCbgc832qhAdaMw8mBv-rwPFKHTpB0blJvh-1XXZ5nos7JPONfVotUUtFlKVsuR8bC_1U1pEIqBlt0LJOghBW-4XCmkS2hU_cAm-CyAzWQv91WfJ_qhyphenhyphendciaNG4BAoJGFlB3Un6KZ-mUA/s320/IMG_9360.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Not sure what this was, but I passed it about 4 times when I was lost, so I figured I should get a picture.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1ToGzwUpsebEHZGLQXgBIY7BXJzqqlieT3JuthysIST8LzKAXW9i-QFoWraOH2ZU0esiqHFNOaJl6ceuH-vNlt0yVJPNVN3aDhyO08x3GIQPwhFDHM6JhDUVIVx02F4R1BPOpwux9o9E/s1600/IMG_9372.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530834146411652418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1ToGzwUpsebEHZGLQXgBIY7BXJzqqlieT3JuthysIST8LzKAXW9i-QFoWraOH2ZU0esiqHFNOaJl6ceuH-vNlt0yVJPNVN3aDhyO08x3GIQPwhFDHM6JhDUVIVx02F4R1BPOpwux9o9E/s320/IMG_9372.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So when the sign said esclators, I thought it would point me to the ones I showed earlier which are near the main square. Not so much...Quite a dissapointing find that they would have two sets (at least)!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2p9PWEqJqXai50YpQ_LYHRjOTtN2YWlJMJ6PfRJ6zr1jz7OIPl2ul6Q7DjWw6Mq3u_KP5NU7bH_o33FJ9R2hAIKizgM2SoQMdz1CA6tZj1YDviVnRH29Q2IC3HQrmk3f3_1LckOVTP4q/s1600/IMG_9374.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530834146432339730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2p9PWEqJqXai50YpQ_LYHRjOTtN2YWlJMJ6PfRJ6zr1jz7OIPl2ul6Q7DjWw6Mq3u_KP5NU7bH_o33FJ9R2hAIKizgM2SoQMdz1CA6tZj1YDviVnRH29Q2IC3HQrmk3f3_1LckOVTP4q/s320/IMG_9374.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Afore mentioned sign...Does the first one mean exit to the city???<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTsnz6Vqf8nclNouRamLO7H7PvBl7NDU1ig4g-dSKRO7MUkkrrKK2CVervg-fl1ZeKzp2naohbRsOL3thuMaSn-J11azun_Y6qk9BVTBcHDJwyWqxXKCBwwTjRtSp6HNlc7hjtZsyFBRQ/s1600/IMG_9380.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530834143237640882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTsnz6Vqf8nclNouRamLO7H7PvBl7NDU1ig4g-dSKRO7MUkkrrKK2CVervg-fl1ZeKzp2naohbRsOL3thuMaSn-J11azun_Y6qk9BVTBcHDJwyWqxXKCBwwTjRtSp6HNlc7hjtZsyFBRQ/s320/IMG_9380.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnuEDq5PlmteW6ageehVLk7JvsldVPw9yJ6D2XU4_Q66YmiT_3ZMga3kiWLabvHFK4QJcYeGcWMD1nmUFZ4ewvJd2r-3_cNsiM_1WTmLv_3nVP3_PgnTgYfQ9QHLcuhH_1DvI6AteUroK/s1600/IMG_9382.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530834140643861954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnuEDq5PlmteW6ageehVLk7JvsldVPw9yJ6D2XU4_Q66YmiT_3ZMga3kiWLabvHFK4QJcYeGcWMD1nmUFZ4ewvJd2r-3_cNsiM_1WTmLv_3nVP3_PgnTgYfQ9QHLcuhH_1DvI6AteUroK/s320/IMG_9382.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0u4X9pB2sJSynUziKcsEcYqV0zWb0iqDoCTYp0ArnkCRbquDYvyHWl7r2aGStCNY0imv4HJ9q-ECx_wI9wdt10FchtWtB3TUe5YMVEtpzKhudmKc4g75KUCTF4ybj1Wp8rEoB0Hi9aFI/s1600/IMG_9398.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530834131268209234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0u4X9pB2sJSynUziKcsEcYqV0zWb0iqDoCTYp0ArnkCRbquDYvyHWl7r2aGStCNY0imv4HJ9q-ECx_wI9wdt10FchtWtB3TUe5YMVEtpzKhudmKc4g75KUCTF4ybj1Wp8rEoB0Hi9aFI/s320/IMG_9398.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Ok, so I finally found Zocodover Square again, and as it was still about two hours until my train was to leave, I decided to take Rick Steve's advice (as I often do) and ride the cheesy touristy bus for views of the city. The fact that it was only 5 Euro to just ride it for 50 minutes without getting off while the other ones were all ranging from 14 Euro-18 Euro (I think we rode them in Valencia, Granada, and Seville) had a big part to play in my decision. The fact that I had just walked aimlessly up and down hill for about 3 hours lost with no where to sit was the second part of the reason that I took the bus. This is a view of the train station from the double decker bus. The rest of the bus patrons actually got off here (first stop) using their 7 Euro ticket (it was 7 Euro if you do the hop on/off thing) as more of a taxi. Haha wusses! I only paid 5 Euro and walked to and from the train station into/out of town (about 30 minute walk up/down hill each way!). On another note, yes, I did google the word wusses to make sure it was an actual word-sort of.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JSHg8KLVVP6QH8qWva_8b4mLVZ7ee4VJ6YCs2RpLu56KGRTF4TJf-pVKlNK7lkk2QZ_lTISRH9WRKO_5LZnRr2e6xD9Dj0Dl82LyCQY461TwiQ1sKPj4o6eRhcNNZ0e8-WHZttTK53Lm/s1600/IMG_9402.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530831809083528754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JSHg8KLVVP6QH8qWva_8b4mLVZ7ee4VJ6YCs2RpLu56KGRTF4TJf-pVKlNK7lkk2QZ_lTISRH9WRKO_5LZnRr2e6xD9Dj0Dl82LyCQY461TwiQ1sKPj4o6eRhcNNZ0e8-WHZttTK53Lm/s320/IMG_9402.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">More views from the bus<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06HZOM2zt9rhVCUfj20a39RyEjDeXvx2LwXlE7MkzVkWGjLwNSvyceSiCeVxHlLkEFkM6x52Sganx4ke2tufgX-j3daFIDwpVRwhfi8cIfepGQb1nwlbEPJnGjZ7VOC2DLS1au99mEm56/s1600/IMG_9409.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530831805269252642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06HZOM2zt9rhVCUfj20a39RyEjDeXvx2LwXlE7MkzVkWGjLwNSvyceSiCeVxHlLkEFkM6x52Sganx4ke2tufgX-j3daFIDwpVRwhfi8cIfepGQb1nwlbEPJnGjZ7VOC2DLS1au99mEm56/s320/IMG_9409.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8R_6VaPUN4cRL11caiLUv6N2emtEIn3wZhunVA7z8cMnjFFjR1hAkRgVmHox1Gl5Y-9TYa65QvfYgBr0P2d0ALijeaBolXdeJB_xoISJK3L4zmFgVps-WkLAGwbg9yXTo_oCQ1J1eToV/s1600/IMG_9418.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530831801253895490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8R_6VaPUN4cRL11caiLUv6N2emtEIn3wZhunVA7z8cMnjFFjR1hAkRgVmHox1Gl5Y-9TYa65QvfYgBr0P2d0ALijeaBolXdeJB_xoISJK3L4zmFgVps-WkLAGwbg9yXTo_oCQ1J1eToV/s320/IMG_9418.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">And wow, how glad was I that I took the bus! What a view! I kept seeing this view on postcards and wondering where the photographers got it. They must have ridden the tourist bus.<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvb7WSF_kHBpgiJaqxACfZZZFJ8H5vASzpW3Z7lNZ6maEB5fw7Ep_Ml4DqxWxMYAH3zdlP_LyB6PkndQpQPC_i4Ocd93DFT0YSVa-gRJ1s2RATAAtwfm5_z_hjpEOALP5Br-XTDB2C3jV/s1600/IMG_9431.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530831799215066562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvb7WSF_kHBpgiJaqxACfZZZFJ8H5vASzpW3Z7lNZ6maEB5fw7Ep_Ml4DqxWxMYAH3zdlP_LyB6PkndQpQPC_i4Ocd93DFT0YSVa-gRJ1s2RATAAtwfm5_z_hjpEOALP5Br-XTDB2C3jV/s320/IMG_9431.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">I mean really, the bus tour should have been pushed by Mr. Steves with views like these.<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtNIRlVhEe4OCVvymTWNM-ctsM4sIKVaWSndy4phNF-D0VBGrwbjbxGsP4NYYNLpwxU9wiESBz6z0SVpBMJrqBIXSreUJXp6z8aRm9uBGK7gml9fp2I8QPz7xOfXBldcywxe9GUACQPQA/s1600/IMG_9434.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530829580585049010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtNIRlVhEe4OCVvymTWNM-ctsM4sIKVaWSndy4phNF-D0VBGrwbjbxGsP4NYYNLpwxU9wiESBz6z0SVpBMJrqBIXSreUJXp6z8aRm9uBGK7gml9fp2I8QPz7xOfXBldcywxe9GUACQPQA/s320/IMG_9434.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vdCut3GxThm0eQr31GyXAxS9q2wru6v7lbQVbfHoAAgBlebkDGoZTs9Shwr1e8acRRmaQ7v4H9OR2Lz1s3inPYLBn8dhcdeOkvqqIf8RDgIMKCapI0hPO7xt6fK2-nre0LI5-0x4jS3S/s1600/IMG_9443.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530829574979665394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vdCut3GxThm0eQr31GyXAxS9q2wru6v7lbQVbfHoAAgBlebkDGoZTs9Shwr1e8acRRmaQ7v4H9OR2Lz1s3inPYLBn8dhcdeOkvqqIf8RDgIMKCapI0hPO7xt6fK2-nre0LI5-0x4jS3S/s320/IMG_9443.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_SNrYUuQDN9-cy48D9dtQVCudS6hPERq3i-ZBbIdaF6znaNoFSxaV2nVxPvemwaG7rMLkIA99Xq2Snai1TUs9RZbw7TiXPBAyBR3bNsOJTgjUDhtqyNhBTIehC_ILvv5TQzhJd7568bC/s1600/IMG_9452.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530829566837080354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_SNrYUuQDN9-cy48D9dtQVCudS6hPERq3i-ZBbIdaF6znaNoFSxaV2nVxPvemwaG7rMLkIA99Xq2Snai1TUs9RZbw7TiXPBAyBR3bNsOJTgjUDhtqyNhBTIehC_ILvv5TQzhJd7568bC/s320/IMG_9452.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UU8uTTBVWeIPEjNeSrgytDrXz9WpUQOBDQhDrCKJ5_e01_KFBz8bEHz0t3VrJ_lzO93xkpgE0lERw4WLNe_b4ZC0exbRdlddyRp7IIWKQvXh0c1jo-gE3i_fu3OWVpkMkr33aGxofV1g/s1600/IMG_9454.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530829559911150402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UU8uTTBVWeIPEjNeSrgytDrXz9WpUQOBDQhDrCKJ5_e01_KFBz8bEHz0t3VrJ_lzO93xkpgE0lERw4WLNe_b4ZC0exbRdlddyRp7IIWKQvXh0c1jo-gE3i_fu3OWVpkMkr33aGxofV1g/s320/IMG_9454.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcnvGEV47iVnT1lHg0-8WxGoR5M7SPDX71IVBx4HFwA7f1wMMN29wqGJF7_MFvhdLLFgVwxoz0FHYMAX9PcjPBOgP4eVG7UOUY6mWJ25kyH1naARVgB_KNaCXHhnsXfPaUGNkAX5bv8Ir/s1600/IMG_9464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530827047776777410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcnvGEV47iVnT1lHg0-8WxGoR5M7SPDX71IVBx4HFwA7f1wMMN29wqGJF7_MFvhdLLFgVwxoz0FHYMAX9PcjPBOgP4eVG7UOUY6mWJ25kyH1naARVgB_KNaCXHhnsXfPaUGNkAX5bv8Ir/s320/IMG_9464.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"> So I got off the bus right where I had got on and walked down a number of steps and ramps to get back to the train station.<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZtx9gINV3f_-yWZRxI59cmFYdoUIkUkzlaTeGmgRsR8k4kxNEuK-5Y4EgEdmEp6hO2E-R1SoRu4v8qbbT90wh2hexWznS91xT5aXWXscZ4vRfQeCwoX-xMwSnr4mTgItKaza20hyphenhyphenZTdZ/s1600/IMG_9465.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530827042491719698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZtx9gINV3f_-yWZRxI59cmFYdoUIkUkzlaTeGmgRsR8k4kxNEuK-5Y4EgEdmEp6hO2E-R1SoRu4v8qbbT90wh2hexWznS91xT5aXWXscZ4vRfQeCwoX-xMwSnr4mTgItKaza20hyphenhyphenZTdZ/s320/IMG_9465.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"> I did say a number...<br /></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_573QpUUb-va1FrQ_rqEW7s61Tf7WqwT8YuqPNH_hUOpK1z0nJjDh3nEpZEpbg1v4UAbUiiWl2Mbu7UveLvmC9Tdrmmb44fSgqI9t5EvIuQTUBMyPyzN7A-KO_P7tbHj-t8OG6Jc72h9P/s1600/IMG_9478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530827041263428690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_573QpUUb-va1FrQ_rqEW7s61Tf7WqwT8YuqPNH_hUOpK1z0nJjDh3nEpZEpbg1v4UAbUiiWl2Mbu7UveLvmC9Tdrmmb44fSgqI9t5EvIuQTUBMyPyzN7A-KO_P7tbHj-t8OG6Jc72h9P/s320/IMG_9478.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View from walking on one of the bridges to the walls of the city<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAuzaVnU9wCh9jaEI3KoDU-7FuW50z7KLc96oep2Z0SELVqVD84-pgNFVkzaGpr2Zu-Ita7RY8TYI54Fn_ISuMf66o33nfRcGCFzD36dBkFfYVBIp5xfRG79up9jySPwfb77gSiQvimsO/s1600/IMG_9487.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530827035614722274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAuzaVnU9wCh9jaEI3KoDU-7FuW50z7KLc96oep2Z0SELVqVD84-pgNFVkzaGpr2Zu-Ita7RY8TYI54Fn_ISuMf66o33nfRcGCFzD36dBkFfYVBIp5xfRG79up9jySPwfb77gSiQvimsO/s320/IMG_9487.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><div>So as I ran out of room in my third facebook photo album to post too many pics of Toledo (and lets be honest, no one wanted to thumb through a fourth album), I thought it deserved its own post! I was the only one who went to Toledo because I wasn't too interested in seeing the museums (Italy kind of museum-ed me out), and I'm so glad I did!</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-421205160227653512010-10-22T02:54:00.001-07:002010-10-22T12:36:59.811-07:00A Run Through of Spain! (Finally...)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1RK40uibBANXg7OLkP_RdVu86h36GDTT3BLstc6bCAECriDr-N3Sznib6UWHmeyLZfdxYQI74XCIWxUKyr8XJ2q07cYGLEdkgctfBeusdfQ5IeVGFyUzVLUWM3cluoStSqiogpqxrmYp/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821771878109346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1RK40uibBANXg7OLkP_RdVu86h36GDTT3BLstc6bCAECriDr-N3Sznib6UWHmeyLZfdxYQI74XCIWxUKyr8XJ2q07cYGLEdkgctfBeusdfQ5IeVGFyUzVLUWM3cluoStSqiogpqxrmYp/s320/1.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Our awesome hotel in Barcelona right along the beach! Only a little awkward because their ultra-modern rooms had a bathtub in the bedroom and the toilet and shower were glass enclosed-not wall enclosed...<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafnf3lH7PKj0QWJhhNZoB_fsJpKJwE9l0_Dyf4u4OKwogMiQt6syYUQHaPh0gjuc3p5V1Yv2p0rD2nvKYBX074DSidVcTAp9J2mk3Eym-KcXDxZef6cpReFocwoTJG3ORGsq7layQfxpJ/s1600/2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821164427126978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafnf3lH7PKj0QWJhhNZoB_fsJpKJwE9l0_Dyf4u4OKwogMiQt6syYUQHaPh0gjuc3p5V1Yv2p0rD2nvKYBX074DSidVcTAp9J2mk3Eym-KcXDxZef6cpReFocwoTJG3ORGsq7layQfxpJ/s320/2.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Barcelona had me on architecture overload. My main things to see in Spain were in Barcelona and they started with Gaudi's Sagrada Familia as it helped to inspire me to do architecture!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9rXUVQhHbcmfupq5bpEKiUuGCrJZzhJCXQgH6N2MXKkkBDQwtnIZXQgHg5BVuaZAyNQq1uUegPYpNeLvSOxyIFeckHF-axco-7Y8sEuqPixP9vkCSYdNNLXEtXopVRcYHgz0yQ_a7a2n/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821161571880738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9rXUVQhHbcmfupq5bpEKiUuGCrJZzhJCXQgH6N2MXKkkBDQwtnIZXQgHg5BVuaZAyNQq1uUegPYpNeLvSOxyIFeckHF-axco-7Y8sEuqPixP9vkCSYdNNLXEtXopVRcYHgz0yQ_a7a2n/s320/3.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">More Gaudi (roof of Casa Batllo)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiei8eN-kPglULTWVDHhUsIgkOLUGjkj59ktuYSKBo-ZOczN91YkioQzET_557RtSG-yKV0gb8P7u_yEbpmqiDIHJg8taV75iU_Yfbsati9t04evXuMXsvo72ZZ53zKG9JwnluxIzA7tCJU/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821152630674898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiei8eN-kPglULTWVDHhUsIgkOLUGjkj59ktuYSKBo-ZOczN91YkioQzET_557RtSG-yKV0gb8P7u_yEbpmqiDIHJg8taV75iU_Yfbsati9t04evXuMXsvo72ZZ53zKG9JwnluxIzA7tCJU/s320/4.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Frank Gehry's "Copper Fish" at Port Olimpic (we could see this from our hotel room at the W)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZlbicEJAO7IYPv3as1g_uD0-M9K-2gM93prUdykQJJD0CJ-EnqE_7XdbqGSdwymAOGMgtjirYkevs9eYqUvTnjw9GwhbVcjQjnJ26UIUyn3XbjnHz9GkKF-gMXZr53uc5CITguEXl-o/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821146210968290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cZlbicEJAO7IYPv3as1g_uD0-M9K-2gM93prUdykQJJD0CJ-EnqE_7XdbqGSdwymAOGMgtjirYkevs9eYqUvTnjw9GwhbVcjQjnJ26UIUyn3XbjnHz9GkKF-gMXZr53uc5CITguEXl-o/s320/5.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View from Gaudi's Parc Guell (it was pretty hard to get to, but well worth it!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpdTXjaKGGJsMF7Fw89fALrICyQCSktcSvJUgH1s0-nk4oIyPgv12Cj_FePaCN85Z-Lc7DsQB4OIAIR4j80LUiWesy5g608Hk_15_N_nSus2gIl-J2XnffX0u4RheBlQmu5fk93pfBbr4/s1600/6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530821147203542402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpdTXjaKGGJsMF7Fw89fALrICyQCSktcSvJUgH1s0-nk4oIyPgv12Cj_FePaCN85Z-Lc7DsQB4OIAIR4j80LUiWesy5g608Hk_15_N_nSus2gIl-J2XnffX0u4RheBlQmu5fk93pfBbr4/s320/6.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel -it was awesome to me! I took hundreds of pictures, while Burt and Dolan didn't seen as enthused. haha<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XL3tthtiSdspFyjapn4pV_WtUZO82m08fkLxPsAlW4JDdI5Iar8ssBPXDEWZKZUgPTx-tbD9lg1iHMdc2ZpShkSNshBiPbEkgu3xKLJe-ZO7Lak2ge0BM7agWONDFVmldMejwvMr-wxJ/s1600/7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530819595558975778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XL3tthtiSdspFyjapn4pV_WtUZO82m08fkLxPsAlW4JDdI5Iar8ssBPXDEWZKZUgPTx-tbD9lg1iHMdc2ZpShkSNshBiPbEkgu3xKLJe-ZO7Lak2ge0BM7agWONDFVmldMejwvMr-wxJ/s320/7.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion. We saw this on our last day in Barcelona (Wednesday September 29) after we had already picked up our rental car. We also drove the rental car up to Montjuic (the Barcelona Pavilion was at the base of the mountain which housed the Olympic stadium from the 1992 Olympics) where we had been the day before (ridden the cable car up to). The castle was quite a walk from where the cable car dropped us off, so we thought it best reached by car. Dolan and I had arrived late in the evening of Friday Sept. 24th and Burt arrived the following evening on Saturday Sept. 25th, and even with all of our time, I was sad to leave Barcelona.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P4_rASvvjBVQ0Rf43XBw5ATFdgP4OqdLoRTsGvY85uku-jPNun4xF_zuwQy8v-iJYMFeqryiS8A4X_hyOnBZXGi7N6ufdnDbjxXwges5NBRV9e119OHa3Ci_cfha2zZ_JAjR0nN1xcbc/s1600/8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530819583010329986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_P4_rASvvjBVQ0Rf43XBw5ATFdgP4OqdLoRTsGvY85uku-jPNun4xF_zuwQy8v-iJYMFeqryiS8A4X_hyOnBZXGi7N6ufdnDbjxXwges5NBRV9e119OHa3Ci_cfha2zZ_JAjR0nN1xcbc/s320/8.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> So due to the general strike on Sept. 29th, we were not able to take a train from Barcelona to Valencia like we had originally planned. As the citizens encouraged all businesses to be closed on this day to send a message to the government about their anger towards the current economic situation, we had few options. Burt luckily found out about the strike a few weeks before we left and was able to rent us a sweet Volvo SUV to drive. After taking awhile to get out of Barcelona (the map and signage was a little tricky), we stopped at the sea-side coastal town of Sitges for some lunch (recomended to us by the guy at Hertz). We were so starving we found the Burger King and ate a burger and fries there (not chancing it with the somteims questionable Spanish food). Upon leaving the town, I consulted my Rick Steve's Spain book to see if there was any information on it. It said that the town is a most popular vacation get-away for the gay community. I wonder if the Hertz guy thought Burt traveling around Spain with his friends meant something different (one of the only radio stations we could find in English was playing "It's Raining Men" when we stopped to ask for directions from two other men)! haha<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc6ExX60TW_t91JtNJxxc-4QttZecQgqe0x-SgHujI9fbXSG-hasAgCXUSrMiegamILQVrT6VDTIvmw23KZyJY9g_yKAfb8-_bZHvxGr2eYz-Q0jcFRNE79M4SYt527Xe1qpYp7ELL8QD/s1600/9.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530819577645449298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc6ExX60TW_t91JtNJxxc-4QttZecQgqe0x-SgHujI9fbXSG-hasAgCXUSrMiegamILQVrT6VDTIvmw23KZyJY9g_yKAfb8-_bZHvxGr2eYz-Q0jcFRNE79M4SYt527Xe1qpYp7ELL8QD/s320/9.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Valencia oranges!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUQ8XL6RIYtGx7Z0UtdR8c_hgZJ1dPfM11LIfFGGOEoirlBjBRhPZw-aMipyq2truADq2S0mxBanM7fu4CnJhhHCCbyNvLwSQQlg3i5U_UGUNsc8VQvAUYAEJorMtlxiQmUkOo34cS17h/s1600/11.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530819575475330098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUQ8XL6RIYtGx7Z0UtdR8c_hgZJ1dPfM11LIfFGGOEoirlBjBRhPZw-aMipyq2truADq2S0mxBanM7fu4CnJhhHCCbyNvLwSQQlg3i5U_UGUNsc8VQvAUYAEJorMtlxiQmUkOo34cS17h/s320/11.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> City of Arts and Science (Cuidad de las Artes y de las Ciencias) by Santiago Calatrava. Didn't actually go in, but it was pretty cool to take photos of. The complex was HUGE!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LVp2zmG6ClIcEB2YCsJrK6tZ3BdH5jXJx2KZnYxsEFJtOqX4-ZmNJ3WgakbxhgrUFfsdb0Pierh0n4pPH9APniADMqmTciyTch3W8wuZHbUUNeAuFek08OIV1Q5f9khnX4Yw2rEB-EYD/s1600/12.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530819570623957954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LVp2zmG6ClIcEB2YCsJrK6tZ3BdH5jXJx2KZnYxsEFJtOqX4-ZmNJ3WgakbxhgrUFfsdb0Pierh0n4pPH9APniADMqmTciyTch3W8wuZHbUUNeAuFek08OIV1Q5f9khnX4Yw2rEB-EYD/s320/12.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0YQp5_zGt5uo-ttku7mIV_1Mf9vJQjFS1Q9YBSHe9tHDV0kKshsjCEdN-SuHbKGJwKc2pxFlMOGpEEnPB83inocVzu630GRp-t6RmX-MkvIoDPw7NwquSVhzMuPuvYFDIc9IORM7SXZP/s1600/13.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530818153488583026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0YQp5_zGt5uo-ttku7mIV_1Mf9vJQjFS1Q9YBSHe9tHDV0kKshsjCEdN-SuHbKGJwKc2pxFlMOGpEEnPB83inocVzu630GRp-t6RmX-MkvIoDPw7NwquSVhzMuPuvYFDIc9IORM7SXZP/s320/13.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichzBb4xtJyuD9uZGH8fWmGqL2420uyC3hxyWyzxJClDGBHmKWDi5GhlWAYAVa5g3kx9QywmJ_7o2Hb5O4j7w6oMkCuSNrGgX8XNe7eyy7z4D8VVey_fsh4-cLCs1U8_sBVj7kvzjbUUqW/s1600/14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530818150157444050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichzBb4xtJyuD9uZGH8fWmGqL2420uyC3hxyWyzxJClDGBHmKWDi5GhlWAYAVa5g3kx9QywmJ_7o2Hb5O4j7w6oMkCuSNrGgX8XNe7eyy7z4D8VVey_fsh4-cLCs1U8_sBVj7kvzjbUUqW/s320/14.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Valencia at night. As we had to catch a night train to Granada and it wasn't until 12:44 (or so we thought), and we had to check out of the hotel at 10 a.m., we were effectively homeless for about 12 hours. We spent some of the day out at the City of Arts and Science, some time walking around the city and riding our tourist hop-on/hop-off bus (our ticket was only valid for 24 hours and I think it ran out pretty early in the day). But our most significant chunk of time was spent in McDonald's playing "Angry Birds" on Burt's ipad and reading up on Spain, as McDonald's was one of the few places we could sit at without being noticed for hours at a time as it was two-stories. I think overall we went to two different McDonald's and spent about 5 hours total there and one hour hanging out at Starbucks. We got our bags around 10ish from our hotel and headed to the train station to wait for our train for what we thought would be about 3 hours...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdplIbHPIWOS5t25BkGdooOF32XjZn1n2XnaeWy67-ITWtZb2NOLZWEp58nT4YLrtlEGiLbD0XjanZ9nT8Se62XIQQ8JdRSDG0ihBtmDBg1N-E0KV9WWZUKgmSGE0INTs35lDHGMBTJR_/s1600/15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530818143114934578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcdplIbHPIWOS5t25BkGdooOF32XjZn1n2XnaeWy67-ITWtZb2NOLZWEp58nT4YLrtlEGiLbD0XjanZ9nT8Se62XIQQ8JdRSDG0ihBtmDBg1N-E0KV9WWZUKgmSGE0INTs35lDHGMBTJR_/s320/15.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Too bad our train was delayed 2 hours until 3:06 a.m. (it was further dealyed after taking this photo). So we spent about the same time at the train station as we did in McDonald's! We finally caught the train on the morning of October 2nd and got a bed for about 7 hours until the train arrived in Granada at 10 a.m.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49HiQdP7kfW48dR4K2BIrO8wr5T9crgwfm56s2gJGJCWb323Mlzx4q7zJUViifAoLgcmncqEv90-O8S12K2VKbYPCyp9NTVixCBrN3MWdXnI5SVg-D1gTwNLSD2j5SxPfYSTo1thEvjZT/s1600/16.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530818138918156994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49HiQdP7kfW48dR4K2BIrO8wr5T9crgwfm56s2gJGJCWb323Mlzx4q7zJUViifAoLgcmncqEv90-O8S12K2VKbYPCyp9NTVixCBrN3MWdXnI5SVg-D1gTwNLSD2j5SxPfYSTo1thEvjZT/s320/16.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Granada! This shot was taken from our tourist bus (Burt really liked getting these buses to see an over view of the city). This is the sign we saw all over Spain to rally citizens for the General Strike.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ABAn4hbop0s2M-mE62543ppAon3EGH0L_138OS3VVVYT_zPC1fGcRBXwkOCC5xUXmu9u7mfn7C2UdIV6xPw7GW4PqnMNEGeTBDZntmmy7mQhQLI_DmyiuA3MsWM_J8hdVqM1hbvDguhj/s1600/17.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530818135743866018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ABAn4hbop0s2M-mE62543ppAon3EGH0L_138OS3VVVYT_zPC1fGcRBXwkOCC5xUXmu9u7mfn7C2UdIV6xPw7GW4PqnMNEGeTBDZntmmy7mQhQLI_DmyiuA3MsWM_J8hdVqM1hbvDguhj/s320/17.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Cathedral in Granada that we didn't ever get a chance to go in<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXXUeXyFab1Xx8oaP3R_d2SPUfN9hlDE7_NDxqIGK-yjLIQaayN04tAd_OlI4O-ejoLm_EKpNYPQc3goz6RLKZxhp7mPRBwV5VqIpMZcT2ofnjT7SSDBMb_vF6dSvqIrm6VK9AtMZIUmR/s1600/18.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530816961053474290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXXUeXyFab1Xx8oaP3R_d2SPUfN9hlDE7_NDxqIGK-yjLIQaayN04tAd_OlI4O-ejoLm_EKpNYPQc3goz6RLKZxhp7mPRBwV5VqIpMZcT2ofnjT7SSDBMb_vF6dSvqIrm6VK9AtMZIUmR/s320/18.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">These were the lamposts lining Gran Via (one of the main streets) where our hotel was in Granada. They went down as some of my favorites!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwBT-nNugYj47uMorpV2EeX0kVUgIGS3FKKKdHmuP4mli2y26ekKgv3gSPL3pJGldab_-cmWlr__GbKitTDwWVB1fk6IuO8CqE8z4H6E1mPi8WaSvk45JyooPQ4S9pgDXFS0FmTtXB6Nt/s1600/19.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530816952716080546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwBT-nNugYj47uMorpV2EeX0kVUgIGS3FKKKdHmuP4mli2y26ekKgv3gSPL3pJGldab_-cmWlr__GbKitTDwWVB1fk6IuO8CqE8z4H6E1mPi8WaSvk45JyooPQ4S9pgDXFS0FmTtXB6Nt/s320/19.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqmmECWkpB2jnkvKFdCp4ceoKVj9-leGZKOzkAjIRBeCy8wnAkCOH_dHyBojR9IJjU0HQqNPk5uh4_EQRZEeEjrADqB6ao68yoed69H5enNHDBL3qN5jwUUDtqN9n97k03AcUaQ3I_Gj3/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530816950749676290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqmmECWkpB2jnkvKFdCp4ceoKVj9-leGZKOzkAjIRBeCy8wnAkCOH_dHyBojR9IJjU0HQqNPk5uh4_EQRZEeEjrADqB6ao68yoed69H5enNHDBL3qN5jwUUDtqN9n97k03AcUaQ3I_Gj3/s320/20.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I went out one of our nights there to explore a bit of Granada. It seemed quite dead during the day, but around 10 or so at night, it was a completely different place with tons of life! As it's home to a large university (as is Seville), I wondered where everyone was, and I found them in the Islamic markets which were hidden in winding alleyways, in the Hookah bars that only opened at night, and all of the families (including little kids) were running around the fountains in the various plazas. Because of this and a walk I did the morning we left Granada (into the Moorish quarter of town), it was my second favorite place to visit next to Barcelona!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WRpz3cE8a7xGRCZNvxcUEkqMBnRtsxO2JuHbKIU6OphdOQWagZu3Gjn76QubMRtOnVcuemdnpfWjigRomOGf41Fnkchpq-Sn1OjYQOx48bD080bS46pZthWniME_pjsBUIXfVoSRtHJC/s1600/21.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530816945908932354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WRpz3cE8a7xGRCZNvxcUEkqMBnRtsxO2JuHbKIU6OphdOQWagZu3Gjn76QubMRtOnVcuemdnpfWjigRomOGf41Fnkchpq-Sn1OjYQOx48bD080bS46pZthWniME_pjsBUIXfVoSRtHJC/s320/21.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9rP1noXWYWseDsqK_cPGRtbs5DkjV80AdJwxNO7FcNhKRa_YUX0s3zA8PZjPDJizt1glKatPGWvqSPBRy27Gj2VILKTzLluQHcrfBDzazcaGAXdvU-MsdoKjdV6uEjqsToYPxVPXUxuT/s1600/22.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530816943974544210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9rP1noXWYWseDsqK_cPGRtbs5DkjV80AdJwxNO7FcNhKRa_YUX0s3zA8PZjPDJizt1glKatPGWvqSPBRy27Gj2VILKTzLluQHcrfBDzazcaGAXdvU-MsdoKjdV6uEjqsToYPxVPXUxuT/s320/22.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Gran Via at night<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwN_NJFYT3UqzNCJg_KeM4kyvPcYa2fSZga_IDD2FnIgxqi_9nX34FE8cOylQg8I1mdwkyhNe_o5MjZena_CxkmfwVq0ijI_OvP1KaCXkZyMKX_vAFOzKULHJ2FAmAe9tYPYZyqGX5ucE/s1600/23.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530815490490673026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwN_NJFYT3UqzNCJg_KeM4kyvPcYa2fSZga_IDD2FnIgxqi_9nX34FE8cOylQg8I1mdwkyhNe_o5MjZena_CxkmfwVq0ijI_OvP1KaCXkZyMKX_vAFOzKULHJ2FAmAe9tYPYZyqGX5ucE/s320/23.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So Granada, Seville, and Cordoba are most noted for their Islamic and Moorish influences. The Alhambra in Granada is a palace and fortress complex built in the 14th century by Moorish rulers. We had all heard it was one of the best things in Europe to see (and between the three of us, we had seen a LOT in Europe) and one of the top 10 architectural sites to see in the world. They only allow 6,000 visitors a day, and apparently tickets sell out weeks/months in advance depending on what time of year you go. So we booked our tickets in advance, and got there extra early for our 2 p.m. entry time. When you book, you also have to book a specific time to go into the Nasrid Palace which is supposed to be the highlight of the complex.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7FD9VrDZEXsFIehX30p2-i-ls3jrehfgFXRhZ1Vt46U4Z-F1OYeA9AjRHrLPhsRQz_wTU-6QoR9JGzxX6mnRX46B40xHdZj9ewTqkei7iIYFkmP8kuMEauO3WFgKJATjFA4YTfgE2THK/s1600/24.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530815483282066834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7FD9VrDZEXsFIehX30p2-i-ls3jrehfgFXRhZ1Vt46U4Z-F1OYeA9AjRHrLPhsRQz_wTU-6QoR9JGzxX6mnRX46B40xHdZj9ewTqkei7iIYFkmP8kuMEauO3WFgKJATjFA4YTfgE2THK/s320/24.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Although it was pretty cool, I wouldn't say it was better than a lot of the other things we'd seen. I think it was a little too hyped up for me. Plus, the hoards of tourist groups were pretty annoying as sometimes you couldn't get past them!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaa6zCxMqdmLfI8RuXh-9UMSGy-ypkMZK9HL-88Rx2Ii3TGu-WF-7is7aQA3y6PpplLO_RQo2aMN_P5IagxTNk4Zy_gFBVriMTeoLQt66O9Z6_Ty6XhH72IvbcKYdate7S6-fNUBy2Xhl/s1600/25.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530815477352089442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaa6zCxMqdmLfI8RuXh-9UMSGy-ypkMZK9HL-88Rx2Ii3TGu-WF-7is7aQA3y6PpplLO_RQo2aMN_P5IagxTNk4Zy_gFBVriMTeoLQt66O9Z6_Ty6XhH72IvbcKYdate7S6-fNUBy2Xhl/s320/25.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLnZcMWH4hMphXSBAt2keMoelTnUnt0OZhGAbMaBtZDjX24Oj0RYt2-89pWFD3R9ELIj8SBHp-zMRRtv40AxazGCRNxkudMUgmwsjP_5lhCbFHGdixQgrubWWIhp8ctP1a9jzcmOql6cz/s1600/26.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530815472352694114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLnZcMWH4hMphXSBAt2keMoelTnUnt0OZhGAbMaBtZDjX24Oj0RYt2-89pWFD3R9ELIj8SBHp-zMRRtv40AxazGCRNxkudMUgmwsjP_5lhCbFHGdixQgrubWWIhp8ctP1a9jzcmOql6cz/s320/26.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Iz836cSv4DjVn8NbXNR_zjv5-JP3dyor6P2Q1qJYvygB5ABY0O1mDV48gypNm64yUSbi9So9hssIpJBbFk0wC9cpGZ8PNj60Ha3FQYeDS1LqZxMDTN1yTNkUc_Z9PwiYnnniBnm3nyi2/s1600/27.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530815469237195666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Iz836cSv4DjVn8NbXNR_zjv5-JP3dyor6P2Q1qJYvygB5ABY0O1mDV48gypNm64yUSbi9So9hssIpJBbFk0wC9cpGZ8PNj60Ha3FQYeDS1LqZxMDTN1yTNkUc_Z9PwiYnnniBnm3nyi2/s320/27.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kFB2rcDrau_S6pvymWjBh-6_uh1-KIk9lH4H9UtxVPN1w9dwXAyU3cYpYs_L7mf0OU-1JN19n5TO_HqByEXzFWobuJO7nONTLHf4lELmPoPzrm2yx96YOGsdlmKAnJhoaY1SVhJEYP8Y/s1600/28.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813366179883826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kFB2rcDrau_S6pvymWjBh-6_uh1-KIk9lH4H9UtxVPN1w9dwXAyU3cYpYs_L7mf0OU-1JN19n5TO_HqByEXzFWobuJO7nONTLHf4lELmPoPzrm2yx96YOGsdlmKAnJhoaY1SVhJEYP8Y/s320/28.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Coming out of Nasrid Palace<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCxbHM1WVf2LZOnd72Hfo6bchMkH-UcR2eoB4jpvQ159YzHLEXt_RoozSSQP8pVrYCdTUSYOO6O6dAl3jzj3m4IJSY4Z1ZlLKYdiQPVJFHnCxtPL4U_ASPJ4VH4GqqDAVdh-fCYVvo17i/s1600/29.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813360127333922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCxbHM1WVf2LZOnd72Hfo6bchMkH-UcR2eoB4jpvQ159YzHLEXt_RoozSSQP8pVrYCdTUSYOO6O6dAl3jzj3m4IJSY4Z1ZlLKYdiQPVJFHnCxtPL4U_ASPJ4VH4GqqDAVdh-fCYVvo17i/s320/29.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">We arrived in Seville by train on Monday October 4th. Pictured here is the Cathedral. It is the largest Gothic cathedral and third-largest church in the world.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomfWAsKCI3hv8N8yuD5IDPjZqSMC2gnRaGhM0jxAxykf2cnbr48u661oK4-IhwFbTU7araX8Z8j4uN2hLa9vMbpEJDvQDE62ZXzlcJ6mmlmo7R4mOb2yzxXpSBB28gVQ7_ZxRM7fTqNX1/s1600/30.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813351618391154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomfWAsKCI3hv8N8yuD5IDPjZqSMC2gnRaGhM0jxAxykf2cnbr48u661oK4-IhwFbTU7araX8Z8j4uN2hLa9vMbpEJDvQDE62ZXzlcJ6mmlmo7R4mOb2yzxXpSBB28gVQ7_ZxRM7fTqNX1/s320/30.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View from the bell tower in the Seville Cathedral<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrFqL7rcKEnaIRCURb94mlUf4AkXj5t5u3dK5K_Fo7XInQvc7wrZB697OJUhsNGtE7mSttxBev3R-o7PhR3-KJhYYAiAp25LzHtIBi-WWifKyTRea_vgrF-NQLOQuLnCfsDqZRTYUKhyg/s1600/31.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813346427453794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrFqL7rcKEnaIRCURb94mlUf4AkXj5t5u3dK5K_Fo7XInQvc7wrZB697OJUhsNGtE7mSttxBev3R-o7PhR3-KJhYYAiAp25LzHtIBi-WWifKyTRea_vgrF-NQLOQuLnCfsDqZRTYUKhyg/s320/31.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So this Italian restaurant near the Cathedral was a great value and the food was my favorite in Spain (yes, I understand it's Italian...). We went three times while we were in Seville and got to knwo the staff quite well. Our usual waitress Josie was probably a little creeped out that we went so much!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWu-_xATdpXHX9PjLO7iZNwrwzOduP3w8I77vsDTS1YhL3odksZbJPebShEHhw6Zx5r7bQPUeINVisz4MtlL6hSI0OGHqQ1waFyNAh4HaRyG9HqlSUK6p6jwnHPKZ3ebbY5N-j0IaosIF/s1600/32.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813346848300658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWu-_xATdpXHX9PjLO7iZNwrwzOduP3w8I77vsDTS1YhL3odksZbJPebShEHhw6Zx5r7bQPUeINVisz4MtlL6hSI0OGHqQ1waFyNAh4HaRyG9HqlSUK6p6jwnHPKZ3ebbY5N-j0IaosIF/s320/32.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Cute second-hand book store right outside the Bario (We stayed in Bario Santa Cruz which was full of windy narrow streets and little shops and cafes. We took a different way out everytime we left-not always on purpose!)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoU_TbD_LBpRqO1R-RE6rKsecwDgjKdke49yUrXUVSJ3NDWspj4ZFj6aHU0PRcdRjAMjux02gQq4SLKb2VBnQXjOEcbGFqqm1tqMrmShuEI1jP_t5iEBVg0gGfb3Jjr9FYm-zrFTfnUBd/s1600/33.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530811547281687826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoU_TbD_LBpRqO1R-RE6rKsecwDgjKdke49yUrXUVSJ3NDWspj4ZFj6aHU0PRcdRjAMjux02gQq4SLKb2VBnQXjOEcbGFqqm1tqMrmShuEI1jP_t5iEBVg0gGfb3Jjr9FYm-zrFTfnUBd/s320/33.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The more modern shopping area of Seville was covered in these fabric tarps to keep the street cooler during their really hot summers.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZIK4a7z90itarW5Cx6_Xi5samcw5W0rXyBNXF-hqNv4lIxCZdkHosrvP-vpvQhc4DuRH_IWHg6WT1CBPxdwTMT5dybabDGeuuW3ula3Pk-gfDtSgnxseof0mLiTbwaQS0wNeQ4Ml8Wuo/s1600/34.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530811542838724514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZIK4a7z90itarW5Cx6_Xi5samcw5W0rXyBNXF-hqNv4lIxCZdkHosrvP-vpvQhc4DuRH_IWHg6WT1CBPxdwTMT5dybabDGeuuW3ula3Pk-gfDtSgnxseof0mLiTbwaQS0wNeQ4Ml8Wuo/s320/34.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">We took a day trip to Cordoba on Tuesday October 5th to see the town and its main attraction-the Mezquita. Started in 600 AD it was once a Moorish mosque that later had a Gothic Cathedral and Roman Cathedral added. It's red and white reminded me of candy canes and Christmas. I'm sure this wasn't the look they were going for, but all they needed was a Christmas tree and a little tinsel...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGILGHGiOoIB5aGb38FREBG3H1NcotjtBIrLZsKuQ-90qR_h0Bn7tmU5vDaqXUnpQ9eIjLE8bbocMwLmA__dKIfLYJgrqlpcJeVC3LYeU0qM8IWueqJ4grm39-HG1se_tdOKUXjA54ZAMB/s1600/35.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530811532531511570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGILGHGiOoIB5aGb38FREBG3H1NcotjtBIrLZsKuQ-90qR_h0Bn7tmU5vDaqXUnpQ9eIjLE8bbocMwLmA__dKIfLYJgrqlpcJeVC3LYeU0qM8IWueqJ4grm39-HG1se_tdOKUXjA54ZAMB/s320/35.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">It is most noted for it's 856 columns made of jasper, onyx, marble and granite<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1wv5-razwh7b5rFos1bPSJGcAIcQ7LXPdDrheiD6USXnwGqse_OUJX-u7jIO04_gcgjEHWp4iryiu_lDvCpnS1WPS2a06HzZEpRBhlh57YCs-DTNh0V9whBiWmbIB20Ukx0k0Z8E1jFK/s1600/36.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530811529000054962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1wv5-razwh7b5rFos1bPSJGcAIcQ7LXPdDrheiD6USXnwGqse_OUJX-u7jIO04_gcgjEHWp4iryiu_lDvCpnS1WPS2a06HzZEpRBhlh57YCs-DTNh0V9whBiWmbIB20Ukx0k0Z8E1jFK/s320/36.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Ceramics (and fans) were very large in the region of Andalucia (where Granada, Seville, and Cordoba were located)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3iHDOMMK_aRxEt4R-VPwdWlS906vsqwlHFIHABjEPvxEEmk_aR0bR8slsjPKuej3Vra0OABuXDzSj3fVykL0k6ToS9IxAFguGKzXxguzJZa62Yc8VF74NW1NHMUl8_W50jI9ZLd6WCmR/s1600/37.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530811525881752978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3iHDOMMK_aRxEt4R-VPwdWlS906vsqwlHFIHABjEPvxEEmk_aR0bR8slsjPKuej3Vra0OABuXDzSj3fVykL0k6ToS9IxAFguGKzXxguzJZa62Yc8VF74NW1NHMUl8_W50jI9ZLd6WCmR/s320/37.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">We arrived late in the afternoon to Madrid on Thursday October 7th and went out to do a little sight seeing. It was good we did because this is about the most of Madrid that I saw. The next day I took a day trip to Toledo while Burt and Dolan stayed in Madrid to go around the world famous museums. Burt left around 5 a.m. the following morning (Saturday October 9th) to head back to Houston. Dolan and I stayed one extra day, leaving the morning of October 10th to head back to London. However, it poured all day on Saturday, and as we were allowed to stay in our 5 star hotel suite in the Westin Palace until we had to check into our hostel at 3 p.m., I didn't feel inclined to leave the luxury to go into the rain and get wet socks! This is one of the main plazas-Plaza Mayor.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD1B3ElZjQeU5nBpVzhglbAo2LpCJjfXOqiExKzIflfOtlfuORx374lBudHm41oVUMzn3NGE_mB59huhIAV8cNZ4_XjLAR5ZZNs_sg6lmLMhZaBJgHbKexlCU3xxb0PEMXMiFpEufyXND/s1600/38.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530809670340670514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD1B3ElZjQeU5nBpVzhglbAo2LpCJjfXOqiExKzIflfOtlfuORx374lBudHm41oVUMzn3NGE_mB59huhIAV8cNZ4_XjLAR5ZZNs_sg6lmLMhZaBJgHbKexlCU3xxb0PEMXMiFpEufyXND/s320/38.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLVJYGD05hOtE9BY_GU47jOj4x0YyEvn81nC8teXf6K_KCtV1oY6YZIneqnzbJ0ozY9RwHmLUaaVQonoQkDJPknZNwn-q01j_uUJXTcDOoA34IZcevW8JwlPqYVuWKj9LWJoInThGmKsd/s1600/39.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530809661789224674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLVJYGD05hOtE9BY_GU47jOj4x0YyEvn81nC8teXf6K_KCtV1oY6YZIneqnzbJ0ozY9RwHmLUaaVQonoQkDJPknZNwn-q01j_uUJXTcDOoA34IZcevW8JwlPqYVuWKj9LWJoInThGmKsd/s320/39.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">It rained a little on our first evening there, then got sunny again creating this rainbow and great photo opportunity!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m7zCuR13pFoJhwb-3Vpir5C7WpagSCJv7sKQbKnlQwXW9YvwMM7U2zS6PG2C8E7AIbXb_ZnwxWyrQhUG8lTQk4Wt2F_ZFsKfC7TLRiI5t7-JX-RfNX0jVEHTmr5AV26jvnHVCEj4gd62/s1600/40.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530809657794290930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m7zCuR13pFoJhwb-3Vpir5C7WpagSCJv7sKQbKnlQwXW9YvwMM7U2zS6PG2C8E7AIbXb_ZnwxWyrQhUG8lTQk4Wt2F_ZFsKfC7TLRiI5t7-JX-RfNX0jVEHTmr5AV26jvnHVCEj4gd62/s320/40.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Rain Rain Go Away!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iBj5PPDJAYVHBTQlGFUt2dIhYJIHsg-d_rZvdgQGW2sxYJQ4oJB9aJEVeuYuPpRWCiOZmeVqyoRYPXHLjbdrj9KAGi2zITf-L6EsbVsef8yWrF9WI31hFrGy4cCpyPFkcOtGDO-i9RsP/s1600/41.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530809652371752066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iBj5PPDJAYVHBTQlGFUt2dIhYJIHsg-d_rZvdgQGW2sxYJQ4oJB9aJEVeuYuPpRWCiOZmeVqyoRYPXHLjbdrj9KAGi2zITf-L6EsbVsef8yWrF9WI31hFrGy4cCpyPFkcOtGDO-i9RsP/s320/41.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I feel like this photo best summed up my time in Madrid on Saturday. I followed this couple around a few corners to try and get a good picture...haha. I also followed around people with nice colored umbrellas, small children with pint-sized umbrellas, and took quite a few pictures of puddles with cool reflections (or so I thought at the time), and anything else that showed the dismal weather in Madrid! So needless to say, didn't see much of the sights.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDDfPYEfQyseS5XjcAP8XJvaCdZpz_bRFgf0njE62MD_NCZGv4IULMSciCdzXWWcOngMyomTpQjWoj0E54K8kPkzrhtK8BirbODHitYmMbElKDwuYv4hMe6ck4TLMVwyyjNONmMIyrr9p/s1600/42.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530809646964309410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDDfPYEfQyseS5XjcAP8XJvaCdZpz_bRFgf0njE62MD_NCZGv4IULMSciCdzXWWcOngMyomTpQjWoj0E54K8kPkzrhtK8BirbODHitYmMbElKDwuYv4hMe6ck4TLMVwyyjNONmMIyrr9p/s320/42.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I thought about going into the Prado, but then decided that I would probably more enjoy my time lounging in the hotel with a hot chocolate.<br /></span><br /><div>So I know it has been a little over a month since my last post and that's for a very good reason! I went on a great two week trip all over Spain with my friends Burt and Dolan. As I didn't have my computer while we were there, I couldn't upload any of my photos, and when I got back and saw that I had over 6,000 photos, it was quite a daunting task to go through them to figure out what to post. I have posted 3 Spain albums on facebook to show more photos as photos are hard to post on here. I only posted a few of Toledo, so I will have a separate post for there as it was probably my third favorite place in Spain!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-13028186753953538552010-09-23T09:45:00.000-07:002010-09-23T10:50:14.017-07:00Dinosaurs and things...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGKruWL9IXYAiCq5FIgiBgYrAfe5DEbvnvlbdWaCHhyphenhyphenV_t-Su-zigIk1BUCbMHcPncin4ff3KvvR2QE-F_XM4fH2yeZEITcFhWpANUeluInLM61iaEq2MqPfk3uMr4whrX3sSq-xKa7Ll/s1600/IMG_6933_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520161202211798530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGKruWL9IXYAiCq5FIgiBgYrAfe5DEbvnvlbdWaCHhyphenhyphenV_t-Su-zigIk1BUCbMHcPncin4ff3KvvR2QE-F_XM4fH2yeZEITcFhWpANUeluInLM61iaEq2MqPfk3uMr4whrX3sSq-xKa7Ll/s320/IMG_6933_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Horses outside the Horse Guards Parade on Whitehall. They were standing in a pile of their poo....</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rk247mcnFIO0PSjK6O3hDUb9KCW9CDoT4IZydAV5dQN_b7z6gRj-Zn_nvR3d0t5gQQpp_RQb_oUTEfcefguMpZZj2tiHJJoFPuq1IepskZzoC8-VaGWo7_xrQDVpbhpqGYxmK_F5BwAq/s1600/IMG_6936_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520161198505627218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rk247mcnFIO0PSjK6O3hDUb9KCW9CDoT4IZydAV5dQN_b7z6gRj-Zn_nvR3d0t5gQQpp_RQb_oUTEfcefguMpZZj2tiHJJoFPuq1IepskZzoC8-VaGWo7_xrQDVpbhpqGYxmK_F5BwAq/s320/IMG_6936_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Currently the Fourth Plinth is occupied by the ship in a bottle. But I liked the writing on the ground better than what was actually on the plinth. I borrowed Dolan's shadow as well.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQGqswCVzRtX05o0VOqfo5JTF74ZjYC3RA-rnHeJujOMPiWls6MM0XkVK9l7wqjB5_eATaNUr9Bv_ZXLGcjFye8HJ0z-KTp-4D_Vl7lKlm-xmTbj4L75HClkSBp0VPkQPgNsN_FmFRF2Q/s1600/IMG_6937.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520160552173488898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQGqswCVzRtX05o0VOqfo5JTF74ZjYC3RA-rnHeJujOMPiWls6MM0XkVK9l7wqjB5_eATaNUr9Bv_ZXLGcjFye8HJ0z-KTp-4D_Vl7lKlm-xmTbj4L75HClkSBp0VPkQPgNsN_FmFRF2Q/s320/IMG_6937.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Natural History Museum</span></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520160547822525794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8M0L83cYQYbLanx0xp4YWXz57h2rtgewiU36t8iuBKsm6z3v7rMXrK26gObrIPk5M4zTHAlhXK_mojZF_Qmyq3t4lh6KYfBh-_Av9XpWS_4UkbLsXR-2ddbf2aJbujOmDHoTKVIlRn25/s320/IMG_6942.JPG" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Reminded me of the 'Night at the Museum' movies! Dinosaurs!</span><br /></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65D-lBsqNx8vj5oDnLVbl0xEErulQShlHDubXfIKLX__S6Eds_G2gFhkibqBGLi6bvch0rXrbixIZ1kJnKiqqPwxY6r-jGPAk8QnWHr0BTuLGp5Ng0NCs8COtW6UDsZy0VYWgfLbBNViz/s1600/IMG_6952.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520160545324128786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65D-lBsqNx8vj5oDnLVbl0xEErulQShlHDubXfIKLX__S6Eds_G2gFhkibqBGLi6bvch0rXrbixIZ1kJnKiqqPwxY6r-jGPAk8QnWHr0BTuLGp5Ng0NCs8COtW6UDsZy0VYWgfLbBNViz/s320/IMG_6952.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUgrpRSAyV-pb244xjH_Au2BFx3yxTSc3Cp4OKj5DJHtuZJ5mhCOkJ8mBP3WEehFG1jszoUIBDEUaW0LoadAQdbViQ42Ny8r2v5qohsqJqRobozA4Re3h6gI1HsKrnyoAlT7N4rR5pKbo/s1600/IMG_6957.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520156901424513650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUgrpRSAyV-pb244xjH_Au2BFx3yxTSc3Cp4OKj5DJHtuZJ5mhCOkJ8mBP3WEehFG1jszoUIBDEUaW0LoadAQdbViQ42Ny8r2v5qohsqJqRobozA4Re3h6gI1HsKrnyoAlT7N4rR5pKbo/s320/IMG_6957.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Bones</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F3yJGB5XAratJBcl_zzwD062hDLpw5_V9hoDXAmnDmV33SDUp6cn6CJ6MxeX0cRCIZpllEGOMTeiOjWxlkJtfkzJ9m7u2VMh_C9byPDkBRrKlnXrlYqda3xxSaKYGMpb6hlQBnguDjm1/s1600/IMG_6967.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520156885218307970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F3yJGB5XAratJBcl_zzwD062hDLpw5_V9hoDXAmnDmV33SDUp6cn6CJ6MxeX0cRCIZpllEGOMTeiOjWxlkJtfkzJ9m7u2VMh_C9byPDkBRrKlnXrlYqda3xxSaKYGMpb6hlQBnguDjm1/s320/IMG_6967.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpx1wMq912Yw2SESMZyLUVM_0-tyTi5UrFQGO1AtsKqKX8BnNVZuMPrVBB56K6QN6_MhGzta-PILnmT5hUsac5ku_vNoOuSfZJaqYsLzOu-XFCguioJDsxa9Syketxnome5UgAHSfdB4ZP/s1600/IMG_6968.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520152679907532898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oj3Y9V9vge4AQBo_jmlKRZKXWoXAs4zuR4bBmxCZ5Cs2GU1VdabSUrZn6zNgTh0wooWf14aAQgJ9jnKnbP1yr9_p5W_-l0wMigFvIWd5c5KrZow_8YW59zhsae_C2MEYTnlt-c__UNFs/s320/IMG_7005_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Great Court at the British Museum</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiqJ4IhfoE7s2483mYkHFAtDuuzTiFBcG1YtUAmD0z0QyTbL9psT-V4K-5z7P3rt_WEj0ZoafWUWLouQT7y-_8j0humFs2oRxG_n6CJ1qdkEluN63JGwBUjHXUblUcCf1ajSrySVsv4tg/s1600/IMG_7009_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520152665108735842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiqJ4IhfoE7s2483mYkHFAtDuuzTiFBcG1YtUAmD0z0QyTbL9psT-V4K-5z7P3rt_WEj0ZoafWUWLouQT7y-_8j0humFs2oRxG_n6CJ1qdkEluN63JGwBUjHXUblUcCf1ajSrySVsv4tg/s320/IMG_7009_01.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlqfYiO6kuLhobXkIHKEirOaufG23UTsIz2vktWnjR4pDDpbWWmRy7BUXcqUXxAm-deiTW_HLADfAeUfc9Qgtf3M5EloJ3aQICTkvKf_7VifRVTjyoSmYejgXS2yavliczcBbVgDwg18e/s1600/IMG_7017_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520152663660889906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlqfYiO6kuLhobXkIHKEirOaufG23UTsIz2vktWnjR4pDDpbWWmRy7BUXcqUXxAm-deiTW_HLADfAeUfc9Qgtf3M5EloJ3aQICTkvKf_7VifRVTjyoSmYejgXS2yavliczcBbVgDwg18e/s320/IMG_7017_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Reflections in windows...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZdcfcAwtY21UoaAgoNmzWFIqiLsHao-P5PrKPs3x8FbuZ4hTCWpHNL-cfBlbdNv1Kf02_eECu08vBKHg12zrwmZdHqndv6PwHL7JI5-8y8IVnT-PEHMZDb9OVved-JHtOXVfSa2rj5rQ/s1600/IMG_7022_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520152658518170194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZdcfcAwtY21UoaAgoNmzWFIqiLsHao-P5PrKPs3x8FbuZ4hTCWpHNL-cfBlbdNv1Kf02_eECu08vBKHg12zrwmZdHqndv6PwHL7JI5-8y8IVnT-PEHMZDb9OVved-JHtOXVfSa2rj5rQ/s320/IMG_7022_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4DWgd42GW7LSFKKwEcAkUM6f_zGbR0aNUdk4QOhX9aDHXNxHK1r1jjzILCdRluv3Wg08F4Gf4YhGptWFVGjU1_Hhae6InfJhBPIwpcfZBlxy2O-nzJ0DoDCzzHdhd9ugFZGMteH-vV5Y/s1600/IMG_7024_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520152656043676930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4DWgd42GW7LSFKKwEcAkUM6f_zGbR0aNUdk4QOhX9aDHXNxHK1r1jjzILCdRluv3Wg08F4Gf4YhGptWFVGjU1_Hhae6InfJhBPIwpcfZBlxy2O-nzJ0DoDCzzHdhd9ugFZGMteH-vV5Y/s320/IMG_7024_01.jpg" /></a><br />Dolan arrived yesterday morning, so after a quick lunch, we tried to use the good weather to our advantage and see a bit of London. We started out at Embankment and walked acorss to Southbank towards Westminster. We passed by the London Eye, Parliament, and Westminster Abbey. Since Dolan has been here once before (many many years ago), he wasn't too worried about seeing all of the sights. Even so, I made us walk to Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, and Covent Garden as I feel they are very "London" next to the Southbank tour. After all this walking and Dolan getting little sleep in the past few days, we headed back to Bob's so he could take a nap. That evening we went for what was supposed to be a short stroll around Clapham Common. Well, I got us lost (surprise), and two hours later, my legs aching, we finally made it back to Bob's.</div><div>Today was a miserable day weather-wise. It was pouring and had turned quite cold. If there's something I can't stand (and Dolan too), it's wet socks! We started out at the Natural History Museum thinking we could escape the rain by doing a day of Museums. Unfortunately, Dolan was under the impression that this museum would have paintings, but instead, we just saw dinosaurs and minerals (both at my request-I mean we were already there!). From there we decided maybe the British Museum would be more exciting, but after having it pour on us the whole way there, and running into cafes to find somewhere to eat only to find strange menus and expensive prices, we were exhausted. We ending up eating in the museum cafe, took a few pictures, then headed back towards Bob's, stopping for a bit to do a few errands for me. Not terribly exciting days for Dolan in London I'm afraid!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-37557388694114041382010-09-21T14:39:00.000-07:002010-09-21T15:34:53.926-07:00LDF-Staircase Fun with Vic and Al (not my most exciting post...)<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJw87tlDk5wI-dIyMQOpfKXKE59IRYsjUNLQXBkB5c0n2XsrgSvGTKYKigimpATvj1R0QI3JSzsV5f00hZnnYitUanRU2H9yIXysvGtSGUgZiJeFhyphenhyphen54I5xWHWfQwp8UCiP6m31TktGvs/s1600/IMG_6890.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519493254933430066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJw87tlDk5wI-dIyMQOpfKXKE59IRYsjUNLQXBkB5c0n2XsrgSvGTKYKigimpATvj1R0QI3JSzsV5f00hZnnYitUanRU2H9yIXysvGtSGUgZiJeFhyphenhyphen54I5xWHWfQwp8UCiP6m31TktGvs/s320/IMG_6890.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> V&A Signage from the Tunnels that take you to South Kensington Station (I read about this sign in the paper-it's brand new and apparently cost quite a bit of money to get the letters to work from both sides! Definitely the flashiest of the museum tunnel signs.)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJm3FotfZvygvdaUNF5gU-5gr483TAdHGhc5cYCIax_ha8Nxl6hMahEEfuf4FvDJgN0AURisDe9MHPhxYXANH41-Y6smFU6fP300NQiJjwrf_v7_b5EJeLRy4C60py5qOWkwSiiwPg6t2/s1600/IMG_6901.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519493233297228146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJm3FotfZvygvdaUNF5gU-5gr483TAdHGhc5cYCIax_ha8Nxl6hMahEEfuf4FvDJgN0AURisDe9MHPhxYXANH41-Y6smFU6fP300NQiJjwrf_v7_b5EJeLRy4C60py5qOWkwSiiwPg6t2/s320/IMG_6901.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Exhibit for London Design Festival- The stair is framed using off-cut pieces of picture frames</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nuZB0PWtBDkFvJJAjJf7e89tuy9Ja5TWXCyaTaqhKAI6fAWJ66BxoarehJK6tpngSBBiLe3R9bMpLktzWvF0-JgxUgxdwzQwYa0zOWmMcDjGHvoRbjJM3mOz0BLymxTK36jVLWVkO8US/s1600/IMG_6899.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519488064958931426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH40jVKXfJQmY2R580WaaFnoNvF44fQlXK5urj1P_N_w4agmpuy1QAgLWbhOLM2MlyQlTXrluLT-73X7-uFXOXCGR9-IE3PUMauXG_FT8OgGiIaSqU9bFQrRtjxSUc8hyphenhyphenRlgRZuhBWRAdP/s320/IMG_6914_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqerNIXPWFMcXDFqHWXojGLKepiroPvp-irWnbHLK_OQQoC4xHGsFO7cOK_bDQhyphenhyphenh2TdEWXEqwWy63556qKCZLBup0feT2IPI6yvSjVwgilyzRcSDiVCWDOTwP1M3a_15TKL2yFzEJ26y5/s1600/IMG_6915.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519488055873994098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqerNIXPWFMcXDFqHWXojGLKepiroPvp-irWnbHLK_OQQoC4xHGsFO7cOK_bDQhyphenhyphenh2TdEWXEqwWy63556qKCZLBup0feT2IPI6yvSjVwgilyzRcSDiVCWDOTwP1M3a_15TKL2yFzEJ26y5/s320/IMG_6915.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">You could only walk up, not down (not sure why), so then I had to snake around the museum to find the exit as this was the only thing I came to see!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr-W78bqrKleouG_gbI2tMmaer4pgHSJmcsE10GSi3RI2PeAVTBobPqCSjPHKODe0KjE5z2by_vT6QPLFahdlw0mtbnH5RMecZqCZ1-ZInTcwqkJHdfJXPeoMAkRhiKK4mNyDff_s1-g2/s1600/IMG_6929_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519488045344350642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr-W78bqrKleouG_gbI2tMmaer4pgHSJmcsE10GSi3RI2PeAVTBobPqCSjPHKODe0KjE5z2by_vT6QPLFahdlw0mtbnH5RMecZqCZ1-ZInTcwqkJHdfJXPeoMAkRhiKK4mNyDff_s1-g2/s320/IMG_6929_01.jpg" /></a><br />Today was a very very busy day! Dolan comes in tomorrow and then on Friday we leave for Spain! This being said, I had lots of errands I wanted to do, things I wanted to see (that I wouldn't subject Dolan to-like this staircase for exmaple), and things to buy just in case immigration doesn't deem me worthy of coming back into the country like they almost did when I came back from Italy. So I started out my day by going to see this exhibit at the V&A. It was pretty cool (to me), but I can see why others may not think too much of it.haha. From South Kensington, I went to Portobello Road. There were a few off hand boutiques I wanted to look at in case-one:when I get back in October all of the sales of their summer clothes are done (their summer clothes=all year wear for Houston) or two: I don't get to see them again! After making a few purchases, I headed to the other side of the city to Spitalfields Market. They say the stalls close at 4, but luckily as I got there at 3:45, most were still open and were willing to let me look around. I found a few bargain dresses (I once shunned market shopping thinking all the clothes were cheesy and cheap, and now I love it because they are cheap, and not all cheesy)! </div><div>From Spitalfields, I made my way back to Bob's in order to finish up laundry, pack for Spain, and get everything ready for Doaln in case he just wants to pass out when he gets here (although I think with his one 1/2 days in London, he will most likely want to pack in as much as possible!). Oh London, when the time comes, I'm going to really miss you. I feel like we are just now getting to know each other!</div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-52796536774678793232010-09-18T10:07:00.000-07:002010-09-18T12:19:06.479-07:00The Pope is like a Rockstar...oh and some shopping.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0NDhFxVwOxFmj6PbAcdu0Q0T3McSb5DfB5omkFMF2z4OBBQ-R_1NcxbyiXkildcvrROjDPaEJDsKJDRtIge2mWPp4Ibc2eC6riPO0_0xvni4MPbL-ztDZaZJQuMuF-OFAU-EmDlNgz2-/s1600/IMG_6825.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518324463208035634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0NDhFxVwOxFmj6PbAcdu0Q0T3McSb5DfB5omkFMF2z4OBBQ-R_1NcxbyiXkildcvrROjDPaEJDsKJDRtIge2mWPp4Ibc2eC6riPO0_0xvni4MPbL-ztDZaZJQuMuF-OFAU-EmDlNgz2-/s320/IMG_6825.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Columbia Road (near Old Street)</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sp4T9eBZCZKlTPxf_NE7FAiRV7DJmF_bfCsiE25d_ic2Enyz5NQaIYfBCBDP7sjzoQKVoLcFN_D1hD0VJLyI5IfCQHM6TksRoeIFJ7Jdsc-eqiuLj5tzRNGJtCUaVvPFY0RnUHA35NTK/s1600/IMG_6828.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518323975730642290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sp4T9eBZCZKlTPxf_NE7FAiRV7DJmF_bfCsiE25d_ic2Enyz5NQaIYfBCBDP7sjzoQKVoLcFN_D1hD0VJLyI5IfCQHM6TksRoeIFJ7Jdsc-eqiuLj5tzRNGJtCUaVvPFY0RnUHA35NTK/s320/IMG_6828.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Ryantown-Rob Ryan's store on Columbia Street-what actually drew me to Columbia Street (I heard about it in a London blog)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Odk7wsdSmH5h5r6yI5TPjbRb4jYFg5hGGB6HtMKX8-7-pJJB7oGiqfIDw-GSq8lBL6oamy1Dc1NpBkBnSAt3iJMgxjUac9JNGrzf-2oTeZ7M7j7g1rSITWvr45WrBQkFzucpEL-k1ci9/s1600/IMG_6829.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518323966166211026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Odk7wsdSmH5h5r6yI5TPjbRb4jYFg5hGGB6HtMKX8-7-pJJB7oGiqfIDw-GSq8lBL6oamy1Dc1NpBkBnSAt3iJMgxjUac9JNGrzf-2oTeZ7M7j7g1rSITWvr45WrBQkFzucpEL-k1ci9/s320/IMG_6829.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnVT3xSmaJx8aNXfVwCWp7H2exZ5DmDY1mu6cCEGtPGisaKNHxZbAIj0FEPArE7AvtStL26k4Pfiw0i-zNXMeI6R756W2SZ5iwH5HONlPPoSActfAUlLDMd4UzZ8mOInvfGMUh8ifnu0b/s1600/IMG_6829_1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518323953949564034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnVT3xSmaJx8aNXfVwCWp7H2exZ5DmDY1mu6cCEGtPGisaKNHxZbAIj0FEPArE7AvtStL26k4Pfiw0i-zNXMeI6R756W2SZ5iwH5HONlPPoSActfAUlLDMd4UzZ8mOInvfGMUh8ifnu0b/s320/IMG_6829_1.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Great vintage store where I found a beautiful neclace and handmade bag for good prices!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBJFMP1maAYiSlt0SVbHusCGCIklJmHjA5Frxdbu5pVv2Yfu83cq9bNgMPv5BjNMJtSyEIOwquTWKJ_biNgwa4tIh_61crJt7SWnqlAwLC9immYC2fkde9D4BgzMB02gML0BjOYcOq_bp/s1600/IMG_6830.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518323946521385394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBJFMP1maAYiSlt0SVbHusCGCIklJmHjA5Frxdbu5pVv2Yfu83cq9bNgMPv5BjNMJtSyEIOwquTWKJ_biNgwa4tIh_61crJt7SWnqlAwLC9immYC2fkde9D4BgzMB02gML0BjOYcOq_bp/s320/IMG_6830.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iIF-ahe3sHKijQMaoba5t26iUtHFR7k-SVHK_dMcbwfuGWvhlW81rtkCQnQ4QjKlUmaeuyc-npWoZxFHosTY_IORuDF0X9Z8pPfDfoI0mzK6Idqohbowx9pQ_4-a4_A389cDHReYaklH/s1600/IMG_6831.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518314259119770658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WpinPLL4DQsFXP6Dy_x9qcoK5jIDOFhKavmwgkpcDLya6Sm0RvjnyBWjNlEkBKutwofz_tTC2C_cKUoAif5GEdYcKKGrl_j9ZDn9nE8c-1qk7sTQ77kDC0gzEbfpoxeCE5dpN-BI2E4G/s320/IMG_6846.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqXzIiwwLq3Vr4-i1oGwMznA_LizW1UaADgWojyiAsdoZh3iY9_7DsInc8B9mFooRD2MxYhKphRSAFqJkdoLEjD_VPH0yUuyBIwkygPVESXJhEP9OkPb9DNVNLeF9wKCYxpjn0L5YOvlN/s1600/IMG_6847.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518314248816895746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqXzIiwwLq3Vr4-i1oGwMznA_LizW1UaADgWojyiAsdoZh3iY9_7DsInc8B9mFooRD2MxYhKphRSAFqJkdoLEjD_VPH0yUuyBIwkygPVESXJhEP9OkPb9DNVNLeF9wKCYxpjn0L5YOvlN/s320/IMG_6847.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Somewhere near Old Street-maybe Curtain Rd.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KfbRB1h8Xk6sGUvS-jOOuMuKQPuBoOvPKoxcxp8V27bfMiRTlOE9AJ_-4xqb0WgRzV71LMlfZ869s_u1wqlDh2iuz6i6O7IAoerPZ7khf6czR-5ueWvfzivEri7qmubaPxF5qIvY7C9K/s1600/IMG_6852.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518312793755152882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh1HhUC83ENDMrkHbZFsmdacOmZNaC9NGq5DbadWn9_D4zOoil0g0SYDXm5JBXXeirq03oUBdKIV3iENtPRAN-pSFYrRJ1QqsTYqOgisBN_K-dOg4zweWXW90HI2RcgTu9hlMqflFYmir/s320/IMG_6855.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA7TBL0OHEbWvn2IrI-VLdf2zGShqGSlXFGmHJ_KFzb5tp_2JBUTO_5S3_QmGESEkfE8k9GzuJ4oUW1QqO78H56292VwV6oOPmQ3u_HNlhgmTqJrL5shJDaueMJScrxmcDiVIElXlIYa2/s1600/IMG_6861.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518306594512261698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA7TBL0OHEbWvn2IrI-VLdf2zGShqGSlXFGmHJ_KFzb5tp_2JBUTO_5S3_QmGESEkfE8k9GzuJ4oUW1QqO78H56292VwV6oOPmQ3u_HNlhgmTqJrL5shJDaueMJScrxmcDiVIElXlIYa2/s320/IMG_6861.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Trafalgar Square-Outrace-London Design Festival Exhibit</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx16DK44yWH9dwrxjwzkXWTHo9hFH6AGL7P-N3I7ToM0J0kCS1wS-qlq4fenBP8c40viZpjNgLVBcz7xKGF0eZ9tBq4b_f-Hz0PoF-tCTSrgcJ8j-wn9AhznYEHf80tlxB13pmAZ5qffTi/s1600/IMG_6862.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518306573658647314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBkaD-ItnqjiBvTgQOgz2lf8KmCRuLHYfvNIirVfp01vheZBdOgCvo3CMXLbO4BAZcWkgvOlAXT8bZ4ZdHEeVhyphenhyphen9nD8hiXlznf0szOiOND8z7newWdUVrz1YCXpj7VXgg0fMpUX67yT6J/s320/IMG_6865.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ6-0pNdzzo9zSv3jpE_VJTe1Z6dhhFh2k5kuTvzYS0ldsB-d8_Ux9_inpLcEGzQjjBCLcNleCc_YTNdb1SX4k1Z0X78CfmHW7m6IRFsRypdCV5ggDnF0sFsfKqlGwLo6nilztTFdf-r0/s1600/IMG_6866.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518306560565581010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ6-0pNdzzo9zSv3jpE_VJTe1Z6dhhFh2k5kuTvzYS0ldsB-d8_Ux9_inpLcEGzQjjBCLcNleCc_YTNdb1SX4k1Z0X78CfmHW7m6IRFsRypdCV5ggDnF0sFsfKqlGwLo6nilztTFdf-r0/s320/IMG_6866.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtQ2zEFkRzYGoNyH3NCfg7osP6eLQFk5WDC4v9bamR4vGxior-FKW1WKAamE17xHN2Ati-DAaw0B_AJKB0yzxPCBVSE-AVuWtOM-gx9b-14KDsSsa0WBW0H9QBDl_9v3wqRh2f7BHrStc/s1600/IMG_6870.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518303746354792178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtQ2zEFkRzYGoNyH3NCfg7osP6eLQFk5WDC4v9bamR4vGxior-FKW1WKAamE17xHN2Ati-DAaw0B_AJKB0yzxPCBVSE-AVuWtOM-gx9b-14KDsSsa0WBW0H9QBDl_9v3wqRh2f7BHrStc/s320/IMG_6870.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Anti-Pope protest in Trafalgar Square</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVNM957nMvQBm69iZ46pe49Wws5lc-xjF48qqjYYbUW5SbBYX0Xvr02WfiwqqnCRIKVyfe2dCtg2I7KEiZOn4WQzoJwkUGsRrkZKPPW5gbd_goNAGZrqzY42GHvVzH5Z3lk3s8UDyD0IJ/s1600/IMG_6871.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518303738170611458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVNM957nMvQBm69iZ46pe49Wws5lc-xjF48qqjYYbUW5SbBYX0Xvr02WfiwqqnCRIKVyfe2dCtg2I7KEiZOn4WQzoJwkUGsRrkZKPPW5gbd_goNAGZrqzY42GHvVzH5Z3lk3s8UDyD0IJ/s320/IMG_6871.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l6kjPLy9rtWXf9-tIEiJHGndAIvqgR22lxsww-Qt0M66w0QBazlU64hiPuPYToDJLYOh_s_6y7Z889t7P86FQzbDx0dDut9hoyp6-7Jwj3qm0bByhYGuB7umRg_gVCh8MEH0M5GO3h4x/s1600/IMG_6879.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518303725379279650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7l6kjPLy9rtWXf9-tIEiJHGndAIvqgR22lxsww-Qt0M66w0QBazlU64hiPuPYToDJLYOh_s_6y7Z889t7P86FQzbDx0dDut9hoyp6-7Jwj3qm0bByhYGuB7umRg_gVCh8MEH0M5GO3h4x/s320/IMG_6879.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> They marched down Whitehall towards Westminster Abbey where I think the Pope was giving mass.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE0tBB7oeb606LXHcMxc5KQ1YueYM_PK6tG0VFWsZOCp9uoWqYwUts5WxdGR0aGgFEVokDvYK3USiNjfhE_hcf51DGuJHzwYW2iLyuLVpyzEAYjk0c82n3DxUDD_6qySLjEl1pF5uLvju/s1600/IMG_6889.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518303716218131362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE0tBB7oeb606LXHcMxc5KQ1YueYM_PK6tG0VFWsZOCp9uoWqYwUts5WxdGR0aGgFEVokDvYK3USiNjfhE_hcf51DGuJHzwYW2iLyuLVpyzEAYjk0c82n3DxUDD_6qySLjEl1pF5uLvju/s320/IMG_6889.JPG" /></a><br />So today has been a very interesting day. Pope Benedict XVI landed in Edinburgh earlier this week, went onto Glasgow, came down to Twickenham (near London), and finally ended up in Westminster Abbey to give a prayer vigil yesterday. Today his Pope-Mobile started at Westminster Cathedral for a mass and traveled down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park where he is currently conducting a prayer vigil in front of more than 80,000 people standing in Hyde Park. The Pope being in London is a big deal because one, it is a very secular country where religion is kept very separate from the state, and two, it is the first time the Queen has invited the Pope making this his first ever State Visit. Since England and the Catholic Church have fought for hundreds of years and had a bit of a falling out, it is again, quite a big deal. All this being said, the city has been a little bit of a mess for the past few days (Central London mainly). So today, instead of starting out in Central London, I headed back to Northeastern London to Old Street. </div><div>You might recall from a previous post that I visited Columbia Road which has a line of about 20 very unique boutique shops only open on weekends. Well actually, as it turns out, a lot are only open on Sundays I found out. Duped again! I still found some great places, but some other ones that I wanted to go in will have to be visited on a Sunday in the future. </div><div>From here I traveled to Bethnal Green where the London Design Festival was holding a "Pound Store" of designer made objects in an abandoned store on Roman Rd. Of course the tiny store was packed with lines out the door when I got there. I was a little dissapointed to find that the products weren't really even worth a pound, and yet people were grabbing handfuls of things. I think their marketing them for a pound made them seem more exciting then they really were. Strange broaches, paper, pencils, and the like that you could regularly pay 50p for (or no doubtedly live without), were being grabbed up by the masses.</div><div>From here, I decided to go to Trafalgar Square where they had another exhibit from London Design Festival-Outrace-in which robot arms were set up. I'm not exactly sure who was controlling them or what they do, but it was interesting. I was secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of the Pope (or really I wanted to see his Pope-Mobile as I've seen him a few times in Rome), but I instead got caught in an anti-Pope march which went though Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall, and towards Westminster Abbey where I think the Pope was holding mass. Now I might have been brought up Catholic, but I'm also pretty open and tolerant to other religions. However, I didn't agree with some of the signs people were holding or the hate in their eyes. Others seemd peaceful and in quite a good mood chatting with the hundreds of police walking along side the macrh. One woman had a bumper sticker (yes bumper sticker size) on her forehead that read "Religion is Stupid". Now in my opinion, someone who wears a bumper sticker on their forehead is stupid, but that's just my opinion. I kind of hope it tears off part of her eyeborws because she was actually dumb enough to have it covering them. Would a sign really not do? A lot of U.K. citizens were pretty upset that his visit is costing them 12 million pounds (yeah, I'd be a little upset too), but also that he is bringing religion to the forefront which is hardly ever done in their country. Also, all of the recent sex scandals in the Catholic church of course haven't really warmed people up. However, hundreds of thousands of people lined The Mall while his little converted Mercedes went down it at like 5 mph (snipers were postitioned on the roofs and helicopters hovered in the sky no doubt with snipers). The people ran along the Mall while he drove to Hyde Park and people were crying and holding up their children to be blessed as he passed. They all screamed and cheered along confirming yet again that the Pope is like a rockstar. It very much reminded me of when we were in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican in Rome (on a school trip) and the Pope happened to show up for a quick mass, and people were climbing the hundred year old columns, sitting on other peoles shoulders, crying, screaming, and passing out. Crazy... </div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-60036023837343243352010-09-17T09:54:00.000-07:002010-09-17T12:16:06.337-07:00One Word: Gastrotypographicalassemblage (two other words:Wall Art and Graffitti)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcL52FR__DoRRyCw7lQUSCR6Kgdoqz0sPPkq7jl2ebVR0_poauEbMgkLuKeH0zE4F4sU_6Ji8ObmYklZKaz9Wb2ywpdkqyYUreaU9Di_RmdyrfSmm2qJZFJQnGHTBaS7AitGWR8orIVoa/s1600/IMG_6688.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517948958417297138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcL52FR__DoRRyCw7lQUSCR6Kgdoqz0sPPkq7jl2ebVR0_poauEbMgkLuKeH0zE4F4sU_6Ji8ObmYklZKaz9Wb2ywpdkqyYUreaU9Di_RmdyrfSmm2qJZFJQnGHTBaS7AitGWR8orIVoa/s320/IMG_6688.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlWidEfEoDRBjmRqbb6dmzepKIDtIQW26ndnHTEa7CPg6M6nJJDPUF-zHHm_k1VLEyUAGS5A9XjOqoD60GQq0V_EQLyBSJNwIDE8h6TUWHJUtDwyzBrrwQAPXpA-WSx9QYvRZsOWg_H_j/s1600/IMG_6688_1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517947441521250194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-6WvbFgpk94_pPnsu0phHbRSun3EW-HR7ZmdBP2ia34AiT_qe4kaz1T_gd5G_mwJSvc48hNqHQXSP8OaRRiGETrgkAkUtnlYHIqk7KQDTGuHOOC3bt3Gk5XMcd3tYSmXlRiW-bicx9kJ/s320/IMG_6691.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Lou Dorfsman designexhibition at the Kemistry Gallery to start off the London Design Festival.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinq6mF3VRMAtO8kr6RSzIoNy9qWaX1UFrPmdGnuNDnrsDouZ5VOQw9fbwLq0ZloX0B2EJ6tGJgjYaljTJ-admXOm6s8samA4YGyik2lKLWPXBxv2995rLbOawucBGktCWZlrdXbq1E0FjX/s1600/IMG_6694.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517947433369657010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinq6mF3VRMAtO8kr6RSzIoNy9qWaX1UFrPmdGnuNDnrsDouZ5VOQw9fbwLq0ZloX0B2EJ6tGJgjYaljTJ-admXOm6s8samA4YGyik2lKLWPXBxv2995rLbOawucBGktCWZlrdXbq1E0FjX/s320/IMG_6694.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoWhbfN7FEWlyjJOYLLej2K01J6DqCuuwIdT-PW4c-mEZ_XcrnhmLiQLgVJZ3cBHjq_mZFIftu8seTdhciuiC1FOBXxBi9AaqxnF4XBKspJ7OsM4ORSofSizNuU2dCK48mQODMl6CXX2k/s1600/IMG_6697.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517947415342308898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoWhbfN7FEWlyjJOYLLej2K01J6DqCuuwIdT-PW4c-mEZ_XcrnhmLiQLgVJZ3cBHjq_mZFIftu8seTdhciuiC1FOBXxBi9AaqxnF4XBKspJ7OsM4ORSofSizNuU2dCK48mQODMl6CXX2k/s320/IMG_6697.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">I was very dissapointed that they didn't actually have a portion of the wall there, but instead they had a half scale print out on the wall.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVMWJ0Z9kC-1LFk0r4bxqgbd_zKTcZiKiiJyNl8gTVe5hukGwV51kJID847cEJ9fmsdz-cTp4KQyQz4J301ynyMFywMnwuiFXxes8sHkSkngvb72nG4JYp4Ubsu4Y38eQxl45vMGIgbdS/s1600/IMG_6698.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517947405770913538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVMWJ0Z9kC-1LFk0r4bxqgbd_zKTcZiKiiJyNl8gTVe5hukGwV51kJID847cEJ9fmsdz-cTp4KQyQz4J301ynyMFywMnwuiFXxes8sHkSkngvb72nG4JYp4Ubsu4Y38eQxl45vMGIgbdS/s320/IMG_6698.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHu8kb3Mp9CIhdjgbrlD-7hmDtIeSAFzZfELluTCuZybyMYk7mxIh7BwGKGyvYoHclnl6uVKoLy6eO-bVtP6yQl48ad2WsoBQl2N0R2zFkbK4HXfa5sfwuebWIgW73A4yA89RjP_o08520/s1600/IMG_6699.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517945841191586418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42DNiFiPMykRgtaeQ39G6cOZmMSTM13_rYLQtN_N1HqzoYUPOm2p9xw0MoNBhJCF5nMVbU7JrtxEOvBrpv4szBhb0sqd94GzAXAx9esKTueQyUb9UclNvvaANEK2zr0wjQwrWzQWnqPeK/s320/IMG_6701.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HCVEJ96AIoRf4GH6GEQo58rWx7dpSxL0jGFHSe0d2sIvoWpaTeJkoG7Fpcn4zjlcLHIAQXxBbZXAEcgfy5KvEOAsLAi5WcfFoLHwlU-Z5yTLgj4CuthBspfEkMrOPX36mgcNqFidBgUa/s1600/IMG_6703.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517945824883457410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HCVEJ96AIoRf4GH6GEQo58rWx7dpSxL0jGFHSe0d2sIvoWpaTeJkoG7Fpcn4zjlcLHIAQXxBbZXAEcgfy5KvEOAsLAi5WcfFoLHwlU-Z5yTLgj4CuthBspfEkMrOPX36mgcNqFidBgUa/s320/IMG_6703.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> And now a tour of East London's graffitti and celebrated wall art (this is starting out at Old Street)! This is where a lot of Banksy's original pieces were done, however, they since been tagged over or removed.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcMx9zyhTF72dnHc01ZePhwfL_7_k2QYLua2QYSHtxUJN_JtUeWmoeaAswAvJhR5-tzbMxAsL19Uych25VJ4MnrodTI5T7l5d0ohyphenhyphen0J6r6R7mSSCrSgtxqdE6KMXJwBIVMDUQXs9k9YHV/s1600/IMG_6704.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517944004904177666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcMx9zyhTF72dnHc01ZePhwfL_7_k2QYLua2QYSHtxUJN_JtUeWmoeaAswAvJhR5-tzbMxAsL19Uych25VJ4MnrodTI5T7l5d0ohyphenhyphen0J6r6R7mSSCrSgtxqdE6KMXJwBIVMDUQXs9k9YHV/s320/IMG_6704.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlVeXtcGwMUufEWKheDusGXboA_kCkRdOX9k4MfU5N7JexYrD66F2A7qsxjujH7vrDAvHHsyxVO_5z-1fVVmVgsRabwFmFMk7MCeFf6JISSSr91wTM0fbthcWfn-r8lCUxEeE3gWH0ped/s1600/IMG_6706.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517937847254665810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIn_XdDmz0-x8fdqmNAUkntBodirZBWAkU-CydOnJFPwG558oIfhZe_AcGiUzUPKhBqIgEvUEGZvUoqAXYT9pxF58vEH9abCWnc3Q69vs04uO8m-mizTVFamNiNddhzBJUhyLeetM-vMz/s320/IMG_6728.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I could have used a cup of tea...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZv69GhvLh3XOtdWMC0Oz7X5Cyg2_bOK3TgfDWxb40ukdK4Qg99fqkp-61G7ftTT7bjfvjlQ_wuN6G9kf9_updkMyaal16akf7kiIhnTk32uyJvuQC0LuB4r7mA852OC8HgBkZPPXbFHbm/s1600/IMG_6732.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517937836865505794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZv69GhvLh3XOtdWMC0Oz7X5Cyg2_bOK3TgfDWxb40ukdK4Qg99fqkp-61G7ftTT7bjfvjlQ_wuN6G9kf9_updkMyaal16akf7kiIhnTk32uyJvuQC0LuB4r7mA852OC8HgBkZPPXbFHbm/s320/IMG_6732.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwE5IExcuBP3MFsuCwFjelVeukOPpEvgmbQyu0A6gdIR97qloCe4o9HEetITZioeVqX2_9wlPJ0gJtnGJDpBydry0arvHZlkWvoQCfQkyhVGCocCBie7Z7fNJT7fTxLRR3ibPVb_WKHjd/s1600/IMG_6735_01.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517937825486638658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwE5IExcuBP3MFsuCwFjelVeukOPpEvgmbQyu0A6gdIR97qloCe4o9HEetITZioeVqX2_9wlPJ0gJtnGJDpBydry0arvHZlkWvoQCfQkyhVGCocCBie7Z7fNJT7fTxLRR3ibPVb_WKHjd/s320/IMG_6735_01.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Accidentally made my way to Spitalfields Market. It worked out quite nice though as Friday is fashion day, and I got a cheap dress and scarf! I also found a bench outside of the market to eat my absolutley delicious b.l.t. sandwich (real crispy bacon, not that uncooked crap they have on all the other British b.l.t.'s) and pickle. The best lunch I've had since I've been here.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2E2UDv9YDdP0eNweqqA8Gv35aPwNfDJhyITSuy3HBD02MIlqpaSUduzlDzzLgj8KmI65bbIdGm7ZzNDbfmkzjkP4DIkCPozJ5iUQymWLgbFizdNOzON0mWSqa-eDiJWppljROwXfxfwf/s1600/IMG_6741.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517937818194651442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2E2UDv9YDdP0eNweqqA8Gv35aPwNfDJhyITSuy3HBD02MIlqpaSUduzlDzzLgj8KmI65bbIdGm7ZzNDbfmkzjkP4DIkCPozJ5iUQymWLgbFizdNOzON0mWSqa-eDiJWppljROwXfxfwf/s320/IMG_6741.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Somewhere off of Brick Lane</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hWN1913BFslA_jBuX_QFfTExjFGgEOCG04zjNoTPCzHDH5YFpy4njZV28MBf_fgwCQMlPW44R8EZUO4BykLXrS0kBKMEuZT1WRSDfJhTTpftHCUimOM7D6KGhG3hPUQVSiiBweliMSTH/s1600/IMG_6743.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517935794980028850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hWN1913BFslA_jBuX_QFfTExjFGgEOCG04zjNoTPCzHDH5YFpy4njZV28MBf_fgwCQMlPW44R8EZUO4BykLXrS0kBKMEuZT1WRSDfJhTTpftHCUimOM7D6KGhG3hPUQVSiiBweliMSTH/s320/IMG_6743.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S_Z1nsOTIGm_XkHn8LBWA6gjRe6EQJw7Nmbp3MxsNgUus-N1tnXc7vGQ3gdRaOR-aQnAYKW2ex8EIl45sN-h0HMrCKwUEC_NsRv4YK-98hnWVDSxUFzDrzuSmO6Bz_WRqVWV-RHss-Jh/s1600/IMG_6752.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517935783775064322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S_Z1nsOTIGm_XkHn8LBWA6gjRe6EQJw7Nmbp3MxsNgUus-N1tnXc7vGQ3gdRaOR-aQnAYKW2ex8EIl45sN-h0HMrCKwUEC_NsRv4YK-98hnWVDSxUFzDrzuSmO6Bz_WRqVWV-RHss-Jh/s320/IMG_6752.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> This looks like a really mad pacman.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb4ea_MNlDv-8QfcI_euB82H49EaSvUjyitGOQdPoz3w5Pj_EEBZxl5V6Z5Jt2l3goqNmj0oWTx63pjF8NRSu-OyTWT2rtI8Yol-DaaIU8MsVsYEiUo1R7RtoPvwNNMFXLF_77JF8_qDr/s1600/IMG_6754.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517935770384927154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUb4ea_MNlDv-8QfcI_euB82H49EaSvUjyitGOQdPoz3w5Pj_EEBZxl5V6Z5Jt2l3goqNmj0oWTx63pjF8NRSu-OyTWT2rtI8Yol-DaaIU8MsVsYEiUo1R7RtoPvwNNMFXLF_77JF8_qDr/s320/IMG_6754.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> The pink car used to be park of a Banksy exhibit. Now the car is in a glass box.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fUGQstjS_SGhxpxYbbNVX4JbflMDY9y0uoDzcACpzLEsqsR1R2IzGHBKE6eMi0wWqeOAhJXA0I6qU8g4G4EsVoUK_-YOG5XH6UvQgkFo7clMO4dIIwh5HVjwKJP8OiuBWV9Q72qZSJYB/s1600/IMG_6755.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517935758138894402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fUGQstjS_SGhxpxYbbNVX4JbflMDY9y0uoDzcACpzLEsqsR1R2IzGHBKE6eMi0wWqeOAhJXA0I6qU8g4G4EsVoUK_-YOG5XH6UvQgkFo7clMO4dIIwh5HVjwKJP8OiuBWV9Q72qZSJYB/s320/IMG_6755.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lFppTqZGEOcmEty72BenunfwE0T0vSZExX9Yy5BfKfBEmDjyg18fZRtu8fIyq-mUMTUnUn6fnI4ebVf7au80e8xf-YG5AHlmP_MNuDvGv4HFQjOkQdem3_7g4J6etUuF3tPWXx5eDH-o/s1600/IMG_6765.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517935747369411186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lFppTqZGEOcmEty72BenunfwE0T0vSZExX9Yy5BfKfBEmDjyg18fZRtu8fIyq-mUMTUnUn6fnI4ebVf7au80e8xf-YG5AHlmP_MNuDvGv4HFQjOkQdem3_7g4J6etUuF3tPWXx5eDH-o/s320/IMG_6765.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWy9w3lt_2KoqHXRyyKxcpgL9bS2-dfzJi4OAUJ28BmQh0KnSvaDTp0FXHy5_IpseiO9MsZ9NtdXRfSHrobhKTyq-4sHSAHW2aiw3It-njwJtwqEX3I0zX9HN_cyXX65CgNsDondaPWg6/s1600/IMG_6767.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933863039874850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWy9w3lt_2KoqHXRyyKxcpgL9bS2-dfzJi4OAUJ28BmQh0KnSvaDTp0FXHy5_IpseiO9MsZ9NtdXRfSHrobhKTyq-4sHSAHW2aiw3It-njwJtwqEX3I0zX9HN_cyXX65CgNsDondaPWg6/s320/IMG_6767.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Some ground art as well...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGetxssNW0PBZRcwibd6_D1OeUWSmll5H9eGYcodIWZL8cAmUmeEby1I0pqYeLLDH9nEYw0_8nVdWHh9Pd4LcoPpdl1cGfh4pwI4Z-_QrEYMq9rDp593w4EcJZDv1FUiJP_gneVTZ8hXOn/s1600/IMG_6769_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933845240194706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGetxssNW0PBZRcwibd6_D1OeUWSmll5H9eGYcodIWZL8cAmUmeEby1I0pqYeLLDH9nEYw0_8nVdWHh9Pd4LcoPpdl1cGfh4pwI4Z-_QrEYMq9rDp593w4EcJZDv1FUiJP_gneVTZ8hXOn/s320/IMG_6769_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEbqpFudmqWrAbYbAia9PGc8NITVinzLqftwHX1QWE7sezKoaXQZKr1HMSIXba2r8G7vzZrkOugV8v0xEdrMT_Y0mz1alqjLoGZV4i8bh55Z5BShP9MuC-SSW9mRRikg9fAmiVrx9HNez/s1600/IMG_6772.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933834320282370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEbqpFudmqWrAbYbAia9PGc8NITVinzLqftwHX1QWE7sezKoaXQZKr1HMSIXba2r8G7vzZrkOugV8v0xEdrMT_Y0mz1alqjLoGZV4i8bh55Z5BShP9MuC-SSW9mRRikg9fAmiVrx9HNez/s320/IMG_6772.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So I did not realize that Brick Lane was like Little India. Even all of the street signs were in Arabic and it reaked of curry smell!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPR2LKky5IyX-xNMBoe8S6Umg8G3je5yJQal1ZB5hv7RepinGsPvFaCHk5QCwxP9YJS2cI7xjbKNnK0Ev6QK1TW2sirINiDbGfIdF2qkJTeS4hbbZNLMbswwcO1ijLedFqw8Rd0mi-e4S/s1600/IMG_6773.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933822402322930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPR2LKky5IyX-xNMBoe8S6Umg8G3je5yJQal1ZB5hv7RepinGsPvFaCHk5QCwxP9YJS2cI7xjbKNnK0Ev6QK1TW2sirINiDbGfIdF2qkJTeS4hbbZNLMbswwcO1ijLedFqw8Rd0mi-e4S/s320/IMG_6773.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> see...(I entered Brick Lane from Hanbury Street, and I felt like if you turned right off of Hanbury, you ended up in India, and if you turned left, you got more into the artsy and somewhat risky part of Brick Lane).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E9kxW3C7-yRzb8msG9R0W1AKvl8hTzI7aJdeXcCuz6PZFsmUPLrz7zX78kU9q8HJkwlu8qsq0t9UFE0SV_GoZEUF00FEAJw7pm8d9y5mymDeV5AbDmLtS0JkeNw8hu3jgoHK8yy2jXuc/s1600/IMG_6774_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517933811497337106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E9kxW3C7-yRzb8msG9R0W1AKvl8hTzI7aJdeXcCuz6PZFsmUPLrz7zX78kU9q8HJkwlu8qsq0t9UFE0SV_GoZEUF00FEAJw7pm8d9y5mymDeV5AbDmLtS0JkeNw8hu3jgoHK8yy2jXuc/s320/IMG_6774_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">A turn into the more artsy part...</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQrrKafoNSQAjJggPWKavvfMhlY3ojl1LGoHSPnf8chaNDNk4Hyk26zNuhkrB6AY7to8nFLNfeLhZLe_ZDWM-_52N5WXmhUHr8MFrFduKh0pXgrg1fy2nvrwxUWICb9Sxpag6mdhvVGDT/s1600/IMG_6780.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517931781205221042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQrrKafoNSQAjJggPWKavvfMhlY3ojl1LGoHSPnf8chaNDNk4Hyk26zNuhkrB6AY7to8nFLNfeLhZLe_ZDWM-_52N5WXmhUHr8MFrFduKh0pXgrg1fy2nvrwxUWICb9Sxpag6mdhvVGDT/s320/IMG_6780.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjK1uI90NL6wvGyK62KdK-SfehOPYV_h_gTCHReWYfkFbqsiHRb5w6e9vXaP1uDJ9Vk7R1RpBzfdPPrmlBNZ7uFUdDQwkp5lUP-oR5ZTPDj6BsNgTc55uxA9Ylosk621rpj6U_BE19_Cx/s1600/IMG_6783.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517929040232924370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIQfPlGfinogb4juN5xP-Z4yfVD4MYn0gJDE7iDMNfTAq6o4qjVv2717NKoiRxyav70uB8ImMX4CBBhCSRc-_fWjRNUyzRPMxwVETRTQI6-ZE30gKE6wlVa0BJqd-ZmF-D-zOD7cWN0PS/s320/IMG_6805.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> This looks like something out of Mario Brothers to me...but more evil!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn-FHX2IzqW7ZxVQaSWXZ6VY8ItFHP3DokufyE44WjDD_oUl9_MwpLfSAPOeMI0yAU23klS8389Sao_e56hkTXI1_Naeiuy8pDBjTiU31TedH1aJFyc2cy0bn-kFxw836UpDAD2dFY8EC/s1600/IMG_6806.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517929030656857682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn-FHX2IzqW7ZxVQaSWXZ6VY8ItFHP3DokufyE44WjDD_oUl9_MwpLfSAPOeMI0yAU23klS8389Sao_e56hkTXI1_Naeiuy8pDBjTiU31TedH1aJFyc2cy0bn-kFxw836UpDAD2dFY8EC/s320/IMG_6806.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz27-5dMcHMHNwfWK1wD0VWH4WDBvWwMnBd4tlfiaF0AbhFGxTtVVVLlkoCAkfWfOJdjhyphenhyphenaHQf67iO6HwirBIdqj8cAqoZFr8lIn3OC6G_VDC2DchmwfSz8-ryvrrU4xelbcn43KCqkOHS/s1600/IMG_6818.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517929021082987426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz27-5dMcHMHNwfWK1wD0VWH4WDBvWwMnBd4tlfiaF0AbhFGxTtVVVLlkoCAkfWfOJdjhyphenhyphenaHQf67iO6HwirBIdqj8cAqoZFr8lIn3OC6G_VDC2DchmwfSz8-ryvrrU4xelbcn43KCqkOHS/s320/IMG_6818.JPG" /></a><br /><div>London Design Festival starts tomorrow and goes on for 9 days. They have a few exhibits that opened today though, and one of them is Gastrotypographicalassemblage-a Lou Dorfsman exhibit. Lou Dorfsman was a designer who spent 40 years at CBS designing their advertising and corporate identity. One of his greatest works was the 35 foot wide, 8 1/2 foot tall wooden hand cut typographic wall that spread the length of the canteen wall and spelled out words related to eating/food. It was completed in 1966. I was hoping they had part of the wall at the exhibit, but it's apparently undergoing a large restoration process after being in storage since the 1990's.</div><div>From the exhibit, I found a beacon of light to my hungry stomach-or more a bacon of light! A corner deli called "B.L.T. Deli". It was only about a 10x10 space, and the inside was so packed with people, that you had to queue up outside, then when you get in, they make you yell out your order so they can make as many at one time. I got the most delicious bacon sandwich that reminded me of one I would get at Central Market. Annnnnndd, I got a real pickle (not one of these sweet cucumbers parading as a pickle). It was amazing.</div><div>After a quick walk through Spitalfields market and the surrounding shops, I made my way to Brick Lane. I was under the impression it would be really arty with cool-off hand boutique shops. But it seemed more like just curry shops. I did find a few cool places going down the opposite way from the string of curry shops and mosques, but it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped. But it did have great graffitti and wall art. I tried to get back to Old Street at this point, and accidentally took the wrong way down Commercial Street getting to Aldgate East tube stop instead (it's not even on a real line that I could get to Old Street from). I finally made it back to Old Street tube stop and made my way back to Bob's. Definitely a great day for graffitti!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-65983741071360896762010-09-16T07:50:00.000-07:002010-10-28T04:54:28.019-07:00Photography Social #3-Ahoy Matey!<div align="center">So the theme of this photography social was a nautical theme as we started by meeting on the R.S. Hispaniola boat which is docked along the Victoria Embankment. We had 10 sailor/nautical related sayings such as "Fly-by-Night", "The Devil to Pay", "Square Meal", "High and Dry", "True Colours", "Feeling Blue", "Blind Eye", "The Bitter End", "Cut of his Jib". Now I don't exactly know what any of these mean in any nautical sense (or other), but it was clear that this social would be difficult. Instead of just having one theme that we had to shoot bewteen our 4-6 team members, we had to take specific shots that would represent each one of these strange sayings. We started out with a group of five, added one to make a group of six, and lost two as we went out and shot for an hour to give us a team of four. Not sure why two of our teamates left us "high and dry" (sorry, bad pun our remaining team members came up with after a few drinks), but it was fine because between the 4 of us, we got each of the sayings covered, even if they were pictures we really had to explain to get to the meaning! Because I was unsure of the challenge, I took a lot of extra photos as you can see that were non-social related.</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517544105823355138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMESyojnN_8ApqQ_SGYMGpmbzwsKwNeCWnutOI2T4NxBrErsE1JiCVhYderpDnd5-jCKpfJO5AFP_ubprb3TNt106rQMtEzlhjHvCkG8nd5m5fuzraxeLioV5c86unPt2siSDKesBI3uIP/s320/IMG_6574.JPG" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Our boat as we arrived! Too bad Chloe and I walked the wrong way out of Embankment tube station and walked for a good 15 minutes in the wrong way when the boat was literally 10 feet from where we came out.</span> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQj5MOk1qiyO7qrMVFhmMUYKbL-dDX83QeEPD3uzVGqBYF4Ln_tL60fjG5mvim7kuyv7nu1-oNocKskV9I0uE7rVWum4B8WxZRNH5n93SfBebTs3YRFb5c57ka4UyLWwGLCwnLLSYiJvq/s1600/IMG_6576.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517544102868802626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQj5MOk1qiyO7qrMVFhmMUYKbL-dDX83QeEPD3uzVGqBYF4Ln_tL60fjG5mvim7kuyv7nu1-oNocKskV9I0uE7rVWum4B8WxZRNH5n93SfBebTs3YRFb5c57ka4UyLWwGLCwnLLSYiJvq/s320/IMG_6576.JPG" /></a></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlUpdx8T0ly39gr6lp6Qju2IIPHFTvS-GzC8RrhoDqIqZgrbJoH3NAF6wef7SW-E7fwGOd_56E1nEaa0k91e1RS0X4oLfylvFh_lYHCuJhG17yTvscw4ecsL3bq90M2m7Sca2LAhbDAHx/s1600/IMG_6581.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517544092300869522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlUpdx8T0ly39gr6lp6Qju2IIPHFTvS-GzC8RrhoDqIqZgrbJoH3NAF6wef7SW-E7fwGOd_56E1nEaa0k91e1RS0X4oLfylvFh_lYHCuJhG17yTvscw4ecsL3bq90M2m7Sca2LAhbDAHx/s320/IMG_6581.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Walking across Embankment Bridge</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr1uUbPVL1ZNw4C8wsdJNC7Aw6VU_uH_yOQcBgVS0XO1jlB3c-ZLOQ8X8439zV5Dpe8DkPwQVPlyb7-gxiFnQoS95Qj3B5ustlW5e3aOqJ6CgkjLYaEkGqPiZkKwEoIQtCrmVeuXwvxw3/s1600/IMG_6599.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517544089753418530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr1uUbPVL1ZNw4C8wsdJNC7Aw6VU_uH_yOQcBgVS0XO1jlB3c-ZLOQ8X8439zV5Dpe8DkPwQVPlyb7-gxiFnQoS95Qj3B5ustlW5e3aOqJ6CgkjLYaEkGqPiZkKwEoIQtCrmVeuXwvxw3/s320/IMG_6599.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View of Southbank from the Bridge</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios1AUp3e9THv1q2-EFxC7hZdCmqj8MVfcg_DF321zkabRpXUVivfTr4fZ_6oEz_dGuybCGpVr1WEHFm1U_5RoiWyc1JWCbJOq3TQ1LSzseQjIJjAix_ia3w-zTQeyTbr4KDshyphenhyphenDYcwDS-/s1600/IMG_6602.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517542612228091698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEios1AUp3e9THv1q2-EFxC7hZdCmqj8MVfcg_DF321zkabRpXUVivfTr4fZ_6oEz_dGuybCGpVr1WEHFm1U_5RoiWyc1JWCbJOq3TQ1LSzseQjIJjAix_ia3w-zTQeyTbr4KDshyphenhyphenDYcwDS-/s320/IMG_6602.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohhR15bN38qdbTiB0_53PV2xo57Ug_a_FNYpYgxZ_BLjVAkkMKCG1MPVB9y4xGBO2fv_9XTbU8LujgQUMSSqzebmI-mE1aLmhnAHcmATsE9fHSlyJ7M-mfIrMNrkDusbHSkWoED7gCFJe/s1600/IMG_6604.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517542596725603058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohhR15bN38qdbTiB0_53PV2xo57Ug_a_FNYpYgxZ_BLjVAkkMKCG1MPVB9y4xGBO2fv_9XTbU8LujgQUMSSqzebmI-mE1aLmhnAHcmATsE9fHSlyJ7M-mfIrMNrkDusbHSkWoED7gCFJe/s320/IMG_6604.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Embankment Train Station</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y1qX1DJ2GKSWRDRJq8V77JQsG5BWEQVuD3Ub_2VYmMd4zqi5Dp7WXqa1crj5_5SohjZ8_DGnVD-KghXSCBUUaVy0gvX4A1UMOo5oyY9hGMsvr8vJ781RAyjvEwdsr6IMg2y1cGMYNFUK/s1600/IMG_6606.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517542594124974194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y1qX1DJ2GKSWRDRJq8V77JQsG5BWEQVuD3Ub_2VYmMd4zqi5Dp7WXqa1crj5_5SohjZ8_DGnVD-KghXSCBUUaVy0gvX4A1UMOo5oyY9hGMsvr8vJ781RAyjvEwdsr6IMg2y1cGMYNFUK/s320/IMG_6606.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> "True Colours" (I mean there's colors...)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kKy2Sb72RLyTnGCbqoq7SH9JAQeUv72PA0-GVLnahUNANDH77qyM-SrgOoWBzr2aSZTRJam31gh2X0gMCsPC_QyPvGNiRp6Atb-kLUA36GGDd-ZlKbu_yit5EZtja7TWgU8SaGJPAddT/s1600/IMG_6625_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517542585714342034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kKy2Sb72RLyTnGCbqoq7SH9JAQeUv72PA0-GVLnahUNANDH77qyM-SrgOoWBzr2aSZTRJam31gh2X0gMCsPC_QyPvGNiRp6Atb-kLUA36GGDd-ZlKbu_yit5EZtja7TWgU8SaGJPAddT/s320/IMG_6625_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">More "True Colours"</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbY7QOV9N7WlmAyRRlJFiK46htksGD9ZZ-Ri4zr_nzAz-_-plrEdEn4u1sf5CsgKYQ_3fKbn-njmWtrjpGm2BAROgKKjTxnKGVu-d3dsrDrW5bVlR-EeiW812XrWzmL3Xk22NCmlowJbH/s1600/IMG_6629.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517540437597031490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbY7QOV9N7WlmAyRRlJFiK46htksGD9ZZ-Ri4zr_nzAz-_-plrEdEn4u1sf5CsgKYQ_3fKbn-njmWtrjpGm2BAROgKKjTxnKGVu-d3dsrDrW5bVlR-EeiW812XrWzmL3Xk22NCmlowJbH/s320/IMG_6629.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Looking across the Thames</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPfRK-x6tSAhRn9lZ_JYpg-Va5Qzp6yAcGMc86u8FXWhBQE4ZAQuqzAbKKQhXZa152BukGKQBFvevxh8dOC2oVAOTieK__2O4OC7OqwOFb_ONo80cIRqI2xYyuzLwZwasYJLlLT4PJBYM/s1600/IMG_6630.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517540431245076642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPfRK-x6tSAhRn9lZ_JYpg-Va5Qzp6yAcGMc86u8FXWhBQE4ZAQuqzAbKKQhXZa152BukGKQBFvevxh8dOC2oVAOTieK__2O4OC7OqwOFb_ONo80cIRqI2xYyuzLwZwasYJLlLT4PJBYM/s320/IMG_6630.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfR6R-wTTmxDwOZM5JD5afJQz36-hhXplOkYsWozIcFNHKAAbHz2XqChyGbcPCugjiLRBA1yrQWan3TGvd_1jCB0WT_v3_gcwWeiiO3p3IpKLZi-9Y143JnIu8uuN1iVB_rusJoi3MpZS9/s1600/IMG_6633_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517533890481643234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlp1eHKqlj3qOclYEKL6mDUiWmdTz2REkN9Z6i0QGzGCR9b6nGQMEqJRq5zoKzmDLxeqd6zOhkcNKvx1a68Oi7aO-HQO_b1kNoRw7_8vnsm3HPvSB5qM6AYvgBdOOvcbXFub96Yf7H1f75/s320/IMG_6639.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcMPTJhD0YQ8fiELZMXEqiNRz3yrg0k9c1nSEA0VoPMFxTMdL4AXrtbbyeCcQzvX8crLP2v9i16qLyGGHMNUu4k4h16KbUHfm8ArcwAvzDz7RFfOWx2LcwHz2P08uYOWW6LWdYn3wQUyj/s1600/IMG_6643.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517533882714200642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcMPTJhD0YQ8fiELZMXEqiNRz3yrg0k9c1nSEA0VoPMFxTMdL4AXrtbbyeCcQzvX8crLP2v9i16qLyGGHMNUu4k4h16KbUHfm8ArcwAvzDz7RFfOWx2LcwHz2P08uYOWW6LWdYn3wQUyj/s320/IMG_6643.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I3XKJHKo6F6cY4uE3OS2CwGFB9F6Im6rAPorS_SslcFBKiui8IgUIF8cspd72FZSwbNxSNG0E_b3X2Uzrzff-xgGjV0KTMCEg110qHBGtC-Fbd-hfrO80aF2QYcVDGRmg1rUz8OMUwWV/s1600/IMG_6644.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517531928681250578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3t93ozwuhrlygTWc0MTJ_oe733t1qe8ulsXgP2GJ6bM1yOYwFF4amT1JBc85yJ_vhBhGJny-MqbdscB89IoM6uNtgzK9pVYLVQVzussdidi9OwYBBcr8c_PW_kZJycldNQw8apKOkCULg/s320/IMG_6663.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84IS2uyy2P9n7vZ0S08PkuKSvtDa_IWJo5yczTG0Kb-dLNBG6kZgfN4PsyofWBpRwP0n6x0PxVi3L2fkpsR2xcqOQUjzcQLrodoQStDp71cwffJnaDHryQnrbPQKzOcHdUXPuR29prR2n/s1600/IMG_6665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517529577707927410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84IS2uyy2P9n7vZ0S08PkuKSvtDa_IWJo5yczTG0Kb-dLNBG6kZgfN4PsyofWBpRwP0n6x0PxVi3L2fkpsR2xcqOQUjzcQLrodoQStDp71cwffJnaDHryQnrbPQKzOcHdUXPuR29prR2n/s320/IMG_6665.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> "Feeling Blue" option (I mean there's blue...)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EjkfPugEPiSgfyCqcneZVUVD1wsUpWN86_0Rq-kOu7RhcV9CR21Aps4vhrVs5UlkXQWJCUGyHsUEcRNV5oTOPU1NHDrdmM-j7pqol4zZi6osXwSPIy_nmaEtWjNI85swInABkiXFc18X/s1600/IMG_6672.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517527866711154194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYM7h3arB6uwn2Y2jQkXZXcP_RRLiRly3q7VL7DHO0e3oqf9Hi2oagQXXcbtEh1a14arh_FWY2Bnk2yu-ja3QMXZ0RCGxqrqW_oTkx0K-Ti4vpnwIxWF6SCCsL0s8ETGIjwRO-FUjXHX1/s320/IMG_6684.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-49225015915827271392010-09-16T03:41:00.000-07:002010-09-16T07:50:10.528-07:00More of Henry VIII and the Queen-Windsor!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA70yCCOj1JKg5pVxUTrYZMchBnqBzZhWAOjJ_5scVQiU_4JpD5cAzLv2b-6KGNMcyE6m3n6sLsOyh3nqKIfnDMYvWB8PyJ1ekR00hV94KS8tSp5DiM8Fbrhyphenhyphenax2U5N_vY9oJXzA77gjj/s1600/IMG_6466.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517482792287757538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA70yCCOj1JKg5pVxUTrYZMchBnqBzZhWAOjJ_5scVQiU_4JpD5cAzLv2b-6KGNMcyE6m3n6sLsOyh3nqKIfnDMYvWB8PyJ1ekR00hV94KS8tSp5DiM8Fbrhyphenhyphenax2U5N_vY9oJXzA77gjj/s320/IMG_6466.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> En route to Windsor Castle from the train station</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxDQO8kEXDWFVvUKeEs7TA-9dlHLkQEgoCyvUm81dqjk69F9yFK2CmMGaEk4fJL_4E6yGdu41nukqZQnHgW1QBnZTlNYNKOcYs0_ssTBbYyvwnpFnY6_k3PV4c9lck_FgmHVBwg_P5JN8/s1600/IMG_6467.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517482780694319698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxDQO8kEXDWFVvUKeEs7TA-9dlHLkQEgoCyvUm81dqjk69F9yFK2CmMGaEk4fJL_4E6yGdu41nukqZQnHgW1QBnZTlNYNKOcYs0_ssTBbYyvwnpFnY6_k3PV4c9lck_FgmHVBwg_P5JN8/s320/IMG_6467.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Can you see the ferris wheel off in right of the shot? They had their own version of the London Eye.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiLx422O-WY6LBomjCV5ehyWqevGn-rqQGXe5d9hxV4I0PD5gDz7gWGtre71pSZtr4H792fFRehErSfB44wRDkLqEvCvXQ1EYMroYG9ytZ1VfWesgcNh49U0_nMR2X4r8tDZrVQsM1KXy/s1600/IMG_6470.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517482776479011810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiLx422O-WY6LBomjCV5ehyWqevGn-rqQGXe5d9hxV4I0PD5gDz7gWGtre71pSZtr4H792fFRehErSfB44wRDkLqEvCvXQ1EYMroYG9ytZ1VfWesgcNh49U0_nMR2X4r8tDZrVQsM1KXy/s320/IMG_6470.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Windsor Castle</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaZ_dt-rzTNfCsS4IrN0E-axFb19VeyGb2FxR-5orbBHICZPcgIUXHLtdlj-__mtBQvPO4S6xL7poiIX1-LywGesj5fxlylbxgaoi9wWBoYx9kiuRunXV2F0WuLb_ykD0Pqpiv20SVCE8/s1600/IMG_6471_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517475585095170386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmEoo3az9yPpuqwixnEiDusGTnNlS_oB4yahfh1CZiJZ-H5HCuWxMwspoi6iNmqB4uQ6xJKA2StOGxyIn5CGmuDNcwu9EYQwvZYl14Lc9B8iMloDsfBDZYSyKLZXXgpf9c0srOeH2kO6s/s320/IMG_6475.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">The town of Windsor was really cute and quaint!</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aYz3Vzd5XgBDR9CmvgJlaoKgcbO8cmf1mCI6Is9qn7pFVW_7ud4h2FBnAUhSp-hGgszesRyZ6B4ZP-yvyuTzNSQWPmOyN6Q1v1bP4cDFOnSpGvQ_CDrH9hhRHLQG_sKEk9gUsRg8K8tM/s1600/IMG_6479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517475576409164450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aYz3Vzd5XgBDR9CmvgJlaoKgcbO8cmf1mCI6Is9qn7pFVW_7ud4h2FBnAUhSp-hGgszesRyZ6B4ZP-yvyuTzNSQWPmOyN6Q1v1bP4cDFOnSpGvQ_CDrH9hhRHLQG_sKEk9gUsRg8K8tM/s320/IMG_6479.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">We were right in time for the Changing of the Guards at the Castle</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIhyphenhyphengfM8ZQXh2JXJz8LBfpTgGXYbk4wjyBzfMCoQ_oRIb3rcLqlji07N9ZW_1vQ48op86gpbHye2AcHNPPGPhmwqGsq7ePDfgzRI_SJ8ssXQxmLy9AaMyjgE5mthf2Jw-WtV4o5R6E8Wg/s1600/IMG_6480.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517473489496261122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4EimPlbHOHioyY_PQGpyseLml0hnINuG8mkOQdQGULFO5-oTqCQYx_4x7vPzI3JXIKe_ebEoDaJxBid-4ldzAVMGIZOXqKcW7-dnZE2b3Q6CYSQOT-SDV96xDmTNmXiLkQ12VJbS5pQ_/s320/IMG_6505.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">On our way to the State Apartments and Queen Mary's Dollhouse (where inside we were not allowed to take photos). The Dollhouse was completed in 1924 for Queen Mary, wife of King George V. The dollhouse is at the scale of one inch to one foot and is over 3 feet tall. They had artists paint miniature paintings to scale, the manufactuers of the furniture in Windsor Castle made miniature furniture to match that in the castle, and authors such as J.M Barrie (Peter Pan) and Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book) even wrote special books that were written and bound in a size to scale. Even all of the wine bottles in the cellar were filled with the appropriate wines and spirits so that everything was completely realistic. They had a minature crown jewels too! It was pretty awesome and reminded me of the models I used to make (they always had that kind of precision and detail as well...not)</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEyB8vMC_kSG4DA7FvnK5LnRWsD9mEedYOpa6G4nbJ3JhU_V8e0ZujXauHuAQw4u4t8sA-8Bf_hM7sCF3N_jvgyrpp815W6UcBFP8A1JiJvY8NvapRJbSDU1ZdurKrCsoj2LVC1IWUZfb/s1600/IMG_6506_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517473477711050498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEyB8vMC_kSG4DA7FvnK5LnRWsD9mEedYOpa6G4nbJ3JhU_V8e0ZujXauHuAQw4u4t8sA-8Bf_hM7sCF3N_jvgyrpp815W6UcBFP8A1JiJvY8NvapRJbSDU1ZdurKrCsoj2LVC1IWUZfb/s320/IMG_6506_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUnU52T633tfXBpcFgvMNhhgLV4KOjTyZ4sECtg9G1gAv4rAvkSo8ADS6iKCpmVWbAQ5rKLEGaXIN8ei8iO4Jwfo9m-tpZT7VACxMjjkCb0i7YEHQXFXwp8dbuKnk3VHcypqDCKp8zKGJ/s1600/IMG_6512.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517470383363014594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUnU52T633tfXBpcFgvMNhhgLV4KOjTyZ4sECtg9G1gAv4rAvkSo8ADS6iKCpmVWbAQ5rKLEGaXIN8ei8iO4Jwfo9m-tpZT7VACxMjjkCb0i7YEHQXFXwp8dbuKnk3VHcypqDCKp8zKGJ/s320/IMG_6512.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyS_-OeZmmbHt-dqtW0qpDPqNsGx0uHrdKfMvuzE32NqFBipr1gR03TFU88AIKlFubyS-OagC7qvz6jbY0ZfXh4ZTQSc7SaGryUD-zAplO5RU2BkYY-7mRlIyeExikXgavOXr-6LiHbaY/s1600/IMG_6515.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517470364704842466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyS_-OeZmmbHt-dqtW0qpDPqNsGx0uHrdKfMvuzE32NqFBipr1gR03TFU88AIKlFubyS-OagC7qvz6jbY0ZfXh4ZTQSc7SaGryUD-zAplO5RU2BkYY-7mRlIyeExikXgavOXr-6LiHbaY/s320/IMG_6515.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The building on the right is aptly named the Round Tower.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JKVwb44TTTWuRs8hBLJkEQl5FYb9HTiE3pb460NbxRzg5TwF_EdpEMj6ZOXATpzrEs93Oe3UOfw9B8jkqoNbf4INIBk_pvDt8go7jSOs1zjU33X-vG-zH9AQR0clooW6_NB0j6vfOF5J/s1600/IMG_6516.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517470360472488546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JKVwb44TTTWuRs8hBLJkEQl5FYb9HTiE3pb460NbxRzg5TwF_EdpEMj6ZOXATpzrEs93Oe3UOfw9B8jkqoNbf4INIBk_pvDt8go7jSOs1zjU33X-vG-zH9AQR0clooW6_NB0j6vfOF5J/s320/IMG_6516.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZGKbCqKi3sg-UPUrKs2Pd_hXYux2R7mTWdWdlv3cEvy2YEm_1ScxVtTweDrTypw1OwcP5OTmQwMjlIY1K-zEz99koaKY1kO9PsEZNTpYnMIpaF4ZLZbUgjUi-gDGqXRhLYLb0qeHzEWC/s1600/IMG_6517.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517470353806954866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZGKbCqKi3sg-UPUrKs2Pd_hXYux2R7mTWdWdlv3cEvy2YEm_1ScxVtTweDrTypw1OwcP5OTmQwMjlIY1K-zEz99koaKY1kO9PsEZNTpYnMIpaF4ZLZbUgjUi-gDGqXRhLYLb0qeHzEWC/s320/IMG_6517.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">In some areas of the castle, the fortified walls surrounding the castle were 4 ft. wide... (I remember the audio guide saying that in the middle of all his medieval jargan).</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJtoX353abVBEVk-8Xi7rR7SznTSdULQsyRpEg0KRpx4M_P4UzSYJ35qDcYExaid4Xshwk0SpdSiZ7T_asv33d4DF-yV9eW6YZ013QiSpoCOltQd5hYSE2AvJ2oqwvPTXrMlHMp1PxkEp/s1600/IMG_6518.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517468290043171682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJtoX353abVBEVk-8Xi7rR7SznTSdULQsyRpEg0KRpx4M_P4UzSYJ35qDcYExaid4Xshwk0SpdSiZ7T_asv33d4DF-yV9eW6YZ013QiSpoCOltQd5hYSE2AvJ2oqwvPTXrMlHMp1PxkEp/s320/IMG_6518.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvRIbbTERDUmHgBy5iMe9rKrijFgL1PSSe-hIvICUCQ8AlYhCPn6A2GILw9UZHI2TUQKcAe9s-wpIWrLrAs2QDqATB90uDx4YohctlIRA4B4XPWXjc7hlw1u5zab3XUXXZgx4tHh1rgOt/s1600/IMG_6522.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517468282617878114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvRIbbTERDUmHgBy5iMe9rKrijFgL1PSSe-hIvICUCQ8AlYhCPn6A2GILw9UZHI2TUQKcAe9s-wpIWrLrAs2QDqATB90uDx4YohctlIRA4B4XPWXjc7hlw1u5zab3XUXXZgx4tHh1rgOt/s320/IMG_6522.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> St. George's Chapel (again, no photos inside) was constructed in the early 13th century. This is located in the Lower Ward of the Castle which is where the principal residence of Queen Elizabeth II is. This is the site of some of the most famous Royal weddings since 1863 and holds the remains/tombs of most of the most notable Kings and Queens in England's history since 1543 including- King Henry VIII, Queen Jane Seymour, and even Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (buried in 2002).</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBSzyxt46-o3zSNnDOcs3_XMP1ylf-dyF4lJMf4qducSNe6M2EfkiSJ5p01QuWMlQD1H8_cJ82Pm6U3BNYsR16jQrd4VxsSmgHqf3kwXhNrNJErYXRz58eCImsBdfMuaT9KYXxQG_8R1b/s1600/IMG_6524.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517468271829495346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBSzyxt46-o3zSNnDOcs3_XMP1ylf-dyF4lJMf4qducSNe6M2EfkiSJ5p01QuWMlQD1H8_cJ82Pm6U3BNYsR16jQrd4VxsSmgHqf3kwXhNrNJErYXRz58eCImsBdfMuaT9KYXxQG_8R1b/s320/IMG_6524.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqlQWKGY17nBaoGuHu7_KDWpi_yi-Jz_eIK3z36rFvcZszLlrjbe9yQcB6-LI0YVE_I3x5unXXfBUa3c8yFisvKTTokwYjmHWJzM55M_6d0BSbPMvc2NBdSbicwfwI0O_v4OHtKyHio0X/s1600/IMG_6525.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517468266605560770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqlQWKGY17nBaoGuHu7_KDWpi_yi-Jz_eIK3z36rFvcZszLlrjbe9yQcB6-LI0YVE_I3x5unXXfBUa3c8yFisvKTTokwYjmHWJzM55M_6d0BSbPMvc2NBdSbicwfwI0O_v4OHtKyHio0X/s320/IMG_6525.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1n4aroEvwIAsQNQEq_qzRuq98ZalaXTsV2Rh22-y5qgpaEfToG3MCzpGMAsetMJSKTrYth9oXq3IOFdggTJa_6x1DTX9m6pR8Yjwq3ygLRFbHag_cjNtd6JVvyfH0SvGXTK0JG5C6WO8G/s1600/IMG_6527.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517468257325916162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1n4aroEvwIAsQNQEq_qzRuq98ZalaXTsV2Rh22-y5qgpaEfToG3MCzpGMAsetMJSKTrYth9oXq3IOFdggTJa_6x1DTX9m6pR8Yjwq3ygLRFbHag_cjNtd6JVvyfH0SvGXTK0JG5C6WO8G/s320/IMG_6527.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCffb6yiOsEOTsPpVSq7l6SXzaFpWnWj9112k1zmcH4PXd2vVd6bZL1euYD9Z0XWtnOqPwb3uEVWEh2PzvSdYbK-LKvkkPSYxEOULv6CIITRRwm_aKc3ARRw7-G22gfoNmw1FfDOdaLpdN/s1600/IMG_6528.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517465936670051602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCffb6yiOsEOTsPpVSq7l6SXzaFpWnWj9112k1zmcH4PXd2vVd6bZL1euYD9Z0XWtnOqPwb3uEVWEh2PzvSdYbK-LKvkkPSYxEOULv6CIITRRwm_aKc3ARRw7-G22gfoNmw1FfDOdaLpdN/s320/IMG_6528.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5TqxIgq2AgZg_fO9AnhpHADc_5Dtb9FhAySKVU0LHKXl8VJSDBHLvhMut3kj2qyrZzK5b0DE85FtBxW5ABRcPtHiRQZ90uvTjcncgNd6_zsejo3Du0wOCPeQ-s6peEY8puakz8guqSpa/s1600/IMG_6530.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517465932110241346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5TqxIgq2AgZg_fO9AnhpHADc_5Dtb9FhAySKVU0LHKXl8VJSDBHLvhMut3kj2qyrZzK5b0DE85FtBxW5ABRcPtHiRQZ90uvTjcncgNd6_zsejo3Du0wOCPeQ-s6peEY8puakz8guqSpa/s320/IMG_6530.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfWWLTkSCronb19GCY4YjBJof9MBd75-YQXIYWf1BCkp1j0FECtMDniFCbSXwg46dS4rnaFbvVCtw6P9nzkIMuuDER-iB3RqTNYLkqEWuwlMJOXzrY0P3QoArt-fBMFnVNhQqI1GqM6_L/s1600/IMG_6534.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517465924604568226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfWWLTkSCronb19GCY4YjBJof9MBd75-YQXIYWf1BCkp1j0FECtMDniFCbSXwg46dS4rnaFbvVCtw6P9nzkIMuuDER-iB3RqTNYLkqEWuwlMJOXzrY0P3QoArt-fBMFnVNhQqI1GqM6_L/s320/IMG_6534.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1RHWA4X2OdMLyamr5WDEwcArkJJaXkmr1JAkKG3jVS5jAsqzIkt6jQgpX_lIfvMmFXgpXqUQrDvft-uWauYdMbCEbHs4dSqfHiDZb3eHSrNMz3z5EEkNnOl1MBhGq04eAIgkZju3Ph8U/s1600/IMG_6538.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517465920728512482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1RHWA4X2OdMLyamr5WDEwcArkJJaXkmr1JAkKG3jVS5jAsqzIkt6jQgpX_lIfvMmFXgpXqUQrDvft-uWauYdMbCEbHs4dSqfHiDZb3eHSrNMz3z5EEkNnOl1MBhGq04eAIgkZju3Ph8U/s320/IMG_6538.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Outside the Castle gates in the town of Windsor</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurfJ0AUDE9dz-2cQO-KBGw6nN-j0Xc1M-soOSTErZe0mbE2Ll_0lzFM6n_YuKkvepsdKNu1A9A-eCTdWHcYpukyCNXLlAKjCH4rukHto_eEMlJdt-kbT-E4IJWpxKMJ0o3uWHwIFXRVA1/s1600/IMG_6548.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517463879018011170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurfJ0AUDE9dz-2cQO-KBGw6nN-j0Xc1M-soOSTErZe0mbE2Ll_0lzFM6n_YuKkvepsdKNu1A9A-eCTdWHcYpukyCNXLlAKjCH4rukHto_eEMlJdt-kbT-E4IJWpxKMJ0o3uWHwIFXRVA1/s320/IMG_6548.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Irish pub we ate lunch in</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXULigNFaYpqKvdic-S-hq_1li14JBVJRbuLiVGiGyLQpSTbbsde-9kU_FXg0-v-KciEeuESbzTXEN6FytHgvCImSw2Xof9dwrcMldnVSQsSMWXe7dXeePu8oKWxGlHISA0PBw32fqbuj6/s1600/IMG_6541.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517465910912801682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXULigNFaYpqKvdic-S-hq_1li14JBVJRbuLiVGiGyLQpSTbbsde-9kU_FXg0-v-KciEeuESbzTXEN6FytHgvCImSw2Xof9dwrcMldnVSQsSMWXe7dXeePu8oKWxGlHISA0PBw32fqbuj6/s320/IMG_6541.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hNCKi5BXvp1fAkCOvj4Li-JwJEj_NhYS3WXC6gwPIJODNziRpRA9FDuOiCva1fvfqCvKa6q0bkr7rxVJSnWOvYJjRA84lUeqGghapTkjskvy6rnK-9Ae5z8X63R6Z2-mJ9brEqKYSDIu/s1600/IMG_6546.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517463873086298930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZbB4PCnu2QZA202XLhsd_GE8V0Bz6W5xytgFlSdRxh7KWzUTHpYSEaN0JDQEPEqV-p-IOy6zB1KzQtiqLL9zlzkCPNSMoXkcfN3Rvfx2dEc-Z9x7NdTpq1ohxmCg7u3NTsmwVrFxdsjA/s320/IMG_6551.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79q0B2MrjmOo2RFKO8M_7ypjaZIGCBlZtvaMCuCoajL65BYM3I3Z4gg5OOUGbQ0U4AC6JfNRzkYpGgjvf5RqHFu_SG70PKToMN-h8NlyxZJfK7ndkQuQ0gZrKPFTv7_udgAZ67P6vgvV-/s1600/IMG_6554.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517463861661933666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79q0B2MrjmOo2RFKO8M_7ypjaZIGCBlZtvaMCuCoajL65BYM3I3Z4gg5OOUGbQ0U4AC6JfNRzkYpGgjvf5RqHFu_SG70PKToMN-h8NlyxZJfK7ndkQuQ0gZrKPFTv7_udgAZ67P6vgvV-/s320/IMG_6554.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Long Walk which leads away from the Castle to a statue of a horse (not sure what the statue is for). It's a 3 mile straight line walk to the statue and where the Windsor Half Marathon starts.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcSn4kg6nR5BY3fp1eTn_EQn3vyyWz8OO7tss-Z3GyBeM3vpJ9evsNQ1LvuxMw94bHfnr4PManzPgXC9eujr9Aq7HRWDMphuzTLPt1tvdTRXZq8AsbQwEjeKkPu3n22rOOIcnxesgqgNp/s1600/IMG_6559.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517462031129866386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcSn4kg6nR5BY3fp1eTn_EQn3vyyWz8OO7tss-Z3GyBeM3vpJ9evsNQ1LvuxMw94bHfnr4PManzPgXC9eujr9Aq7HRWDMphuzTLPt1tvdTRXZq8AsbQwEjeKkPu3n22rOOIcnxesgqgNp/s320/IMG_6559.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu-Cgy7IwVHCTjecnFD-hFzBhFpHTE_egOWUMu1BFa8ye1rejRpekDxTnPlkDPuMmX8wlC3J2drWZygav0R9XboTI9p6JK2EqIHyLnMjC6tS_ynx5HHghaIJvbJam8Lhesqm6weJdXxru/s1600/IMG_6560.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517462026847754178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLu-Cgy7IwVHCTjecnFD-hFzBhFpHTE_egOWUMu1BFa8ye1rejRpekDxTnPlkDPuMmX8wlC3J2drWZygav0R9XboTI9p6JK2EqIHyLnMjC6tS_ynx5HHghaIJvbJam8Lhesqm6weJdXxru/s320/IMG_6560.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Yes, apparently he lived in Windsor (one of the most famous English architects-responsible for St. Paul's Cathedral)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB_C92WA-55mA4Sxz5Lh2f6-L_1ycnqQTT4zxFJwM2A7QRxBR-k3Mw3gQFtY2T_r5Yj6Co0TkjVlrrTMS0HFZRlrMx-EivEzAFx1eIsfCO8_zTUbFiuhyGbQJIMfisL8-A0IkPaI56DgN/s1600/IMG_6562.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517462019353743698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB_C92WA-55mA4Sxz5Lh2f6-L_1ycnqQTT4zxFJwM2A7QRxBR-k3Mw3gQFtY2T_r5Yj6Co0TkjVlrrTMS0HFZRlrMx-EivEzAFx1eIsfCO8_zTUbFiuhyGbQJIMfisL8-A0IkPaI56DgN/s320/IMG_6562.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Crossing the Thames means you are leaving the town of Windsor and entering the Town of Eton-home to Eton College which is basically the high school (their equivalent of high school is called college and our college is univeristy or uni) where all of the future Prime Minister's and the Royal families go.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmupJOQuLmjUOEBwjLwxVI-TQ1DajNe4nQ9H8CfOjzswwJaRoNxJ5zrp_y7XoNl3WaALs2YasXkjCvBBkdarzqYU9hICaZ9I05c2fPPaSymRvjHkyL3nu3YQcl2qxb1kUW_0iAf4z66Eum/s1600/IMG_6565.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517462008875317634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmupJOQuLmjUOEBwjLwxVI-TQ1DajNe4nQ9H8CfOjzswwJaRoNxJ5zrp_y7XoNl3WaALs2YasXkjCvBBkdarzqYU9hICaZ9I05c2fPPaSymRvjHkyL3nu3YQcl2qxb1kUW_0iAf4z66Eum/s320/IMG_6565.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQMMh0tzjRUeuzPzU37IU3R5WQsT67jvnhUx6S7sY6vK54xozrHDNBrDxrOX9gclxCvyLqA9uCAjIPsz1QLjydvVjRHQqqey4WYjFy08dUpfHrX9phAY6cbxZwyGj1ILwIRWZsGb1B4Ex/s1600/IMG_6566.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517461996969844850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQMMh0tzjRUeuzPzU37IU3R5WQsT67jvnhUx6S7sY6vK54xozrHDNBrDxrOX9gclxCvyLqA9uCAjIPsz1QLjydvVjRHQqqey4WYjFy08dUpfHrX9phAY6cbxZwyGj1ILwIRWZsGb1B4Ex/s320/IMG_6566.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Eton College and a few of it's members-yes, they wear coat tails as their everyday casual school wear and top hats occasionally too! (I know it's creepy to take pics of them, but I had to take pictures of high school kids in penguin suits...)</span><br /><br /><br /><div>So Chloe and I met in Windsor at about 11 a.m. to take a tour of the castle and the surrounding area. Even though she only lives about 20 minutes from here, she had never been into the castle. The weather had of course said sunny-no clouds, but what we got was a mostly cloudy day (I put in pictures that weren't completely overcast), and it was extremely windy so we were freezing! I think this is what I can now look forward to weather wise in London as we go into Autumn.</div><div>Windsor Castle is the weekend residence of the current Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. Along with Buckingham Palace and Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, they make up the principal official residences of the British monarchs.</div><div>The Castle itself is extremely large, and as it is still being lived in by members of the monarch, quite a bit of the castle is off limits. However, compared to Edinburgh Castle, the exhibits you are able to see are great (to be fair, Edinburgh Castle is a military defense fort while Windsor Castle was also a royal residence making it's interiors much more grand). You get to see Royal photographs from the official Royal photographer and as the Royal Library contains over 600 Leonardo Da Vinci drawings, they had some on exhibit in the Drawings Gallery. Next we went into the China Closet where some of the prettiest china I've ever seen was on display (of course it belonged to the Monarchy, so I didn't think they would have anything too shabby).</div><div>From the China Closet, we then entered the State Apartments. There was a fire that started in the Lantern Lobby(Queen's private chapel) on Novmeber 20, 1992 which destroyed 9 of the principal state rooms and destroyed over 100 others-this meant that 1/5 of the floor space (97,000 sq. ft) of the gigantic castle had been damaged. The restoration of these rooms was completed in 1997 (remarkable it was all done in 5 years and is was all very detailed and specialized work). Most of this restoration was funded by the monarch opening up to the public for the first time ever, the state rooms in Buckingham Palace.</div><div>After leaving the Castle, we ate lunch in an Irish pub and went to get coffee at a cute little coffee place in the shopping center which is also in the Windsor Central Train Station. We got the train at about 5 to make it back to London in time to find the photography social on the R.S. Hispaniola!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-90039272925742501822010-09-06T15:10:00.000-07:002010-09-10T04:53:20.153-07:00Fireworks over the Castle as my farewell to Edinburgh!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSK1MBs7HkOgZhkcgTJzS3KtGW0f5jE4zQkpfGZDdeq8BVKGlcOBCY7u8qVnMuwjvFC7H6JqX-x_KvGSfwqVC5wOi3_R217XHyORlVeDXU47_iRZfiyvFHXY6gTQ-QE2EO6_4nqtWdaXk/s1600/IMG_6109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515051173431553042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSK1MBs7HkOgZhkcgTJzS3KtGW0f5jE4zQkpfGZDdeq8BVKGlcOBCY7u8qVnMuwjvFC7H6JqX-x_KvGSfwqVC5wOi3_R217XHyORlVeDXU47_iRZfiyvFHXY6gTQ-QE2EO6_4nqtWdaXk/s320/IMG_6109.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">National Monumnet (based off of Parthenon in Athens) on top of Calton Hill in Edinburgh. This is the uncompleted memorial to commemorate those who died in fighting for the U.K. in the Napoleonic Wars.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-6la9JDslF1_ke6GpQ0lFd1mSjpMG0Xe9b4j_mgmWB1gs2dyyWS5Bcw0PESCrOA6ZRBZeH12zJkItzixuog6HC-FKlfFxzBjz7xueAxUdwQAwdSGOXkbNFSs_MGCKN23YfoziLCwHIo/s1600/IMG_6112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515051162970031106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-6la9JDslF1_ke6GpQ0lFd1mSjpMG0Xe9b4j_mgmWB1gs2dyyWS5Bcw0PESCrOA6ZRBZeH12zJkItzixuog6HC-FKlfFxzBjz7xueAxUdwQAwdSGOXkbNFSs_MGCKN23YfoziLCwHIo/s320/IMG_6112.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Nelson's Monument<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqNK8bpffyf_PvobBJ5keC2C8FgArcaRg6mwKZgi3Y0HDpwsn1fIC-MB9LW3CM1zv7cBMHrq9tjMw_4iLQeYVoUcDoQfbAPm1MJbQ_xvI8sI7m0iaG2h7qNPwk4ycxzmDNFM5Q6HqYsE/s1600/IMG_6114.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515051162190731666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqNK8bpffyf_PvobBJ5keC2C8FgArcaRg6mwKZgi3Y0HDpwsn1fIC-MB9LW3CM1zv7cBMHrq9tjMw_4iLQeYVoUcDoQfbAPm1MJbQ_xvI8sI7m0iaG2h7qNPwk4ycxzmDNFM5Q6HqYsE/s320/IMG_6114.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmx4mTqjjeyZtNxaw_mNtegfCcV2y8AuM3d9qXVVogid8glp4eQkeIuFMQobY8Zc0zhg8Hxm4Hgietx7kUF018B5wKkg2hlfaDU-7Jua5MrUKu5doUBXvON6VS_48Wgy1mma5HEkKxwY/s1600/IMG_6116.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515051153274212706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmx4mTqjjeyZtNxaw_mNtegfCcV2y8AuM3d9qXVVogid8glp4eQkeIuFMQobY8Zc0zhg8Hxm4Hgietx7kUF018B5wKkg2hlfaDU-7Jua5MrUKu5doUBXvON6VS_48Wgy1mma5HEkKxwY/s320/IMG_6116.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Views of Edinburgh from Calton Hill<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRab37a8X15TZ22ctm7f_YCJoVDMvb7HFnOO-oQgt90o6un7_uxJIdl3_3Z6ve2KVuclaGgoOPKp6Y-E3dzhJ1ob29vUob-TTrA-iILHae-mMa-jwq7P2n8VdYDrDPV8gbEAB8vWEXVn8/s1600/IMG_6118.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515050159053766082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRab37a8X15TZ22ctm7f_YCJoVDMvb7HFnOO-oQgt90o6un7_uxJIdl3_3Z6ve2KVuclaGgoOPKp6Y-E3dzhJ1ob29vUob-TTrA-iILHae-mMa-jwq7P2n8VdYDrDPV8gbEAB8vWEXVn8/s320/IMG_6118.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View of Palace of Holyroodhouse at the end of the Royal Mile-official residence of the Scottish queen. At leats I think that's what this is.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdyjB8TnvR1xhqzT_3XN_I3fgy6y-I59MfEcF67jM6IttECGXcX6B1gcazpaemBBMYENcjLXjkrY0lbb2ALWDOlgvfOcqGGxV-S7o5gNizZdGZY65996DyFBvLAtT_tCfaNO03xvCwgs/s1600/IMG_6128_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515050145292598082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdyjB8TnvR1xhqzT_3XN_I3fgy6y-I59MfEcF67jM6IttECGXcX6B1gcazpaemBBMYENcjLXjkrY0lbb2ALWDOlgvfOcqGGxV-S7o5gNizZdGZY65996DyFBvLAtT_tCfaNO03xvCwgs/s320/IMG_6128_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View of the Old Town</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExhyphenhyphenwcvlwMW_m1BVcDa6jVQvlhttbCByjUz5XvN1KU0wynhuiUWBTKu2k-avuR13krdUmbAbddL9qwgJZ3R010NSp-gpUKeD7tOG30BGPy1nQ5I5BPInO3uIw8H3Q6Yv4dv1jccx1Lig/s1600/IMG_6134.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515050143188814370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExhyphenhyphenwcvlwMW_m1BVcDa6jVQvlhttbCByjUz5XvN1KU0wynhuiUWBTKu2k-avuR13krdUmbAbddL9qwgJZ3R010NSp-gpUKeD7tOG30BGPy1nQ5I5BPInO3uIw8H3Q6Yv4dv1jccx1Lig/s320/IMG_6134.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The spire on the left is St. Gile's Cathedral</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT3AYUA475lM5YYnoYcp3wqFxTholxlisBxGrVQ1p7uOpwduwBBBJ2r2F1UhPwG1ALUO0to3ADhyrmD-d_NXvKkisMxT9B8hHHp1FRINSulx6F5lRnbFPxtOOvmBD569W5MLpPBbuxPY/s1600/IMG_6135.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515050135821702226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWT3AYUA475lM5YYnoYcp3wqFxTholxlisBxGrVQ1p7uOpwduwBBBJ2r2F1UhPwG1ALUO0to3ADhyrmD-d_NXvKkisMxT9B8hHHp1FRINSulx6F5lRnbFPxtOOvmBD569W5MLpPBbuxPY/s320/IMG_6135.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> This was the view from my seat on the side of the hill under the observatory to watch the fireworks. Too bad it's like 7 p.m. at this point and fireworks don't start until 9 p.m.... (Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground-what a Scottish name-Dugald...)<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwh_hGnCZCTNd4pnu-SA8yj8NRhUCSICsKsYq_yWuZzNyF5Oox4oZ475_9f5WUFI9ugtzeMZEQwDF5dafUdkOeYLq54QZzKdOg7b2yFLjM3qnmf3G_LJWSdrK4W5y2Dfl4fcCvpP_4iOY/s1600/IMG_6136.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515049037705000306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwh_hGnCZCTNd4pnu-SA8yj8NRhUCSICsKsYq_yWuZzNyF5Oox4oZ475_9f5WUFI9ugtzeMZEQwDF5dafUdkOeYLq54QZzKdOg7b2yFLjM3qnmf3G_LJWSdrK4W5y2Dfl4fcCvpP_4iOY/s320/IMG_6136.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPFr5V7qQNVtPIZdPyCFaqt6WbhhoLPKOHgAJe0GN6hev6NGftlJT4a-YU6ll9Kru1DOQMc3uUgEWBiii_XNrwYlmEG_Z8BQPTGZK5NjY5TYBgtcRUDSvzFq3PMxIsPhz0YoyLrzUXFk/s1600/IMG_6140.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515049028192036498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPFr5V7qQNVtPIZdPyCFaqt6WbhhoLPKOHgAJe0GN6hev6NGftlJT4a-YU6ll9Kru1DOQMc3uUgEWBiii_XNrwYlmEG_Z8BQPTGZK5NjY5TYBgtcRUDSvzFq3PMxIsPhz0YoyLrzUXFk/s320/IMG_6140.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Same view, but around 8 p.m. (there wasn't much to do...)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuODwMe-xMxOarJp2M-WcCdcHmF4C7aYAqbiWjwH_GO9yNbpXsqPbK4yzceZ_5jvJKdKaG5ZiqGIi9dDS-UCetZLz4vtYLegEscpXvrNk-C9EuSIW8of9W1xKSDneads0t1kdAHhddxM/s1600/IMG_6143_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515049025515991026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQuODwMe-xMxOarJp2M-WcCdcHmF4C7aYAqbiWjwH_GO9yNbpXsqPbK4yzceZ_5jvJKdKaG5ZiqGIi9dDS-UCetZLz4vtYLegEscpXvrNk-C9EuSIW8of9W1xKSDneads0t1kdAHhddxM/s320/IMG_6143_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Sunset over Edinburgh!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQciSs-vyQ3oKsSocHQWWIO4BraTL1BW7UWP8ULi6vob6OUlDCJ2tGa1y83iRgLG6drQwF16Z8e6c6G4OQmtrmC3Il6qVbNhF59KshtcoEFscHvUrCXn3jIg9BJINvHpgrerYPM_D29aU/s1600/IMG_6144.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515049022683314066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQciSs-vyQ3oKsSocHQWWIO4BraTL1BW7UWP8ULi6vob6OUlDCJ2tGa1y83iRgLG6drQwF16Z8e6c6G4OQmtrmC3Il6qVbNhF59KshtcoEFscHvUrCXn3jIg9BJINvHpgrerYPM_D29aU/s320/IMG_6144.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Sunset over Princes Street and the Castle</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52I_PjOlL9L5uukFXD_f4UC8zXyd3rMV4kVhKDs_owu0FQB6CdWAEgoKEXVKFKcPgfenY8Q1w5F6PtoOwCnzzsmo4QNvx3I4mSvuDoDzKvj284qULgCvRuYEXIELgFw-Ikam7dxv7HzY/s1600/IMG_6175.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515047916561380306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52I_PjOlL9L5uukFXD_f4UC8zXyd3rMV4kVhKDs_owu0FQB6CdWAEgoKEXVKFKcPgfenY8Q1w5F6PtoOwCnzzsmo4QNvx3I4mSvuDoDzKvj284qULgCvRuYEXIELgFw-Ikam7dxv7HzY/s320/IMG_6175.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Maybe 8:45ish or so-finally getting dark!!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IMW3L71Tk7ZSu3xhqQKWJwaJ9GPGFgvWW5VoxyN1oWsS0nDHQNXxyVhkNNRrC-MmNAqUwe9DA9pqnEwd8DSSLhWWL7ZR87Nbks9-orqvNhtEneJpVkMSIYNBaPOoHQOP1iEVyyWCkUA/s1600/IMG_6214.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515047914416683026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IMW3L71Tk7ZSu3xhqQKWJwaJ9GPGFgvWW5VoxyN1oWsS0nDHQNXxyVhkNNRrC-MmNAqUwe9DA9pqnEwd8DSSLhWWL7ZR87Nbks9-orqvNhtEneJpVkMSIYNBaPOoHQOP1iEVyyWCkUA/s320/IMG_6214.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Finally!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiynQhQR6fEPb9argMLCwydAvSX8fmBwmFhEwzym0kdeWP4bGEVXTOul5D_fTtJSlbEdxokeDQtMf1v_PBH4KKQjjtAMCV-2_T6wuU0vVvWBYXOL-xgg9wOiFgs2L-7Z-wzgkyeBFZ2Uk/s1600/IMG_6235.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515047907369808274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiynQhQR6fEPb9argMLCwydAvSX8fmBwmFhEwzym0kdeWP4bGEVXTOul5D_fTtJSlbEdxokeDQtMf1v_PBH4KKQjjtAMCV-2_T6wuU0vVvWBYXOL-xgg9wOiFgs2L-7Z-wzgkyeBFZ2Uk/s320/IMG_6235.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV_MK0nev-Cj_lHWRMH5XU_Glrx6DST_E3gi6mlTYpAzi26BB4-HkL9IF-iZLZaVG6_kp8O4GznZj6BsNObLgM4k7blccA-7uWAmCU7AytGcXArN4XGw44TjHb3_gVpaRbRKGWiztH3A/s1600/IMG_6237.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515047903856016546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV_MK0nev-Cj_lHWRMH5XU_Glrx6DST_E3gi6mlTYpAzi26BB4-HkL9IF-iZLZaVG6_kp8O4GznZj6BsNObLgM4k7blccA-7uWAmCU7AytGcXArN4XGw44TjHb3_gVpaRbRKGWiztH3A/s320/IMG_6237.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHNnOPs9MvuHr0hQXfIJWZctKcOO9SQHE4YiYkFPf4MZqXkoFaEheSH7h3mKCFKF_CeCVlejsrE72E1pD4FnK_U9kugMlyDujAmG7bz8gde_X4aE4CfMFD9PCS_gOGfuc_qsFyRJhe48/s1600/IMG_6277.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515046834988608434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHNnOPs9MvuHr0hQXfIJWZctKcOO9SQHE4YiYkFPf4MZqXkoFaEheSH7h3mKCFKF_CeCVlejsrE72E1pD4FnK_U9kugMlyDujAmG7bz8gde_X4aE4CfMFD9PCS_gOGfuc_qsFyRJhe48/s320/IMG_6277.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdWULHh2VT5p96ADUqNJduBdiXb0IKTb8p1KPwhh3FVHZw0-K8gJXpOoFWyWeGz2F1yCQlxZ3zwjxQvuDOBKYKzOuEP6bbA4ruRis4lTdKFYnuS23UzxLSBK_A5WlZVUNUHRf-XRezN0/s1600/IMG_6296.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515046817146024434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBcQMkobiG7-Vue_4wFy429rPKNL_goBgoU52xlxuv1qGrRXqdT4BWelhcfamBse02rEjFMsAedQIq2wKI2DmCsDB72DuViPOIHZ8trL8jMilGi0lGC6M57xvK4GDMWLF_Pn-LMPFHUk/s320/IMG_6394.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpvLSAbOPG3IuU91UvLjw4mkSFaVO8m3isRrw6MzsVWwwjneWSC4VpKvSQzzorePiBjxc2oKOdStWZHzrny8L1074rM-us5g598fFKmpT5PQ3GXnjhThsz9P7cfKRvzROXYbnk2HBr8g/s1600/IMG_6439.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515045008753110818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpvLSAbOPG3IuU91UvLjw4mkSFaVO8m3isRrw6MzsVWwwjneWSC4VpKvSQzzorePiBjxc2oKOdStWZHzrny8L1074rM-us5g598fFKmpT5PQ3GXnjhThsz9P7cfKRvzROXYbnk2HBr8g/s320/IMG_6439.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Last morning in Edinburgh-A cathedral on York Street that I saw from the bus coming back from Glasgow and wanted to check out</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHIBessoucAaJxSdEMOy2oCTYqz1jqMO6i6UIbTltCSTgAcxaPj4NddXQGRobXTlpQZuqVmK5LMYnKUaE7PUC7ihy-olrAUBB_81YQoy1EXcKL7C60YANwFvudozzK-kggZ9qPumK5Eg/s1600/IMG_6444.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515045007213764978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHIBessoucAaJxSdEMOy2oCTYqz1jqMO6i6UIbTltCSTgAcxaPj4NddXQGRobXTlpQZuqVmK5LMYnKUaE7PUC7ihy-olrAUBB_81YQoy1EXcKL7C60YANwFvudozzK-kggZ9qPumK5Eg/s320/IMG_6444.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyTzAe2m0gWmEa8uqvrPOx9_MDJXApyrkTg6tssHAHpGw0NskhBFTqLYcbuHhU_fvR1iYFBlfbTO9d5ZfJjbPjNaMMHkzA-JgE1g5_Gz2dbeNs8DoBvqt-AZPWwnFOWn4DkJt-PNidFo/s1600/IMG_6446.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515044987655345890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyTzAe2m0gWmEa8uqvrPOx9_MDJXApyrkTg6tssHAHpGw0NskhBFTqLYcbuHhU_fvR1iYFBlfbTO9d5ZfJjbPjNaMMHkzA-JgE1g5_Gz2dbeNs8DoBvqt-AZPWwnFOWn4DkJt-PNidFo/s320/IMG_6446.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGk9y-MGhfkE_4AImQv8eSu8CvYt90_SOD3Y0v7I_Rftsg6YiiBGPKrPbjPehxVIOXzoSbCCVuePy3CgA8rVfh4lc-wnvjo7m5w9CAuOTJXCxQzfyC8Lu4nnf1kAlcMoa8a9qXILdWKs/s1600/IMG_6449.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515044970362491714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGk9y-MGhfkE_4AImQv8eSu8CvYt90_SOD3Y0v7I_Rftsg6YiiBGPKrPbjPehxVIOXzoSbCCVuePy3CgA8rVfh4lc-wnvjo7m5w9CAuOTJXCxQzfyC8Lu4nnf1kAlcMoa8a9qXILdWKs/s320/IMG_6449.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> One last look at the Scott Monument on the way back to the hostel</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAAUsAADKNtyJVSLuaupQPJg6zmIKsjYBz7t5DZAyzPW4wrICc0C2nhAeG2BulYPPDb7fYoLvsPtxCsQehtXEw3NrgY4wLNrv7Lloj0ZEHhyphenhyphenxqyDELKHG24GcXx6laARJ07eN1rieO8Q/s1600/IMG_6451.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515041272139201650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAAUsAADKNtyJVSLuaupQPJg6zmIKsjYBz7t5DZAyzPW4wrICc0C2nhAeG2BulYPPDb7fYoLvsPtxCsQehtXEw3NrgY4wLNrv7Lloj0ZEHhyphenhyphenxqyDELKHG24GcXx6laARJ07eN1rieO8Q/s320/IMG_6451.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">One last view of the Castle through Princes Street Gardens</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFjX4-HpvvphJnQauA0mXIqY-oRnFdyQRyaHbfYP8TyXem6NQrWSQLYQKcrnqKTPh9ugZCF0co1wtS6Aoq2tCz-xlF4hA-5HWRRvv1YRDc_7QJ8SxslWhRuex2eZ0AJqOHXboqScT8YE/s1600/IMG_6453.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515041262822276802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFjX4-HpvvphJnQauA0mXIqY-oRnFdyQRyaHbfYP8TyXem6NQrWSQLYQKcrnqKTPh9ugZCF0co1wtS6Aoq2tCz-xlF4hA-5HWRRvv1YRDc_7QJ8SxslWhRuex2eZ0AJqOHXboqScT8YE/s320/IMG_6453.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;"> Ross Bandstand where the orchestra played the night before to the tune of the fireworks (or maybe vice versa)</span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W3GrO_BIV-0Hhpl9d818rRf4eOF10I9RwLwbpZsUHpsbd5sDSqIiCxGQn7z6k2-WFkF8_pBOFA4L_T_YANKtuODkTnX5eC3wgLNL3-LKDZ_hLuMcOImSPWZP9l5WLVWa1os8kZDeQHo/s1600/IMG_6463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515041260231036898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9W3GrO_BIV-0Hhpl9d818rRf4eOF10I9RwLwbpZsUHpsbd5sDSqIiCxGQn7z6k2-WFkF8_pBOFA4L_T_YANKtuODkTnX5eC3wgLNL3-LKDZ_hLuMcOImSPWZP9l5WLVWa1os8kZDeQHo/s320/IMG_6463.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Little kid kilts!haha Colton's lucky he didn't get one of these ultra-hip outfits. It would have been like Ralphie getting the bunny suit in The Christmas Story-he would have had to wear it at least for Halloween.haha</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8R9aoC7ebuQZ0g-onbF_ol4Ob-FfloyeVC6pwRJQp865cG36s_CsPErS0BGBW2YXWiETc8oG962a0e3VNW_ztukN_KorZxPHqoOF_GtHKMWxVFXVaZPt87dOK1IeiL2GHtrjAFayDzU/s1600/IMG_6464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515041249240334578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8R9aoC7ebuQZ0g-onbF_ol4Ob-FfloyeVC6pwRJQp865cG36s_CsPErS0BGBW2YXWiETc8oG962a0e3VNW_ztukN_KorZxPHqoOF_GtHKMWxVFXVaZPt87dOK1IeiL2GHtrjAFayDzU/s320/IMG_6464.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Farwell to kilts and Scotland. I loved my time there!</span><br /><br /><div>So when I arrived back to St. Andrew Square (where the bus station is), I decided that as I was already fairly near it, I would go up to Calton Hill which boasts some of the best views of Edinburgh. It stands at the end of Princes Street (exactly the opposite end of the street from my hostel and the Castle). It was also about 6:30 p.m., so I could get some good dusk shots of the city. Well walking up there, I kept seeing Event Staff like those that were stationed all along Princes Street (the street had closed at 6 p.m. to allow the spectators to start lining up along the barricades). After taking in the views, I noticed that quite a few people were sitting around on the hill facing the Castle with blankets, beer, and dinner. I decided that even though it was about 2 hours until the start of the fireworks, there couldn't be a more perfect place to watch them than from here (well actually in Princes Street Garden would have been nice-or at the bandstand underneath the Castle where the Orchestra was playing, but those seats were either sold out or you had to buy tickets for them somewhere that was unknown to me). So I found an old man that had set up his tripod and fancy camera and sat near him as he must know where the best view is. It turned out that he was a professional photographer and had photographed the fireworks from all over the city throughout the years and liked this spot best.</div><div>As the sun started going down, I began to get pretty cold (the sweet old man even offered me his jacket). I hadn't planned on staying out past dark, I had planned on going back to the hostel to change before the fireworks, but there was no point in that now. The hill was getting packed, and I would lose my seat in the good hour it would take me to run back to the hostel and get back. I also knew that realistically, if I made it back to the hostel, I woudl not leave again after being out all day. So once the fireworks actually started, I positioned my camera on my knee and took hundreds of continuous shots. Too bad my knee and hands were shaking so much from the cold that most of the shots were blurry, but it was still a great show! We couldn't hear the music from up there, but I think we had the best view of the 45 minute fireworks show. Afterwards, trying to get hundreds of people down the one ancient staircase up to the hill took quite some time, then fighting the crowds down Princes Street to get back to the hostel was tiring after a long day, but definitely worth it!</div><div>My last morning in Edinburgh, the tiredness and running around finally hit me (my train left around 12:30 in the afternoon, and of course I was up by 7 because just like every other morning, the girl above my bunk was the one in the room who had to get up at 6 to catch a plane/train/bus somewhere else). I tried to go back down near Calton Hill/St. Andrew Square to look at the Cathedral and also go in the tourist shops to buy Cotlon a little surprise. I didn't have much energy though and finally headed back to the hostel to hang out before the train. My nice dormate even carried my suitcase down al the stairs to help me out! </div><div>When I got to the train station, I was a bit early and looked at the arrivals board instead of the departures and went to the wrong platform. Luckily, another lady was just as confused and had enlisted the help of station staff to take us to the right one which was miles away and all under scaffolding in the part of the station being renovated. We would have never found it! The station was in an uproar because Prince Charles was coming into Edinburgh from Glasgow in just a few hours, so the station was buzzing with police and drug dogs. Finally on the train, but not in my reserved seat because a really sweet lady and her dog were in it, and she preferred not to move him as her dog had just had a fright when he had fallen in between the platform and train at the last station. She told me that he was not currently speaking to her, so moving him would be troublesome, but the seat in front of mine was available if that was ok. Between her, the lady that had gotten lost with me who I talked to for about an hour or so, and the nice old photographer from the night before, I decided that Scottish people were among the nicest I had encountered. All in all, I loved Scotland and the really nice people that call it their home!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-81488114020709092102010-09-05T03:34:00.000-07:002010-09-09T15:35:36.753-07:00Glasgow & Mackintosh<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwI9kYH45Mx_wD9daEUdHjDdsetgB0c5TCXI3QeUMhtIG7eb5YaudbdnS0qTF066amNYi14wdQ0Dn1WayOV8JMr6l2SHyAjH8mIqQbZUuCb9X2rdgIWYgpoAUp6Oet2Pq2ef37Z_Iu8Q/s1600/IMG_5895_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514866459235865970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwI9kYH45Mx_wD9daEUdHjDdsetgB0c5TCXI3QeUMhtIG7eb5YaudbdnS0qTF066amNYi14wdQ0Dn1WayOV8JMr6l2SHyAjH8mIqQbZUuCb9X2rdgIWYgpoAUp6Oet2Pq2ef37Z_Iu8Q/s320/IMG_5895_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__wwy1wOroAm-tAk1xYUza5H13agsC6LEuov1uOe3j5RtHzROWyXxDy0Y8KUouCtkkhmCog3pHWuLZ30KkxleNhxoBwbmzXhzDDECh90Bz0a67l6Rh0_hOdis9MkohUKHynlFQBVsye0/s1600/IMG_5900.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514866453825444482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__wwy1wOroAm-tAk1xYUza5H13agsC6LEuov1uOe3j5RtHzROWyXxDy0Y8KUouCtkkhmCog3pHWuLZ30KkxleNhxoBwbmzXhzDDECh90Bz0a67l6Rh0_hOdis9MkohUKHynlFQBVsye0/s320/IMG_5900.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> St. George Square-Apparently I came on the day of the Great Scottish Run-a half marathon and 10K with about 22,000 people participating. This was either the starting point/finish line or both for the event which seemed to just be cleaning up as I arrived around 11 a.m. Reminded me of Dad and I's half last January!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfHGIbFuTiUxETU6Zd48qB1_Hpb3WDSu1-_VO_MfqcLNCAqDWPArEgFGh6m_pm_VNVHA9bkU1Swek6G5J-vHx-RCUFbtknSaw1FaBT0yTTTOfNSxaydtrjs7r-5axCC-Xn9jDuejiNVA/s1600/IMG_5902.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514866448026605170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfHGIbFuTiUxETU6Zd48qB1_Hpb3WDSu1-_VO_MfqcLNCAqDWPArEgFGh6m_pm_VNVHA9bkU1Swek6G5J-vHx-RCUFbtknSaw1FaBT0yTTTOfNSxaydtrjs7r-5axCC-Xn9jDuejiNVA/s320/IMG_5902.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Montrose Street! But we are not in Houston...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGfICC1yr6gqcDBCs2lxvheUDuu01LK-52jOP3qYoKnP0w1PU_5RGh_jkMzWUdUrvSh8DXllwtBkkwIa7LjFlTTmufRsC4JrQLzCif03vt_j5hpWbnOX7KFZYveqtAjJ2Ulho91bgTuU/s1600/IMG_5903.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514866443741918722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGfICC1yr6gqcDBCs2lxvheUDuu01LK-52jOP3qYoKnP0w1PU_5RGh_jkMzWUdUrvSh8DXllwtBkkwIa7LjFlTTmufRsC4JrQLzCif03vt_j5hpWbnOX7KFZYveqtAjJ2Ulho91bgTuU/s320/IMG_5903.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoMX9RyY7OscT41IKMoIgnHcJAVpSjbTlMa6XvgatGw3vz-eJtglEHjQ6dCDnn2CYZKvKozMWYN8WBGNL7au1QVnxbKVF4h4dU5V7XAp5wx8RxvfjmFMbL0adkchtGrAa5bRjliLgL8s/s1600/IMG_5904.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865993063812946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmoMX9RyY7OscT41IKMoIgnHcJAVpSjbTlMa6XvgatGw3vz-eJtglEHjQ6dCDnn2CYZKvKozMWYN8WBGNL7au1QVnxbKVF4h4dU5V7XAp5wx8RxvfjmFMbL0adkchtGrAa5bRjliLgL8s/s320/IMG_5904.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> On my way to the Cathedral. Things are pretty spread out in Glasgow and the Cathedral was no exception!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOimzxz85aqTd5jaboLMsWfUsL-JuxKtixo8vR0V9DYfR1-P1qrz-FhPBkeHSJU0jhjEeqZ14JUXPKm0LHesqpOpaimo2-knpSsZn9wGgwUAjg2z-ySYsS9JEokwhc4liY4uf_7mk-T-8/s1600/IMG_5908.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865987177417218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOimzxz85aqTd5jaboLMsWfUsL-JuxKtixo8vR0V9DYfR1-P1qrz-FhPBkeHSJU0jhjEeqZ14JUXPKm0LHesqpOpaimo2-knpSsZn9wGgwUAjg2z-ySYsS9JEokwhc4liY4uf_7mk-T-8/s320/IMG_5908.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Possibly the coolest lamposts I've seen yet?? Not sure why they have a fish on them...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNeB3B4wW7scsC9qN3yrUAgFBT9VV4zgReN154QnYAyvb4cgpfmsF3lEuq5n3CiH7QvrLMHDlxeVEMrZr0MWYoYb5lZcyg6jCqyoYXwEa0PvpSx9Sp3DnGsMl_O0T1z8YD00Fvwo5m9w/s1600/IMG_5928.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865984474500418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNeB3B4wW7scsC9qN3yrUAgFBT9VV4zgReN154QnYAyvb4cgpfmsF3lEuq5n3CiH7QvrLMHDlxeVEMrZr0MWYoYb5lZcyg6jCqyoYXwEa0PvpSx9Sp3DnGsMl_O0T1z8YD00Fvwo5m9w/s320/IMG_5928.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Gate to the Necropolis, which apparently is a cemetery. This cemetery was up on the hill though, so it had great views of the Cathedral!</span> </span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4vfwmEIeR0z-7UbowOxIG7C-Cc71VhiTENQrikIsITpjksGJB82LM5mPiFY8Odr1ZkHOWQ9_KlYGtzn7TVd5XAukZKMlyQLnuo_abA8GhywdWrd28DLDR7n3sK4My6bC90pWn-KKYWU/s1600/IMG_5929.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865976213439474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4vfwmEIeR0z-7UbowOxIG7C-Cc71VhiTENQrikIsITpjksGJB82LM5mPiFY8Odr1ZkHOWQ9_KlYGtzn7TVd5XAukZKMlyQLnuo_abA8GhywdWrd28DLDR7n3sK4My6bC90pWn-KKYWU/s320/IMG_5929.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Road to the Necropolis<br /></span><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqCrRL36-2qEMKvmHNZ64VM1n7CWrQ-H_Ll4h96isz1AfK_pH2Ol2ojAbUVHKItTVwz9_MV3MWAPnD5jsbh1YrLiOi2esvQq_cLSet3P0s6kC1s0OSrnHUs3mxeqfOA9NfKreidjQfhI/s1600/IMG_5942.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865353848219538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqCrRL36-2qEMKvmHNZ64VM1n7CWrQ-H_Ll4h96isz1AfK_pH2Ol2ojAbUVHKItTVwz9_MV3MWAPnD5jsbh1YrLiOi2esvQq_cLSet3P0s6kC1s0OSrnHUs3mxeqfOA9NfKreidjQfhI/s320/IMG_5942.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSILUF_jH5lbbf5gThQ92T-F7xgkF0ntdqdYHvHV4kzUMsebWQUVeu-YKdO_bc4EA1lPrDihBaryBMdR8u3PKTrA5alzerUroEKliwphInLA-IjLx-UthciFrGzVF4htWQIqvHeFq-gc/s1600/IMG_5955.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865347142210978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSILUF_jH5lbbf5gThQ92T-F7xgkF0ntdqdYHvHV4kzUMsebWQUVeu-YKdO_bc4EA1lPrDihBaryBMdR8u3PKTrA5alzerUroEKliwphInLA-IjLx-UthciFrGzVF4htWQIqvHeFq-gc/s320/IMG_5955.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUmpWQ55JoRxU1HtUJUTSsLeaW1pm3Uw4xeHrywA6cdPcQXxugFi-fm9i67TNJ4EfuP0GSGbVPaekh1ZjQCvUqxLNzXktjfh_mYDf2suVckb6W6s_x-VnnfcTAcOUB4spI0q-2csrYKs/s1600/IMG_5956.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514865341567072178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUmpWQ55JoRxU1HtUJUTSsLeaW1pm3Uw4xeHrywA6cdPcQXxugFi-fm9i67TNJ4EfuP0GSGbVPaekh1ZjQCvUqxLNzXktjfh_mYDf2suVckb6W6s_x-VnnfcTAcOUB4spI0q-2csrYKs/s320/IMG_5956.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View of the Cathedral from the Necropolis</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLnzt85hXFqPHhGnq_h_n5ejBRGyq5CQM_LzCcqi7qJBIH4_CgsRZOAN-a-ADQP1EzKySVFyIsZHH8MSfDAEw2NaZR5M1waFEoKfvXLYwWWb5RqUVAE-oot7BZQKcReHxJwt1R5v3R4/s1600/IMG_5970.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514864650465702178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aLnzt85hXFqPHhGnq_h_n5ejBRGyq5CQM_LzCcqi7qJBIH4_CgsRZOAN-a-ADQP1EzKySVFyIsZHH8MSfDAEw2NaZR5M1waFEoKfvXLYwWWb5RqUVAE-oot7BZQKcReHxJwt1R5v3R4/s320/IMG_5970.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Inside the Cathedral<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWyrda_dkXU9XcIPqwOn3OVsf9cofKvS5iVxLRQMq5hMMT_Qr4lqoJkDmewaCJ4S-nOHvemN7WnE47UoCmdH76_rau7zwEO80yO4Lz5Kc4rT2S02UlbqHkUq_DBdJ32VqY480uL-_mLs/s1600/IMG_5979.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514864646364659458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWyrda_dkXU9XcIPqwOn3OVsf9cofKvS5iVxLRQMq5hMMT_Qr4lqoJkDmewaCJ4S-nOHvemN7WnE47UoCmdH76_rau7zwEO80yO4Lz5Kc4rT2S02UlbqHkUq_DBdJ32VqY480uL-_mLs/s320/IMG_5979.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL9_Alv0XgMixG4xmjjNGgsRzhHx4q3-JWNG3b4FSM0dWo3R3zhT2i7cwDhjcWfHdZhecVZ91qS3d0PhakxbeHUbLrw2k6hPCoFauEtWJsZT5imNROgGgk4Z45GlfBoXLE5LdAxp3c18/s1600/IMG_5983.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514864636703471650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL9_Alv0XgMixG4xmjjNGgsRzhHx4q3-JWNG3b4FSM0dWo3R3zhT2i7cwDhjcWfHdZhecVZ91qS3d0PhakxbeHUbLrw2k6hPCoFauEtWJsZT5imNROgGgk4Z45GlfBoXLE5LdAxp3c18/s320/IMG_5983.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Pk7JOgvEQlnW6lOkEPokSxAvz_6989Y5x6NenG10DykFBv2XoPrdZF78SFZonjkvAWtJCyR9QBJSqCz1kQA-W86HUo6cQTWsVJ4B7Qf5TTNNRV-Za-xflKpJxFU1bd1uFEmtozgYBzk/s1600/IMG_5993.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514864636329737346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Pk7JOgvEQlnW6lOkEPokSxAvz_6989Y5x6NenG10DykFBv2XoPrdZF78SFZonjkvAWtJCyR9QBJSqCz1kQA-W86HUo6cQTWsVJ4B7Qf5TTNNRV-Za-xflKpJxFU1bd1uFEmtozgYBzk/s320/IMG_5993.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmlGm7RJBmphnL_CvCgERZVvGBWfJ72HewQ1Z_ABYl7vE7TNf-tSnGjfjzcVJacTUAOtz-oF8JB2SVp33t2_a6ywYc32i6LdsrzN7AphALQmxtHuzNam2SCucvqJunpjc8dcd3z3fNMA/s1600/IMG_6002_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514864624344697362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmlGm7RJBmphnL_CvCgERZVvGBWfJ72HewQ1Z_ABYl7vE7TNf-tSnGjfjzcVJacTUAOtz-oF8JB2SVp33t2_a6ywYc32i6LdsrzN7AphALQmxtHuzNam2SCucvqJunpjc8dcd3z3fNMA/s320/IMG_6002_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Buchanan Street-I think it's the main shopping street in Glasgow. It was packed with people and modern shops, but reminded more of London, so I didn't spend much time there.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9JFDoG80DScQQB5V5RgRpnXqK4u8KuMPyghCoU2Ka9pYg3GWovDOn7MutfKgm5R6RbsL2ngbwH0F8XcDIL5zIpSTzSCrUAriVrWtFjkLwj1AnMPz9OqzSsnt4OWyr-cbM1zuFER_je4/s1600/IMG_6009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863953741139650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9JFDoG80DScQQB5V5RgRpnXqK4u8KuMPyghCoU2Ka9pYg3GWovDOn7MutfKgm5R6RbsL2ngbwH0F8XcDIL5zIpSTzSCrUAriVrWtFjkLwj1AnMPz9OqzSsnt4OWyr-cbM1zuFER_je4/s320/IMG_6009.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> You know I love my modern thrown in with the traditional!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yq2yGdI2vtuXyyc3kwMGWRGfMZDHUHz8glIItM4A9GKQfkKREdw5bF7pRngIpr7PxcRRNpH1cTkUlYp0vaXpCfFcjt9jQfsZCbcVi4nVMb4leCkbqLjXV0M0dh1FDR5i2qqydZNZajY/s1600/IMG_6010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863945551242226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yq2yGdI2vtuXyyc3kwMGWRGfMZDHUHz8glIItM4A9GKQfkKREdw5bF7pRngIpr7PxcRRNpH1cTkUlYp0vaXpCfFcjt9jQfsZCbcVi4nVMb4leCkbqLjXV0M0dh1FDR5i2qqydZNZajY/s320/IMG_6010.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">This is the hill up to the Glasgow School of Art. I didn't know that Sctoland was so hilly! This also happened to be on the other side of the city from the Cathedral...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdSll0ar3mlE2iUzRpdjzA_bzL8tMt2QsuvHROmfLs2XHRc5yUn2dkl1FdUag38gUzvGgIPBxgUJ2hrd1MG1FCBr2Zh2thWwdCHizxkD3_wBl0Vunt5wva7rTDKIzhvzVmh0DS2_GKAw/s1600/IMG_6018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863940898184930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdSll0ar3mlE2iUzRpdjzA_bzL8tMt2QsuvHROmfLs2XHRc5yUn2dkl1FdUag38gUzvGgIPBxgUJ2hrd1MG1FCBr2Zh2thWwdCHizxkD3_wBl0Vunt5wva7rTDKIzhvzVmh0DS2_GKAw/s320/IMG_6018.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh-Going to Glasgow, I had no idea what to see there. I happened to wander into tourist information and find a map of Mackintosh's buildings in and around Glasgow. Touring the Glasgow School of Art was the highlight of the trip, and honestly made it worth the day away from beautiful Edinburgh! Too bad they allowed no photography inside the budilng b/c their postcards with interiors shots really didn't do it justice!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJkZBY3fNlomNsHNWL7TZTXKdgMooJgVwMAfXb9cdduD9ID5mA6FeulegUgdypZcJJnKYDhNBmI3oPAXaagtNmNqoJB2feo1sF04pHHk0GLdKITy1daQ2OUgtl0vrNZXsbr5W72oW2Wo/s1600/IMG_6019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863935103840642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJkZBY3fNlomNsHNWL7TZTXKdgMooJgVwMAfXb9cdduD9ID5mA6FeulegUgdypZcJJnKYDhNBmI3oPAXaagtNmNqoJB2feo1sF04pHHk0GLdKITy1daQ2OUgtl0vrNZXsbr5W72oW2Wo/s320/IMG_6019.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Across the street from Mackintosh's building was another of the buildings of the art school. They have a campus of 10 buildings within the area for their 2,000 students.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiErnZBKUhD6CHnrY7sMZf6xD3EGtW5K6P0bB9c0hNzr941XlIEte54Ui23zfOSxMqqwScMXBYFm4MHV6jJ9WPdKg5a_yor9Jid9wERUBilp-1HiaHjfVhwiEyuvpf2LfpAObkf6XGI30/s1600/IMG_6020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863928067912738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiErnZBKUhD6CHnrY7sMZf6xD3EGtW5K6P0bB9c0hNzr941XlIEte54Ui23zfOSxMqqwScMXBYFm4MHV6jJ9WPdKg5a_yor9Jid9wERUBilp-1HiaHjfVhwiEyuvpf2LfpAObkf6XGI30/s320/IMG_6020.JPG" /></a> </div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">First phase of the building was completed in 1899 with the second phase being completed in 1909.<br /></span><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5anWZRIQpO7woH36qjZZhQgbnUstHqSkzRs9wFCrJsx_XKLSAob-1LFKfumL_Bw6GnUzrMlBYendF2yjnkMJgpUsnpBptRMDsZh0sM8QdAOGi2t_GlYvciAQrsz-TrI623x1fxhTez0/s1600/IMG_6021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863286767564818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5anWZRIQpO7woH36qjZZhQgbnUstHqSkzRs9wFCrJsx_XKLSAob-1LFKfumL_Bw6GnUzrMlBYendF2yjnkMJgpUsnpBptRMDsZh0sM8QdAOGi2t_GlYvciAQrsz-TrI623x1fxhTez0/s320/IMG_6021.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Mackintosh was a stickler for detail and designed most of the fixtures, furniture, and small design details that most would usually not. This is his signature font (Yes, I'm such a nerd, but I LOVE this stuff).<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kEaqjyHWygbOfAZ5gxY4zjYO_rP53LMPPKBclZiQWN6HrEFzm01OGWpkrOM2BstxZt1vTBQ0eYy-1yySJ3m9m_PwxzvcOeraaBADl6iRPe338Fl7O-IJl6h9xYLEQAfrOMfEu1o2J_M/s1600/IMG_6023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863280790133266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kEaqjyHWygbOfAZ5gxY4zjYO_rP53LMPPKBclZiQWN6HrEFzm01OGWpkrOM2BstxZt1vTBQ0eYy-1yySJ3m9m_PwxzvcOeraaBADl6iRPe338Fl7O-IJl6h9xYLEQAfrOMfEu1o2J_M/s320/IMG_6023.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XR2XFu9a85vZZ82zlzchbqDzLa_o5wwHGtl48jYWf3SOpFlZGwKFaU26zfNVqr1VLh_UWHsSDZX3J-OGa-DZGjvEC4E0Q1JQH2E9hebdq8N2dZ6hJe90wzuetgzqPcg4Y3ZnuVuaQ3A/s1600/IMG_6027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863276482792674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XR2XFu9a85vZZ82zlzchbqDzLa_o5wwHGtl48jYWf3SOpFlZGwKFaU26zfNVqr1VLh_UWHsSDZX3J-OGa-DZGjvEC4E0Q1JQH2E9hebdq8N2dZ6hJe90wzuetgzqPcg4Y3ZnuVuaQ3A/s320/IMG_6027.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGuQhuR2cFbV4wLZvc1Pgs0ip1wokaGbHf3rFtrsfVRcXluwDtO3HCFG7gZwOTRTHmRYDhbsyYxzMcWn_i4HbiwSdbR3L_A3VSkt3UdDaxazUjz8bQPC50ZJQBBSaJgFgfDvAXqYRwtE/s1600/IMG_6028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863268228895570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGuQhuR2cFbV4wLZvc1Pgs0ip1wokaGbHf3rFtrsfVRcXluwDtO3HCFG7gZwOTRTHmRYDhbsyYxzMcWn_i4HbiwSdbR3L_A3VSkt3UdDaxazUjz8bQPC50ZJQBBSaJgFgfDvAXqYRwtE/s320/IMG_6028.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1J1V-2gWEBK_r6Jt88YlPqQg1IsDCiXVILudZKZVBugijAZLaP9eYscc3agno6c6inloRg8wBnYSQ5VqKNnBZt_xt763Sl42qy0H0toUQf2GoD9SwLOCgag3A_lG_fmt3begWgV8eqo/s1600/IMG_6029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514863259834080274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1J1V-2gWEBK_r6Jt88YlPqQg1IsDCiXVILudZKZVBugijAZLaP9eYscc3agno6c6inloRg8wBnYSQ5VqKNnBZt_xt763Sl42qy0H0toUQf2GoD9SwLOCgag3A_lG_fmt3begWgV8eqo/s320/IMG_6029.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP5HgL7KS1bkk_J4DU0cm1nojSwt4NrwgcApcpu4vQ5Y9qBa2ossxCCQGFFrQOMNNDUlE7n1e7j6iFZQl4s6TiVNeygQTpsKW9YxIdskfgxSytUZroLs5AIw9K6VGDJVmHl2vNrMlUOc/s1600/IMG_6038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514862592022825026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP5HgL7KS1bkk_J4DU0cm1nojSwt4NrwgcApcpu4vQ5Y9qBa2ossxCCQGFFrQOMNNDUlE7n1e7j6iFZQl4s6TiVNeygQTpsKW9YxIdskfgxSytUZroLs5AIw9K6VGDJVmHl2vNrMlUOc/s320/IMG_6038.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtirOy_zsAehUXwp4pvxZftU5ZTOXN8gECqjYaFWj-IrFZ1RzpkVCDmhZO2gWOCTXMxAgRhBgnLlIQ3GMPXD_42ZRHjLZynlBqfWGs159Ev3egt7HF1jr79Ar_wW1FS-rGlk8MCixTuBo/s1600/IMG_6039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514862585997518306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtirOy_zsAehUXwp4pvxZftU5ZTOXN8gECqjYaFWj-IrFZ1RzpkVCDmhZO2gWOCTXMxAgRhBgnLlIQ3GMPXD_42ZRHjLZynlBqfWGs159Ev3egt7HF1jr79Ar_wW1FS-rGlk8MCixTuBo/s320/IMG_6039.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgATmzY2ntTDd1nQa0D5Nl7anpr7s9hc33MHa2F4SnOCFrsvGbMF4BIuVMS0BWwNHHye16pLlZ5mIbjlfgvm4D-7y2EjCSa4oiwk_u-W6pr0ZwhSyW4vMJdGJNPzYrZLA-JZJUSY-iGc/s1600/IMG_6045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514862576598110914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgATmzY2ntTDd1nQa0D5Nl7anpr7s9hc33MHa2F4SnOCFrsvGbMF4BIuVMS0BWwNHHye16pLlZ5mIbjlfgvm4D-7y2EjCSa4oiwk_u-W6pr0ZwhSyW4vMJdGJNPzYrZLA-JZJUSY-iGc/s320/IMG_6045.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Entrance to the shop and museum- Interesting fact-When it was built, it was the tallest buidling in Glasgow. There is a glass "greenhouse" on the top floor of the building (actually just an all glass room used for studios for students to see views of the city to sketch-Mackintosh also incorporated numerous plaster statues around the school for sketching). In World War II, the government would recruit students of the school to sit in this greenhouse over night to watch for incoming enemy planes and report bombings. Glasgow was heavily bombed during the war, hence why it's more modern and not quite as quaint as Edinburgh (also a much larger city)...</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6THPI7GzNZMNKW9Y2YZFsNSK1YSiFEIDPJZ2YkmU-VaL-Ko31VcgVTqlbuns0LaTbiG1KdEHagtN6nl4OdWRfXo0KFv6mfF0RzGA8TaBEbugrqIrsJRaPfx7X4b1lusnID-rQYQ_86kI/s1600/IMG_6048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514862573722038306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6THPI7GzNZMNKW9Y2YZFsNSK1YSiFEIDPJZ2YkmU-VaL-Ko31VcgVTqlbuns0LaTbiG1KdEHagtN6nl4OdWRfXo0KFv6mfF0RzGA8TaBEbugrqIrsJRaPfx7X4b1lusnID-rQYQ_86kI/s320/IMG_6048.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Another of Mackintosh's buildings-The Willow Tea Room. This one was just around the corner from the Glasgow School of Art. It apprently has some of the original funriture, but I was a little confused as the front also said jewelers...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jhnrpgWwwmVR-PuqAsMdHJXDq_9jkMNysU73XLCTzRAfY0c4u7_kbkhmdtYum4pe07A-_RWuhaLw8BuMEOz2Lh3CEInlyktlSOLSHNhgen79WNLlFVBXRCtUXsqo3VJ7HO2bTD_3I_s/s1600/IMG_6051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514862566865280434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jhnrpgWwwmVR-PuqAsMdHJXDq_9jkMNysU73XLCTzRAfY0c4u7_kbkhmdtYum4pe07A-_RWuhaLw8BuMEOz2Lh3CEInlyktlSOLSHNhgen79WNLlFVBXRCtUXsqo3VJ7HO2bTD_3I_s/s320/IMG_6051.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Typical Glasgow architecture (I would assume-the dark red buildings were everywehere)</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQheFBwZEh3YTmiOzY0TlDcYjXh0LF4mYBkMfzHrTybZgi-2atlY0xnEYjgBCBj7idhoUAaFJciRB0JL9YuvbPsolmV5_7wGIoojxenajtTocqLBaS_tbBIyxD7-beHxoBwj22-g5G4_8/s1600/IMG_6054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514861105466325426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyS53CtrWhOcFzX9hbNQH7C-0cmAgiVnfLc0S54_JEW30jVLrJI9oXS5qttJi6dgbxjC4O6RxRBGSQK4DmeUWoTMi4OOMpwdhsI3VR5jmrMrZ7CsRYegjhkNNmLbqoNPEFux1piM-3vcQ/s320/IMG_6068.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPE9Y8KA6sWo3tPLjlupZAmGMJDMJjeVQydh3tqXQLdrWBHWXzLq_sKjKrbSPwf3FRsVzwfF6pxEyKazOqxpH1aZB8h6ItFOd2CEs4i8czJ-Iv3stY5a5eMBseW-EcWaz-brWNkDwgYA/s1600/IMG_6069.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514861098777537810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPE9Y8KA6sWo3tPLjlupZAmGMJDMJjeVQydh3tqXQLdrWBHWXzLq_sKjKrbSPwf3FRsVzwfF6pxEyKazOqxpH1aZB8h6ItFOd2CEs4i8czJ-Iv3stY5a5eMBseW-EcWaz-brWNkDwgYA/s320/IMG_6069.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7ifeFyLPuHB-_qz5PewUws4hl2kolVunUd5Cr08UuRNwLO-PbAQK5L-9TfTSI8GzysGVlBtLAEOL41-GZ0Z4rcqcoWn1fPsVqwXOzyIATbEJe0YAJp8FhrMO-TcYI78kR0zIZYLx0UE/s1600/IMG_6077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514861091064810770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7ifeFyLPuHB-_qz5PewUws4hl2kolVunUd5Cr08UuRNwLO-PbAQK5L-9TfTSI8GzysGVlBtLAEOL41-GZ0Z4rcqcoWn1fPsVqwXOzyIATbEJe0YAJp8FhrMO-TcYI78kR0zIZYLx0UE/s320/IMG_6077.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">This buildng was in an alleyway, and I couldn't get a good shot of it because of the angles. I don't think it is actually the records buidling anymore as a huge restaurant now occpied the first floor and the rest of the building looked pretty run-down.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeHy4uibBmkQC19O0n3wK2v9KLC7njqOITqZERhOfItCDBeg5rgZkNeQvgU6eVaDUml6koiLvRUZT_G39IJsDAnGBv9njCNnykUSGDHHx9w4YAtYFXtZur684XiQ0j49rP0I9k-eSYZg/s1600/IMG_6079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514861085065179874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeHy4uibBmkQC19O0n3wK2v9KLC7njqOITqZERhOfItCDBeg5rgZkNeQvgU6eVaDUml6koiLvRUZT_G39IJsDAnGBv9njCNnykUSGDHHx9w4YAtYFXtZur684XiQ0j49rP0I9k-eSYZg/s320/IMG_6079.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The building on the right is another of Mackintosh's called the Lighthouse. It housed a Mackintosh museum and cafe, but they weren't open as it was a Sunday.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADxHGtxB0njLB6rehETEm69nA_XGXRixRO_Sw5er2Yee0QIOnURKq8g1w-rojGwFcjWjZFldxWQDjM465RWYZiJ6hw9QBnD77NLbjVKFo5A1CWJUIp7G8Avg8W__lF7rfdz_zycldVbs/s1600/IMG_6089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514861081380555506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADxHGtxB0njLB6rehETEm69nA_XGXRixRO_Sw5er2Yee0QIOnURKq8g1w-rojGwFcjWjZFldxWQDjM465RWYZiJ6hw9QBnD77NLbjVKFo5A1CWJUIp7G8Avg8W__lF7rfdz_zycldVbs/s320/IMG_6089.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Back on Buchanan Street...<br /></span><br />So despite how much I would have liked an extra day in Edinburgh, I thought while I was there, I should take advantage of seeing another city in Scotland. I intended on taking the train, but a girl in my dorm suggetsed the bus as it ran more frequently on Sundays and was half the price. It was a good suggestion because it also took the same amount of time! So upon arriving in Glasgow, I wasn't very impressed. I guess bus stations are never very impressive, but the city itself seemed kind of dingey compared to the lush green parks of Princes Street and views of the Castle and Old Town on the hill above. Plus, the city seemed kind of deserted except for the people I saw returning to their cars with the medals for the Great Scottish Run and the event staff cleaning up the barriers. I had asked around for things to do in Glasgow before I left, and everyone kind of said there's not much to do but just walk around. Problem was, I didn't even know where the main streets/squares/or anything were or have a map. So I asked a girl working at Starbucks in the train station for some ideas. She suggetsed the Cathedral and places like Buchanan Street and Argyle street (main shopping streets). On my way to the Cathedral, I also spotted the tourist information in St. George Square. Inside I found the guide to Mackintosh buidlings and decided that after the Cathedral, my main priority would be the Glasgow School of Art as I had learned so much about it (which now I could not remember) in school.</div><div>I saw the Necropolis on the hill behind the Cathedral and wondered why the girl at Starbucks hadn't mentioned it as well. It had tons of monuments and what looked like little chapels and possibly a great view of the city. I guess she didn't mention it as it was actually a cemetery and that might be morbid.haha. The Cathedral didn't open until one p.m. because of Sunday mass though, so I headed up to the Necropolis to take some pictures as it was about 20 minutes to one.</div><div>After the Cathedral and Necropolis, I headed to the other side of town (one of the things I didn't like about Glasgow was how spread out everything was!) to the Glasgow School of Art. I had looked at the map of Mackintosh buidlings to see which ones were closest to the town center as I was only there for about 5 hours. Unfortunately some of the cooler budilings (like the Hill House, the Mackintosh Church, and the Scotland Street School Museum) were on the outskirts more, but my main thing was the Glasgow School of Art. And taking the tour made the whole trip worth it! The other buildings I could access without buses or metro were the Willow Tea Room, the Daily Records Building, and the Lighthouse. I walked all over town finding each one, but none of them were that spectacular. The Willow Tea Room now said Jewelers, the Daily Records buidling facade was so crammed into an alley you could't even see it, and the Lighthouse entrance was also in an alley and closed. Had I known how unimpressive these budilngs would have been, I might have just skipped them for a walk along the River to see the Clyde Arc bridge, but oh well! By the time I had walked all over town to see these sites, it was about 4:30 p.m., and I wanted to catch the 5 p.m. bus back to Edinburgh as the fireworks show was that night and it was my last night there! The next post, I will include the rest of my evening in Edinburgh, and my last morning. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-82611612502289305432010-09-04T05:38:00.000-07:002010-09-07T08:15:38.373-07:00Tour of Edinburgh's Old Town!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSu2pAhiR_rkIr2qrw-s9lSMpEVbhlwKRzFmJrkwWglGWfPZ2bSie9HOSWFIWlySgeQZcXumIgYqO15bUPBam1lspk_LFlIrOUr_42oBrOIJJzWo3klgu7zpkXvrz4GciNWVKXsbsiqc/s1600/IMG_5722.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514170228474393218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSu2pAhiR_rkIr2qrw-s9lSMpEVbhlwKRzFmJrkwWglGWfPZ2bSie9HOSWFIWlySgeQZcXumIgYqO15bUPBam1lspk_LFlIrOUr_42oBrOIJJzWo3klgu7zpkXvrz4GciNWVKXsbsiqc/s320/IMG_5722.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> A market on Castle Terrace road which runs behind Edinburgh Castle. I wandered onto Castle Terrace off of the main road the hostel was on. It was only a few minutes from the hostel, and led right into the Old Town! Such a better route than all those stairs! The market was selling all kinds of things such as fresh flowers, fruit, homemade cakes, homemade soap, and of course-Haggis-which sounds, looks, and smells like the most unappetizing meal ever. It's the sheeps heart, liver and lungs, along with some veggies and seaonsings cooked inside the sheeps stomach or a sausage casing. ughhh gross. I didn't look at it for more than a few seconds.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff9900;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl2Pc82WiPGMR1Ek7-BgpbQImkfJZqA55mzTQPHBs8ZGSRa228S8IpbT3Kz_DSIA-sh-5E9DtjKdg9yI_aaYE1WsFaUDrCgHu-Ejfabfm-NycpYoASG1ShOBPeBWHyJvlJtsyk30YTaM/s1600/IMG_5724.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158493229093106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl2Pc82WiPGMR1Ek7-BgpbQImkfJZqA55mzTQPHBs8ZGSRa228S8IpbT3Kz_DSIA-sh-5E9DtjKdg9yI_aaYE1WsFaUDrCgHu-Ejfabfm-NycpYoASG1ShOBPeBWHyJvlJtsyk30YTaM/s320/IMG_5724.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Edinburgh Castle from Castle Terrace road</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqrkrnA0MsdMMIHnKlCbCxaOYdB5E0ttx38KOZAZZ-hbZfUuAs4b1aTIR_K02TEWaxMrvYmpYYdjmeVTdIjvvO_zA8V5mIqQhyphenhyphenvjgoLulgPCuTQsIE32fZYwqOdv2JdMUCKiVQuJZKm8/s1600/IMG_5737.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158174486610546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqrkrnA0MsdMMIHnKlCbCxaOYdB5E0ttx38KOZAZZ-hbZfUuAs4b1aTIR_K02TEWaxMrvYmpYYdjmeVTdIjvvO_zA8V5mIqQhyphenhyphenvjgoLulgPCuTQsIE32fZYwqOdv2JdMUCKiVQuJZKm8/s320/IMG_5737.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Grassmarket was one of Edinburgh's main markets for cattle and horses from the 1400's to the early 1900's. It is also where public executions were carried out. Wouldn't know about this smelly and scary past today-it's one of the most charming streets in all of Edinburgh in my opinion!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3ORkRQpKotycYU5yEpK2OGKXBU4dWkJUIVlraHmR5dkFygXmq2gemaCerUYLAn2QKeZpnLvtmJ5RwYAgb7TDU6UrGrYk32LMMLXFHLVonZPLPH81K0Tzw6gfGJygY-vQ-FKlVwW7w8A/s1600/IMG_5739.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158157421452226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3ORkRQpKotycYU5yEpK2OGKXBU4dWkJUIVlraHmR5dkFygXmq2gemaCerUYLAn2QKeZpnLvtmJ5RwYAgb7TDU6UrGrYk32LMMLXFHLVonZPLPH81K0Tzw6gfGJygY-vQ-FKlVwW7w8A/s320/IMG_5739.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I love that places in Europe have so much history!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojXLNXVGtGtqwJdT_SnBaStS3CIEUFNNupylIr5HRb_Rrfh9zn1N-_qwLwmeakgvFEPmjuFKdU2DhayQnla2FKi9JvpYVSYa8Bsnm-7V8hyqOHJmb6J9FQ4nQ16D2GyiV96fFm0t8dxk/s1600/IMG_5741.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158153624865682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojXLNXVGtGtqwJdT_SnBaStS3CIEUFNNupylIr5HRb_Rrfh9zn1N-_qwLwmeakgvFEPmjuFKdU2DhayQnla2FKi9JvpYVSYa8Bsnm-7V8hyqOHJmb6J9FQ4nQ16D2GyiV96fFm0t8dxk/s320/IMG_5741.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSh5jxm9joZfQvxj3UpucxNgPSnBO4Psg3M_XCnzar1fjza4l9nOE34i1FtgKnOycye8aFNrhohpd8V43wxknipRGEfmjdeDmUgX804GOnwLKPw0q_UQXvIhlHFKyFbfgYnnaoZb-xi0/s1600/IMG_5744.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158153069533778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSh5jxm9joZfQvxj3UpucxNgPSnBO4Psg3M_XCnzar1fjza4l9nOE34i1FtgKnOycye8aFNrhohpd8V43wxknipRGEfmjdeDmUgX804GOnwLKPw0q_UQXvIhlHFKyFbfgYnnaoZb-xi0/s320/IMG_5744.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">West Bow-goes from the Grassmarket to Victoria Street and had little charming buildings with cafes and boutique shops!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAopMADvjUNGzRwcWamBfMuT5z4m2Tf_ysLwoUnl7iU3bYzLZNyPK0FGXuJH5Kb0taWnSaqhHJP01AqIMvkgjmgXPa1v5lsdyuqhpvTJ8fZqc4Qf8UyGw5UE6DFFXyT3mGE-GApiHKv4/s1600/IMG_5746.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514158143458111698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAopMADvjUNGzRwcWamBfMuT5z4m2Tf_ysLwoUnl7iU3bYzLZNyPK0FGXuJH5Kb0taWnSaqhHJP01AqIMvkgjmgXPa1v5lsdyuqhpvTJ8fZqc4Qf8UyGw5UE6DFFXyT3mGE-GApiHKv4/s320/IMG_5746.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Victoria Street -found a great art gallery here that I bought a few prints from!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur6aDozRA96HlRW8CwyBBSvcfs0TM36mKIAb-o6jMuW7Z6Hvvu-xMvYcBOlfVXBz2WCDZuLxOv05R-QZSz2EcNxnksgC7tgevz_o2LNwRbKktgE9gujjLiE6FdYT9EwejQogRrykGNjo/s1600/IMG_5750.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514157299030555186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur6aDozRA96HlRW8CwyBBSvcfs0TM36mKIAb-o6jMuW7Z6Hvvu-xMvYcBOlfVXBz2WCDZuLxOv05R-QZSz2EcNxnksgC7tgevz_o2LNwRbKktgE9gujjLiE6FdYT9EwejQogRrykGNjo/s320/IMG_5750.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The Royal Mile (approximately a Scot's mile-not sure what that is or how it compares to a "real mile") runs from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse which is the official residence of the Scottish Queen (I didn't know they had their own monarchy, just like I didn't know that they had their own bank notes-not coins, just notes. And each different bank makes their own notes, so they all look different. It was great for my foreign money collection! Looks like I visited like 4 different countries!).</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PpdQekdYIy1GZuADCDE8dpRzHec-PUsX6DMvnYNZuKifsKrcolgqwwVXeza3k9j16rWUWS4wJ1B3DwxhrBoMhjlhyphenhyphenX5ZOMqbnvQUgwoOPXslVwNHfjUGJgrFyhi7bPkfcNGl6xqRyIo/s1600/IMG_5765.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514157295177789730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PpdQekdYIy1GZuADCDE8dpRzHec-PUsX6DMvnYNZuKifsKrcolgqwwVXeza3k9j16rWUWS4wJ1B3DwxhrBoMhjlhyphenhyphenX5ZOMqbnvQUgwoOPXslVwNHfjUGJgrFyhi7bPkfcNGl6xqRyIo/s320/IMG_5765.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">And they have phone booths! I somehow thought that these were just English...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM6FdAB7JXsHgqDO38lqWgOQ42MQvnaThndrPfHwrYFh75kohyKZ6wz58qw7ApUrim683Xwa0QGTJS9nrKyPp6l9jGs58P_qzb3zqNw0lTKJD4Md0sOJmupLAXUYTaj-2C-8Gl6mTpL8/s1600/IMG_5766.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514157291171214994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM6FdAB7JXsHgqDO38lqWgOQ42MQvnaThndrPfHwrYFh75kohyKZ6wz58qw7ApUrim683Xwa0QGTJS9nrKyPp6l9jGs58P_qzb3zqNw0lTKJD4Md0sOJmupLAXUYTaj-2C-8Gl6mTpL8/s320/IMG_5766.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsQFRAkmpyPl_E-bHIhrAb3uScxtBPTWDBuIqv7YG-RanZ2nvpRmCN-9cH3rJPjcJmej2hDwrAuKIxT5XAMwGUEBUw1PcJ7BOb5_OkAJhTGNKxvkASsktwFvj1LuGz1kJySyFBL5Rpis/s1600/IMG_5772.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514157286073571554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsQFRAkmpyPl_E-bHIhrAb3uScxtBPTWDBuIqv7YG-RanZ2nvpRmCN-9cH3rJPjcJmej2hDwrAuKIxT5XAMwGUEBUw1PcJ7BOb5_OkAJhTGNKxvkASsktwFvj1LuGz1kJySyFBL5Rpis/s320/IMG_5772.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">Need a kilt? The Royal Miles was filled with touristy shops selling kilts and cashmere and all things plaid.</span></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChIBVzv46v7uMKhMjCQiKwPLektxtCXaECwERQE3j2H6HRfW914SRTP21wj8udJUkl0Gr1qrp1pfHhVoKLmeuRBI1fUAFbqivNTscSh7H18JUFgav04d0CbCtPZltvVPQofhuvnlqHgg/s1600/IMG_5779.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514157284422528098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChIBVzv46v7uMKhMjCQiKwPLektxtCXaECwERQE3j2H6HRfW914SRTP21wj8udJUkl0Gr1qrp1pfHhVoKLmeuRBI1fUAFbqivNTscSh7H18JUFgav04d0CbCtPZltvVPQofhuvnlqHgg/s320/IMG_5779.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45mzMfokyhKBSNmFr2xy5QaTnuvlJCExZWY86k5snQ5oq_TE8sHsfln5YhkzknvCxuUduyvc0T_X3kt9ww1b1zKgHsY8pNZNwy46UmdnPbk-kt1yHAawpcrFx6HFmjG7WuYNEp6MmmSY/s1600/IMG_5786.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514156063232130306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45mzMfokyhKBSNmFr2xy5QaTnuvlJCExZWY86k5snQ5oq_TE8sHsfln5YhkzknvCxuUduyvc0T_X3kt9ww1b1zKgHsY8pNZNwy46UmdnPbk-kt1yHAawpcrFx6HFmjG7WuYNEp6MmmSY/s320/IMG_5786.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> These guys were everywhere! Nice skirt.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvhcgLZJqX2YI8glxjrUgsXu-cTIw6hitHm6FA9beP_MoimuYwVEIq1ZkrWGNiXyhTGa2UMFAxIi_P8gXLvuEjthOwVyv5aC1M2fN74LDhvq3oX7fgHEMamrvkkS7sLfr4t4AJVH28fI/s1600/IMG_5787.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514156057315635794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvhcgLZJqX2YI8glxjrUgsXu-cTIw6hitHm6FA9beP_MoimuYwVEIq1ZkrWGNiXyhTGa2UMFAxIi_P8gXLvuEjthOwVyv5aC1M2fN74LDhvq3oX7fgHEMamrvkkS7sLfr4t4AJVH28fI/s320/IMG_5787.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp-6DkPO4iEHm_HnuzlpkP1GBIvlVDFSlf4eBCTX500b7Xum3stAZ53rflTul-Ej_zguAkzjWBKpDCIFL2ytPHCSk3M8KMMnhAsNghX0Sb3f0aM7PDP7MJ1KUdU69xXi8k6plSxvYPYc/s1600/IMG_5788.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514156053349126930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp-6DkPO4iEHm_HnuzlpkP1GBIvlVDFSlf4eBCTX500b7Xum3stAZ53rflTul-Ej_zguAkzjWBKpDCIFL2ytPHCSk3M8KMMnhAsNghX0Sb3f0aM7PDP7MJ1KUdU69xXi8k6plSxvYPYc/s320/IMG_5788.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIeezth7acz2LSSyH2sQGz1p1U2CQn5yymOaz0ti5C3sujINe6pTKeP1rexjMhHHmQxCScIUUq56WCoFThiSrkay7ciLeM-lxxMcDilGlqU05hB-H2OGp3wIO80hgu9ZDyet0ydSb6rk/s1600/IMG_5795.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514156051359056498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIeezth7acz2LSSyH2sQGz1p1U2CQn5yymOaz0ti5C3sujINe6pTKeP1rexjMhHHmQxCScIUUq56WCoFThiSrkay7ciLeM-lxxMcDilGlqU05hB-H2OGp3wIO80hgu9ZDyet0ydSb6rk/s320/IMG_5795.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> His outfit seemed much more official than the last guy's.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfe-F1agNiQa9A1_6jaDdgNOgW7K8AXgZztj71krpyX8AN1gWOWgburnG5bID7ycvoyiEqn0e6RYV_XBLCijXAqcPkOXiZK58NLFmJDAtdIuwblik1g1S9WWDgiZHRWeB-8_88XZ0JfUQ/s1600/IMG_5797.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514156044700612082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfe-F1agNiQa9A1_6jaDdgNOgW7K8AXgZztj71krpyX8AN1gWOWgburnG5bID7ycvoyiEqn0e6RYV_XBLCijXAqcPkOXiZK58NLFmJDAtdIuwblik1g1S9WWDgiZHRWeB-8_88XZ0JfUQ/s320/IMG_5797.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Entrance to Edinburgh Castle</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA1Y2msSsnq-xDwWqvpq4PRJhZqyaDUhv9sV3D3hTRng6cikAgmABdoPrUDXrqJUsSgrFaYlPZiWvMYk5C2hEM5HDY__6IFpACVEd7q0fkcuODXEghcwGxUCKzHFvwf91N5AQSxoE4lg/s1600/IMG_5821.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514154350675118002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA1Y2msSsnq-xDwWqvpq4PRJhZqyaDUhv9sV3D3hTRng6cikAgmABdoPrUDXrqJUsSgrFaYlPZiWvMYk5C2hEM5HDY__6IFpACVEd7q0fkcuODXEghcwGxUCKzHFvwf91N5AQSxoE4lg/s320/IMG_5821.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View from the top of Edinburgh Castle<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxNZhwDNT6dySDrqsQs_jZwYVF-q4YXPO-fmvKCOgjF_35dnTyZCFOK8uvlMNPoA6DHxARlHbp89sPihqawLtyVoRSLIyeUDOU_Qww_hlhCcOulw-aH69Aln2MW_xjERcDWe-nORUJnY/s1600/IMG_5822.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514154344822286386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxNZhwDNT6dySDrqsQs_jZwYVF-q4YXPO-fmvKCOgjF_35dnTyZCFOK8uvlMNPoA6DHxARlHbp89sPihqawLtyVoRSLIyeUDOU_Qww_hlhCcOulw-aH69Aln2MW_xjERcDWe-nORUJnY/s320/IMG_5822.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjk-duNyDvJzdomXj3QpVDxE1sIu4BhCXEtAxNG_pkWFZRvFRXbTKZpq37o681FAYCOFmnl5S1lAmWeq4xAlsXNyiz2zQCNTlTKx8A5vpyk4hIwTe7ntn3qMx79xYuFiiQ4nJnvQd6Jc/s1600/IMG_5829.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514154336019081282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjk-duNyDvJzdomXj3QpVDxE1sIu4BhCXEtAxNG_pkWFZRvFRXbTKZpq37o681FAYCOFmnl5S1lAmWeq4xAlsXNyiz2zQCNTlTKx8A5vpyk4hIwTe7ntn3qMx79xYuFiiQ4nJnvQd6Jc/s320/IMG_5829.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View of Princes Street and the Scott Monument from the line of defenses...</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJb03XgIP_b9YxSyrM-XWZR71JZ0IbxKcTiO8Ltf62dcBVCV5VPjXfWu9DhnLHSNwoN6qUMww7U-EArXvTLhDu-3I-j1dNoY5Npz1zXKhQ1h9NItiFvySS8rKJuh14qJWsGOSMhMol8g/s1600/IMG_5840.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514154334115808178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJb03XgIP_b9YxSyrM-XWZR71JZ0IbxKcTiO8Ltf62dcBVCV5VPjXfWu9DhnLHSNwoN6qUMww7U-EArXvTLhDu-3I-j1dNoY5Npz1zXKhQ1h9NItiFvySS8rKJuh14qJWsGOSMhMol8g/s320/IMG_5840.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Princes Street view from Edinburgh Castle</span> </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-YPW4NchXxnWqmdOu8opHBjf6m8YhiGm8W_1qJaZt16hCKcGQy-b6b2muOdwkBht2AU_OwCQqcLFtXxeUNJlE2slGp-wi4WsEVbqBkR8aML7TlSvEnJ4WmXPqRGSPgg4dqCtEaf4RS4/s1600/IMG_5857.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514154327695535666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-YPW4NchXxnWqmdOu8opHBjf6m8YhiGm8W_1qJaZt16hCKcGQy-b6b2muOdwkBht2AU_OwCQqcLFtXxeUNJlE2slGp-wi4WsEVbqBkR8aML7TlSvEnJ4WmXPqRGSPgg4dqCtEaf4RS4/s320/IMG_5857.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-tWH-60f6LVqxe2-SgdVBdUfAMpwRX3mEnOlwg7ZFyDYpmDAvtb00RscpNbAaAJiY0iH0l6RZISB31VD0wcKAlfFfcqW-c4Ny-hOOCgfEnnAG-X6ysZe-qGse9sNzzVSrBxo5QEF0lA/s1600/IMG_5867.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514151387040241842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-tWH-60f6LVqxe2-SgdVBdUfAMpwRX3mEnOlwg7ZFyDYpmDAvtb00RscpNbAaAJiY0iH0l6RZISB31VD0wcKAlfFfcqW-c4Ny-hOOCgfEnnAG-X6ysZe-qGse9sNzzVSrBxo5QEF0lA/s320/IMG_5867.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Way harsh...</span> </div><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVd9OnMTkNc6iAX-OfSFeJpGS2nGxKQ_HC1OwlhvxBR2gpXLWLfXM4w_uWudW8wnAyc5f1brGo7PV1JXGPdutYXWn7zERaF1vaUIM5ZQxrS9neKCgviOMUD4GvM6H-wBUNGq9hnQVUo4/s1600/IMG_5873_01.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514151376135024626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVd9OnMTkNc6iAX-OfSFeJpGS2nGxKQ_HC1OwlhvxBR2gpXLWLfXM4w_uWudW8wnAyc5f1brGo7PV1JXGPdutYXWn7zERaF1vaUIM5ZQxrS9neKCgviOMUD4GvM6H-wBUNGq9hnQVUo4/s320/IMG_5873_01.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> So there was a private weddding in St. Margarets Chapel (can't even imagine how expensive it would be to get married in Edinburgh's oldest building, but as they had 3 silver Mercedes with white bows tied around them to take the wedding party back down from the Castle, I doubt money was an object). The groomsmen and men in the family all wore kilts and those little hats and there was an official bagpiper who followed them in and out of the chapel. It was pretty cool to watch!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRBcmnJV92E0x7chd_j6Uq4bRj4kMMReCel07q8V-we1wlWuD0AiaaqfPLPaf622Jpc91gu6ZkkBXUR3SvClpgRDcyUS9NhOgELB-_vKnghxzIe27haJLqlgCE_vXgOL5MAohnqkpvVE/s1600/IMG_5875_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514151375335197298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRBcmnJV92E0x7chd_j6Uq4bRj4kMMReCel07q8V-we1wlWuD0AiaaqfPLPaf622Jpc91gu6ZkkBXUR3SvClpgRDcyUS9NhOgELB-_vKnghxzIe27haJLqlgCE_vXgOL5MAohnqkpvVE/s320/IMG_5875_01.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">He looks most official</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKqH4dyDB-QiTuS7zQP5R_Q4yheLs65ltZ33veO8oVG7KfYa7ahgjis1nAWgCcpG4RBqHlMd0Y63sQbD-k61tmLd8_U6oRowsO8ZIuAWSTQesK-Vo6KTd3a9slpdwr59vBsueCTKkX9k/s1600/IMG_5881.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514151370346574402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKqH4dyDB-QiTuS7zQP5R_Q4yheLs65ltZ33veO8oVG7KfYa7ahgjis1nAWgCcpG4RBqHlMd0Y63sQbD-k61tmLd8_U6oRowsO8ZIuAWSTQesK-Vo6KTd3a9slpdwr59vBsueCTKkX9k/s320/IMG_5881.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Another view of Princes Street from the Castle<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0oE4Rpt44mHOrDQj4QTPfliKNkE2m9zJElZb-oD4MDFP0y2XI_CTEYUA0ptNdAVBLFmn3MGwLV5oUDqlB2PlVV3ZK3zMDTPj4PTqMlEMbeO9TgBIrOQLfeKgl70hu2qwBE5q025-2HU/s1600/IMG_5862.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514176928172912770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0oE4Rpt44mHOrDQj4QTPfliKNkE2m9zJElZb-oD4MDFP0y2XI_CTEYUA0ptNdAVBLFmn3MGwLV5oUDqlB2PlVV3ZK3zMDTPj4PTqMlEMbeO9TgBIrOQLfeKgl70hu2qwBE5q025-2HU/s320/IMG_5862.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Can see the hostel from on top of the Castle!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn79YUqH_UybuZmtUdo12ZV8RTIoO6a2eL_g06UuSM8-80IrhL09d9-G36km3HvlISPkczZzoVwmeIu4SuTd1e_ZPTyn46XtI0VkrVUGZVMO097eFqZm5vfB9lXjiJvcHyEKT5LAazmyk/s1600/IMG_5886.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514176298557669602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn79YUqH_UybuZmtUdo12ZV8RTIoO6a2eL_g06UuSM8-80IrhL09d9-G36km3HvlISPkczZzoVwmeIu4SuTd1e_ZPTyn46XtI0VkrVUGZVMO097eFqZm5vfB9lXjiJvcHyEKT5LAazmyk/s320/IMG_5886.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">They were setting up for the Fireworks show on Sunday night from on top of the Castle. There were loads of fireworks. After watching the show, I can see why there were so many-it lasted 45 minutes!</span> </div><div><br /> </div><div>So the first night in the hostel was not great. Because it's such an old building (or I'm assuming it was although it's located in the New Town), the noise from the streets below sounded like it was coming from inside the room. Since the city is so small too, people stayed out until 5 a.m. since there wasn't the tube closing at midnight to stop you from staying out! I think because it was the end of the festival too, maybe they stayed out later than usual. All myself and my dormates could hear was some girl cursing out a guy for about 3 straight hours over all of the regular drinking/pub type music and noise. And of course, the girl in the bunk above me needed to be up at 6:45 to catch her bus back to London. So a few hours sleep with my earphones in and music blasting all night to drown out the street noise wasn't amazing. Oh and very strange, this first night in the hostel, 4 out of 6 people in my dorm (one being me obviously) were French. There were no Americans from what I could tell from hanging out in the lounge. And no British. I found this strange...</div><div>The views from the Castle were amazing, but I didn't actually like the exhibitions. For one, the Crown Jewels exhibition was so packed that when I got into the starting room, I ended up just standing in a very slow moving line that snaked through very small rooms with 7-8 foot ceilings and no air conditioning. The rooms themselves had fake Venetian plastered walls done in high gloss paint that looked like an insane interior decorator had gotten ahold of and been given a command of carry out a "medieval theme". The rooms had mannequins acting out historical events (they didn't move, so acting out means more in the motionless way) with a voice from the ceiling telling you about them. It didn't seem very historical, and all I wanted was to get out. There was no way out of the exhibit though, although it seemed like everyone's main priority, but I found ways to cut the line because I only found out once Iwas in, that my handy audio guide said it would take about 30 minutes to get through (and the guide obviously didn't see these crowds standing still). </div><div>The exhibits mostly had mannequins "acting out" the events or something just as cheesy. It reminded me of a poor man's version of the Pirates of Carribean ride in Disneyworld, without the fun boat ride, singing, jovial priates and special effects. It was more walking (very very slowly) and the mannequins didn't swing to the music or pretend to drink. I especially felt this way in the Prison exhibit where the POW's had stayed. The exhibit lacked the mannequins but instead had speakers coming from the bunks with men talking about their lack of food and entertainment, clothes hanging from the rafters, and moving shadows cast high on the walls of prisonsers fighting to add some motion to the exhibit. Hard to explain, but really, just picture a really bad Disneyworld Pirates of the Carribean ride (for the record, that's one of my favorite Disney attrcations).</div><div>After the Castle, I walked more around the Old Town and made it back to the hostel around 7ish again after some more reading in the Princes Street Garden. Despite the bad Castle exhibits (the wedding with kilts and bagpiper made up for those), the Old Town was definitely my favorite part of Edinburgh!</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-89112308083019414722010-09-03T03:47:00.000-07:002010-09-07T05:37:38.834-07:00Hello Edinburgh!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-6Pf6g4OXNY6vdtLwq0CA59jkCCVtWIxMImy6sisxTpxD5ssiWYoXuVfEh2f7M7Tsr7LIaJlZjlO_5J5ThyphenhyphenHQ-tXjkl2cfsrHqqOIfs5wLFsXf7K9octgZLsaE-1vTsbyxzEndB2No0/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514127724969441058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-6Pf6g4OXNY6vdtLwq0CA59jkCCVtWIxMImy6sisxTpxD5ssiWYoXuVfEh2f7M7Tsr7LIaJlZjlO_5J5ThyphenhyphenHQ-tXjkl2cfsrHqqOIfs5wLFsXf7K9octgZLsaE-1vTsbyxzEndB2No0/s320/1.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">Really with the steps Scotland? I have a heavy suitcase! Put some lifts in the station to Princes Street since you built the station in the valley!</span></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQe4LQpcb-pqSGUUCScPUzfAyRAeMLsSZWUMu55O5R4K5yFxxvNdrkPyLEDGyT_84F2YCn6xtSAiyj9BqL5JtGRYEEXPdGUroZWLMVyThGiYfJ_mofntQa4A0Opgi-sCDcQrh5VDkd-uI/s1600/2+(2).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514127722415848802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQe4LQpcb-pqSGUUCScPUzfAyRAeMLsSZWUMu55O5R4K5yFxxvNdrkPyLEDGyT_84F2YCn6xtSAiyj9BqL5JtGRYEEXPdGUroZWLMVyThGiYfJ_mofntQa4A0Opgi-sCDcQrh5VDkd-uI/s320/2+(2).JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="color:#ff9900;">The hostel-looked cool from the oustide...</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcDj4BhyabPC1y56Jh8AlPrLtVVRRej9gBOhSu6cLq_yuUrQulFUxcrRBW57hgd8wdptm_MGQHwe2l0PzE4nRT-lxPnQfvCPP0-P_WvF3O486nV03X4UwlMMuTMv6wANZ14PejEj1BFI/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514127710461647890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcDj4BhyabPC1y56Jh8AlPrLtVVRRej9gBOhSu6cLq_yuUrQulFUxcrRBW57hgd8wdptm_MGQHwe2l0PzE4nRT-lxPnQfvCPP0-P_WvF3O486nV03X4UwlMMuTMv6wANZ14PejEj1BFI/s320/3.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Never saw the kitchen or laundry room, but if the rooms and restrooms were any indication of the cleanliness of them, I'm glad I didn't have to use them!!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPts3FX7iNCZaylheNWTl3wuJM7-nsuUtW5tLDFzhKbVIR68xssUjKDiWXQ9M3IAwp9EZGBJSlBI8FdFIupPcvMRsXESWSMyX1hJrolv4AHzll0BHHTvsPkYEGPaVg_OCyqkJAME1j_3A/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514126731077903810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPts3FX7iNCZaylheNWTl3wuJM7-nsuUtW5tLDFzhKbVIR68xssUjKDiWXQ9M3IAwp9EZGBJSlBI8FdFIupPcvMRsXESWSMyX1hJrolv4AHzll0BHHTvsPkYEGPaVg_OCyqkJAME1j_3A/s320/4.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So the girl who checked me in said my room was on the first floor, and I was really excited because I wouldn't have to carry my heavy suitcase up more stairs. In Europe, when they say first floor, they really mean third. Sillly me! Staircase one to the basement floor.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-rYYBTgGTa0Ebyb6zVzHRV_FEN_HyybXz5KCm88zAeMQ6njxu6TEumivLqXEqNEBJZMRcqhyJljvpeXQ8YxWlhZhSAEOILK0V51be9CFDSSrtFcuj7XbHToKoQqCvBsLIyqouPoN2Mk/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514126724775042098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-rYYBTgGTa0Ebyb6zVzHRV_FEN_HyybXz5KCm88zAeMQ6njxu6TEumivLqXEqNEBJZMRcqhyJljvpeXQ8YxWlhZhSAEOILK0V51be9CFDSSrtFcuj7XbHToKoQqCvBsLIyqouPoN2Mk/s320/5.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Staircase two to the "first floor". Oh, and this staircase had two landings because the ceiling heights were so high. Really??? Oh, and number two-restroom was on the "basement floor" unless you count the one toilet that didn't flush for the 8 dorms on the first floor. Clearly their building codes are much like in the states regarding disability access and toilets per person ratios...or not.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdXO1eI7sbmZyyeMyOR2zswP2KM9SOFlZk6r2yVxF6Jq4BmHrtterrSO10Mu17bgDwwQ5PW9WlLzN5du4BHMLKGeu8S3l7jj1S_9NQjaZmItvlenMNCuxjsLJvVLpKcDS1kzEpbccZdI/s1600/6.5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514126715686457234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdXO1eI7sbmZyyeMyOR2zswP2KM9SOFlZk6r2yVxF6Jq4BmHrtterrSO10Mu17bgDwwQ5PW9WlLzN5du4BHMLKGeu8S3l7jj1S_9NQjaZmItvlenMNCuxjsLJvVLpKcDS1kzEpbccZdI/s320/6.5.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">The great thing about the hostel was free wi-fi everywhere and this bar/lounge. It was great after a long day exploring to come back and sit on a nice comfy couch with my laptop and a Corona!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIhZ8xJoQcey8z404uGAm4n7CXWj_nTvnGZ8Yq8-71H0vUy1kdj6XzegHXIhK7Hu6DuEFD6OXI5OHhTfscu9rLLePUbKjR518cOme6OtJShdYLsKoAcO7KSKbzIhvysowszEl3-rz9Us/s1600/6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514126707622857042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIhZ8xJoQcey8z404uGAm4n7CXWj_nTvnGZ8Yq8-71H0vUy1kdj6XzegHXIhK7Hu6DuEFD6OXI5OHhTfscu9rLLePUbKjR518cOme6OtJShdYLsKoAcO7KSKbzIhvysowszEl3-rz9Us/s320/6.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> And a giant chess board, pool table, and plasma screen...<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3cFyYCKv5mNZ3ZVRI1AtA0ecNBommFHVyNpsGomzoZxpfzKIfUCErJOL7wnHQYhm7BgP7mbgZaw_-L5FjXZHTsmg2zeuLD7bd2gt4Av3Uqb-Ev2Jx5TLez64JqvsmgdqYvIN6BXlKqs/s1600/7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514126705222633810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3cFyYCKv5mNZ3ZVRI1AtA0ecNBommFHVyNpsGomzoZxpfzKIfUCErJOL7wnHQYhm7BgP7mbgZaw_-L5FjXZHTsmg2zeuLD7bd2gt4Av3Uqb-Ev2Jx5TLez64JqvsmgdqYvIN6BXlKqs/s320/7.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgSiWg6B5YEEjleu8tuAVeDhB-61b05W5Z9dzaNpYCRB7DXgoxyPlBxaipK2EnhRhlLen_PnvZOpNaQIamLqR0xR-tAdbpagdamS0hsOanFz6JgdF19PZXt48mKtk8pi2oKYn_93rzus/s1600/8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514124799389189298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgSiWg6B5YEEjleu8tuAVeDhB-61b05W5Z9dzaNpYCRB7DXgoxyPlBxaipK2EnhRhlLen_PnvZOpNaQIamLqR0xR-tAdbpagdamS0hsOanFz6JgdF19PZXt48mKtk8pi2oKYn_93rzus/s320/8.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I found this board particularly funny until I did indeed spot a Nacho Cheese Dorito underneath my bed that I had not dropped. The thought to eat it never crossed my mind, and I waited a whole day to even touch it and take it to the trashcan b/c it grossed me out so much!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVI5S9y28zHoDhUFRPLKszCdWf5G1XC3Q4NWvYEaTXksru_uvxJXrUaZZ5e7oowxPKbJk_9oOQxY4aCzPMlAMJ6AryXbrh2nz7TEBEWlnb-nAcf-BJPYfIkxxFM2C9X2PP-mGdmxloxE/s1600/IMG_5594.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514124797419647826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVI5S9y28zHoDhUFRPLKszCdWf5G1XC3Q4NWvYEaTXksru_uvxJXrUaZZ5e7oowxPKbJk_9oOQxY4aCzPMlAMJ6AryXbrh2nz7TEBEWlnb-nAcf-BJPYfIkxxFM2C9X2PP-mGdmxloxE/s320/IMG_5594.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View from the front of the hostel-pretty spectacular view of Edinburgh Castle</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F8CcroFd4ctqReCo7r81T7SVhyphenhyphenADkbM14Pdukr0QwxVElUyCB2oKE7Otp4iimfiJg30sKB4LCt6b6giT3fzDnONvtGzYtl3q3Sz_Y_KVNeVuEO24C0msvfiYAmP0f4pWcmh9aj1uvng/s1600/IMG_5603.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514124791893781746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F8CcroFd4ctqReCo7r81T7SVhyphenhyphenADkbM14Pdukr0QwxVElUyCB2oKE7Otp4iimfiJg30sKB4LCt6b6giT3fzDnONvtGzYtl3q3Sz_Y_KVNeVuEO24C0msvfiYAmP0f4pWcmh9aj1uvng/s320/IMG_5603.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> View from Princes Street Garden of Edinburgh Castle</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jSP30taey_P_H6rlPzygFm1EuxEMctuXKSM2DVmjH9qi9Oah8gvtQurwdbx3rslfB1s5reYiJvYI0hBLJwYCHdozsfjfT3XAEWncMnNNwxOutqpAIorC3B_yGNQPWqd7O4ltCNkaVac/s1600/IMG_5608.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514124788029513890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jSP30taey_P_H6rlPzygFm1EuxEMctuXKSM2DVmjH9qi9Oah8gvtQurwdbx3rslfB1s5reYiJvYI0hBLJwYCHdozsfjfT3XAEWncMnNNwxOutqpAIorC3B_yGNQPWqd7O4ltCNkaVac/s320/IMG_5608.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJ7rkN7aiRdTQ3Aa4LKGlL5QDCz3lb9E0RpPldlypWn-blxWXrQEzmCqqjidjCpon0mkKVIY2GMH2OvpNjn9wwoqFxobOb5sLoHgUil0G9Z7FrHx4BZoscUIPKo2gteUq0eShGbKYuDM/s1600/IMG_5614.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514124779029835090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJ7rkN7aiRdTQ3Aa4LKGlL5QDCz3lb9E0RpPldlypWn-blxWXrQEzmCqqjidjCpon0mkKVIY2GMH2OvpNjn9wwoqFxobOb5sLoHgUil0G9Z7FrHx4BZoscUIPKo2gteUq0eShGbKYuDM/s320/IMG_5614.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View of the Old Town from Princes Street Garden</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwdexn6OxGgv7Kn0bvbVaPi_duphP9-6HNcMWrjp0os8sD1uBAw8WSbEoh3GAgJsBU0GVToy4AUKsY7xrGS8W3diG_3e67oNL18boiGBv-nDtD7vegGL1UIP769WTlytvP2R5pHtHxCo/s1600/IMG_5623.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123818294029570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwdexn6OxGgv7Kn0bvbVaPi_duphP9-6HNcMWrjp0os8sD1uBAw8WSbEoh3GAgJsBU0GVToy4AUKsY7xrGS8W3diG_3e67oNL18boiGBv-nDtD7vegGL1UIP769WTlytvP2R5pHtHxCo/s320/IMG_5623.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Not sure what this cottage in the middle of the gardens was, but it was very pretty!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtuP3I65LtpJ5OkuB8ZZwauDAVepijg_KnLg0MDL4xMUkZE95kVjWV1jsRjI9qIsiQQMdAfoyeTpIWFKylF5_41m5Ue19utAhs2-NR8DjPs73cQeK37IpJtkCeniMXCcNeJ9VWpLMxKg/s1600/IMG_5626_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123813391277090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtuP3I65LtpJ5OkuB8ZZwauDAVepijg_KnLg0MDL4xMUkZE95kVjWV1jsRjI9qIsiQQMdAfoyeTpIWFKylF5_41m5Ue19utAhs2-NR8DjPs73cQeK37IpJtkCeniMXCcNeJ9VWpLMxKg/s320/IMG_5626_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvfFqVYH-chz1DdlOeLcJKhxArpfP3AmVYtX7CiJcC4q43cLF8V6NWHUvgP5RaNVUV_Tlywji_ci-V011Ejb69UHA8O6Y5_rLePMPQo6YfYgmWhWhW9tqnOX6ovo_zNmkA0zITgGzcog/s1600/IMG_5628.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123807819582498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvfFqVYH-chz1DdlOeLcJKhxArpfP3AmVYtX7CiJcC4q43cLF8V6NWHUvgP5RaNVUV_Tlywji_ci-V011Ejb69UHA8O6Y5_rLePMPQo6YfYgmWhWhW9tqnOX6ovo_zNmkA0zITgGzcog/s320/IMG_5628.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Along the whole length of Princes Street is the Princes Street Gardens which were sunken down into a valley as they used to be the botton of Nor Loch (drained in the 1800's as it was heavily polluted from sewage running down from the Old Town). The gardens provide a stunning view up to the Old Town and Edinburgh Castle. The gardens were packed with people sunbathing and relaxing and were so welcoming and beautiful. They had benches the whole length of the park, so whenever I needed a rest, I would go and sit in the park.Whenever I got tired at the end of the day, I would also take my book there to read and look up at the Castle. Did I mention that I LOVED Edinburgh?<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UDIWWfaS5F8p2k79LdD214kWpveFej8oMiCLkLNpegSmTOYa9gu3e4GvRCkb16g95fHKkUuBh3kNQRuM9WFpYeSC7otPvdI-JdukeqaQXz3nsbg0dXOys5UrWyhD_VveNGf8gfafhHA/s1600/IMG_5629.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123800372429874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UDIWWfaS5F8p2k79LdD214kWpveFej8oMiCLkLNpegSmTOYa9gu3e4GvRCkb16g95fHKkUuBh3kNQRuM9WFpYeSC7otPvdI-JdukeqaQXz3nsbg0dXOys5UrWyhD_VveNGf8gfafhHA/s320/IMG_5629.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgZ5uVX8JWAh9uVizDkhmJlNYtue6UQ-qIC_Gd5CmN1X7E_-82KLJCDorRaQKWHo9IGU_IciirD8xq_vxL4Cpfo39EgjIHlgtMYKvVOMF-GniozVlryHGq0MV8sI0k2ij2NVayQJQeWk/s1600/IMG_5631.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123796119299778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgZ5uVX8JWAh9uVizDkhmJlNYtue6UQ-qIC_Gd5CmN1X7E_-82KLJCDorRaQKWHo9IGU_IciirD8xq_vxL4Cpfo39EgjIHlgtMYKvVOMF-GniozVlryHGq0MV8sI0k2ij2NVayQJQeWk/s320/IMG_5631.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Scott Monument on Princes Street. It had 287 steps and 4 viewing decks to look out over Princes Street. If I had had more time, I would have loved to have go up and see the view!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2Go451RudD57qPOJbfL5BjD5_eMWSDGDF1qFRRSNSxtJYL2hz3pgohaW-PgmH5CcUWmnrf9o1LHYq3WAjzneW9ruu23yIYNea-obezyF35l1w7PPqbehtScIdvAI4PLdWYcbLOKNdqQ/s1600/IMG_5637.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123066477129634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2Go451RudD57qPOJbfL5BjD5_eMWSDGDF1qFRRSNSxtJYL2hz3pgohaW-PgmH5CcUWmnrf9o1LHYq3WAjzneW9ruu23yIYNea-obezyF35l1w7PPqbehtScIdvAI4PLdWYcbLOKNdqQ/s320/IMG_5637.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Oh lamposts...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL7jV2ns1gz4KNfPT9FTBqGWOh2bN_n-DhWJ_ussCyUt1mDJGeaM98LFw6117t1xLAKh9ZOh_xJnqvMMLGgzaAbooF0RS8_wO__hegZAfrin1-C2JymiuDqxf_QoOL55hMaVF0d-q94o/s1600/IMG_5642.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123058328784946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL7jV2ns1gz4KNfPT9FTBqGWOh2bN_n-DhWJ_ussCyUt1mDJGeaM98LFw6117t1xLAKh9ZOh_xJnqvMMLGgzaAbooF0RS8_wO__hegZAfrin1-C2JymiuDqxf_QoOL55hMaVF0d-q94o/s320/IMG_5642.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So I thought that this staircase from the New Town (Princes Street divides New Town from Old Town) was the only way to the Old Town and I thought well, I won't be visiting there very often. Because once I got to the top of these stairs, there was a VERY steep hill to even get into the middle of the Old Town. Luckily, I found out later that there was a not-as-steep hill right near the hostel which would get me directly to the Castle and the Old Town. Thank goodness!<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL1uV770wbLafntK4_i9ZjmwUTLRsYbNXawuc5b6BtIC33gQ4k9wZzB_Jsb0H_5xBm6R1suuQthBOjkileXv2kwIqB2-rjkwQeKutvWMNJlWFQL4xvX5x4HSlAblQ7wiBjcQ1N1LSt5k/s1600/IMG_5645_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123054203718434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCL1uV770wbLafntK4_i9ZjmwUTLRsYbNXawuc5b6BtIC33gQ4k9wZzB_Jsb0H_5xBm6R1suuQthBOjkileXv2kwIqB2-rjkwQeKutvWMNJlWFQL4xvX5x4HSlAblQ7wiBjcQ1N1LSt5k/s320/IMG_5645_01.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Bagpiper #1!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k6imDaN4ugERR7wJhfo3wZZCJXWqiMIHb0RQPhj9FCL5hJVdfyWsxn8ggQD2arAPksutx5dIEU3mmMeWz5BlAbZeT1mWj8EJehj5DJ23XTCWxD93cij5qGUH_MomSzgxrDmRMVW_lAc/s1600/IMG_5650.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123048729080226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k6imDaN4ugERR7wJhfo3wZZCJXWqiMIHb0RQPhj9FCL5hJVdfyWsxn8ggQD2arAPksutx5dIEU3mmMeWz5BlAbZeT1mWj8EJehj5DJ23XTCWxD93cij5qGUH_MomSzgxrDmRMVW_lAc/s320/IMG_5650.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9EGpAd8RybhKkO8Znza2Aq4R-3OoTMsKZoUPWeCNYA2fSi1naGVgE5WFZ5zJ1q-sWHjPx2oU-NwwdrRAJiD3MQQQ8If2htF8byQqeFKUeifejw1GrqMTm4OamgHO4nbvEwTaooczpQ4/s1600/IMG_5655.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514123044435371602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9EGpAd8RybhKkO8Znza2Aq4R-3OoTMsKZoUPWeCNYA2fSi1naGVgE5WFZ5zJ1q-sWHjPx2oU-NwwdrRAJiD3MQQQ8If2htF8byQqeFKUeifejw1GrqMTm4OamgHO4nbvEwTaooczpQ4/s320/IMG_5655.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4OWgki_k2cVd8Ko9EJeStiA11UcumITDVeCp1pU2BuQBWYF3gGoEBH4MklIWCSu4gUCWziSPgka6xyZ-ewI_E0PiLzZCXRrzjKHE0r54MLeAo9oa9r77OTHIT8_dO0JAcosn-3kHTvA/s1600/IMG_5668.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514122300791749218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4OWgki_k2cVd8Ko9EJeStiA11UcumITDVeCp1pU2BuQBWYF3gGoEBH4MklIWCSu4gUCWziSPgka6xyZ-ewI_E0PiLzZCXRrzjKHE0r54MLeAo9oa9r77OTHIT8_dO0JAcosn-3kHTvA/s320/IMG_5668.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Rose Street in the New Town had quaint bars and pubs lining the whole of the street and these wonderful stone flower designs at every intersection.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAPgZzmCYXZPfChmjMteNttjmHDVmJKxQlgGdtXluXH-7w4ujaOu_gYCF6kQYZfmuCpnlBlg87t7UACLHD2aOG48ySEXoqWLoZPQJrqYPfxESBBLQNK-4JAjOVjooUVEU4-TtOvwiRPE/s1600/IMG_5673.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514122296265476418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAPgZzmCYXZPfChmjMteNttjmHDVmJKxQlgGdtXluXH-7w4ujaOu_gYCF6kQYZfmuCpnlBlg87t7UACLHD2aOG48ySEXoqWLoZPQJrqYPfxESBBLQNK-4JAjOVjooUVEU4-TtOvwiRPE/s320/IMG_5673.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Edinburgh Castle was built up on volcanic Castle Rock in the 12th century. I think it has changed a lot since then, but St. Margarets Chapel still remains from this time and is the oldest buidling in Edinburgh.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMfcOrYeyZuC2pQQGghX8F4CY1NvFbk7S0RMrov0ELVfUUmYw6fnORSgfyStSu_VEYHUkAJcs1ws3d7pXgyqI-GhZvOQp1tIBl323AS6slnZmXnRDpGMMQhbRu5hPnhR6Y_NoBs8yo74/s1600/IMG_5687.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514122290505961874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMfcOrYeyZuC2pQQGghX8F4CY1NvFbk7S0RMrov0ELVfUUmYw6fnORSgfyStSu_VEYHUkAJcs1ws3d7pXgyqI-GhZvOQp1tIBl323AS6slnZmXnRDpGMMQhbRu5hPnhR6Y_NoBs8yo74/s320/IMG_5687.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">First night in Edinburgh!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIYNwutcWqmuaRwOLYovistdGvyw957BKhAPEwJdEjs69YsZFiA6OMTKl_H7bOMLsRiBAA2Hotvnyt1GNZulP_EDwgWUv_O2t5cpClR08Drj36dv5zueL08GsH9WDYikg3PdEMWrYu5E/s1600/IMG_5708.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514122286132045778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIYNwutcWqmuaRwOLYovistdGvyw957BKhAPEwJdEjs69YsZFiA6OMTKl_H7bOMLsRiBAA2Hotvnyt1GNZulP_EDwgWUv_O2t5cpClR08Drj36dv5zueL08GsH9WDYikg3PdEMWrYu5E/s320/IMG_5708.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQNcTzfeYHanyzavlANExET-tvZ1VgxVltJxrbdGNNiOuENuN1y0vuvyJkODA8yBPUjB9cSRwH51kdM8c6Lz4YiU17D1pSoCeqHB4vHS_Q6ZxYGcC9x2TRBeKaObnYxIumr5_ksEBWME/s1600/IMG_5721.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514122282834349618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQNcTzfeYHanyzavlANExET-tvZ1VgxVltJxrbdGNNiOuENuN1y0vuvyJkODA8yBPUjB9cSRwH51kdM8c6Lz4YiU17D1pSoCeqHB4vHS_Q6ZxYGcC9x2TRBeKaObnYxIumr5_ksEBWME/s320/IMG_5721.JPG" /></a><br /><div>So I took the train to Edinburgh Friday morning and arrived around 2:30 in the afternoon into Waverly Station. After checking into the hostel, I took a walk around the New Town of Edinburgh. You can see my attempt to get to the Old Town left me dissapointed (all those freaking steps!), so I didn't really make it there on my first day. I returned to the hostel around 7ish so I could relax in the lounge with a beer and look at some of my photos. I went out again after dark to try and take some night photos, but not many turned out that well. I already knew that after only a few hours in Edinburgh, I was in love!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491984458056171509.post-62992827976555676762010-08-31T08:28:00.000-07:002010-09-02T03:27:27.133-07:00A Bike Ride through London!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcM6JfzBi4w8ZUBkM9yO0EUCEYnG0f-SoeHvnNVDs4WU1zRUkMFdnP43DGBmIoXKt_-7cqwnqXJXoumqFGbB9ZRFK2m3m8GzCSaDK2ZkjagvoqWoBGK5MjF8VzFM_cKyhROl4EVlbImY/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511989426157296290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcM6JfzBi4w8ZUBkM9yO0EUCEYnG0f-SoeHvnNVDs4WU1zRUkMFdnP43DGBmIoXKt_-7cqwnqXJXoumqFGbB9ZRFK2m3m8GzCSaDK2ZkjagvoqWoBGK5MjF8VzFM_cKyhROl4EVlbImY/s320/1.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Robyn's one request was to do the Fat Tire Bike Tour. The Thames one only ran on Thurs-Sat., so we did the Royal Parks one instead.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrc9s7GU37IIZEBfE49tvzhOwCZu7MO_xYu34pucoUXtjNVP8vegsH9Tvh-eVI0hc8lQVP8PB-IYMNviPgMKbI1sDOEXluBK_GJ0nj6Wl6UQ386z8ccMO5XGMk36xcnHglsfug34t7xvs/s1600/2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511989415814050594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrc9s7GU37IIZEBfE49tvzhOwCZu7MO_xYu34pucoUXtjNVP8vegsH9Tvh-eVI0hc8lQVP8PB-IYMNviPgMKbI1sDOEXluBK_GJ0nj6Wl6UQ386z8ccMO5XGMk36xcnHglsfug34t7xvs/s320/2.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Instead of bells to let people know when we were coming, we had these little guys who made squeeky bath toy noises. It was awesome..lol</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp9hFFs3qfnc1x1O7T9W9CDmmB-P5-3kEIXno5WW0XOP3J3CUEoCqrji_-g_MZm6PH1D0dNymXjuqwffl4irwwe6y7FuqlJCq9I833-TGB39KxEJe1_bV_vKohhLWb98QCjotRdwvVYY/s1600/IMG_5392.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511988566031311202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp9hFFs3qfnc1x1O7T9W9CDmmB-P5-3kEIXno5WW0XOP3J3CUEoCqrji_-g_MZm6PH1D0dNymXjuqwffl4irwwe6y7FuqlJCq9I833-TGB39KxEJe1_bV_vKohhLWb98QCjotRdwvVYY/s320/IMG_5392.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> I was not talented enough to take photos while riding my bike, so all the shots you will see are taken while I was not on them. Robyn on the other hand, was quite the multi-tasker.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xTsEIEeGbhG4xSzN-4S5c7Qyo4lKGsOH4FkXT0D4wlNFE4O5JrNe96sNityiIFS-n3rlF0XKdnIvKqFUTrByp02bERSnf49BfIlKvhE5VLh9AJ3AX1Fc-fG_3_NZUYHuzEJITFY6sR4/s1600/IMG_5413.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511988557142155474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xTsEIEeGbhG4xSzN-4S5c7Qyo4lKGsOH4FkXT0D4wlNFE4O5JrNe96sNityiIFS-n3rlF0XKdnIvKqFUTrByp02bERSnf49BfIlKvhE5VLh9AJ3AX1Fc-fG_3_NZUYHuzEJITFY6sR4/s320/IMG_5413.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Break for lunch at Trafalgar Square</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLanW32RpNPpgA1Cjkecd2tC3a596yNT6UEDih8hGb0dPFI1BJk4cz3VMh47luVIU2OsbO198ECo1SguEtJaxWS6q3nTEjYfOgWXX5TaI78-68GDCKTw3DjkejR43uqO1NoRV_n5iJMXo/s1600/IMG_5416.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511988546631603938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLanW32RpNPpgA1Cjkecd2tC3a596yNT6UEDih8hGb0dPFI1BJk4cz3VMh47luVIU2OsbO198ECo1SguEtJaxWS6q3nTEjYfOgWXX5TaI78-68GDCKTw3DjkejR43uqO1NoRV_n5iJMXo/s320/IMG_5416.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">All of our squeakers!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYBbzoup781AiZYyaobgc6mQWQ0sgjRK7mhoYbyj_9O_TWNet3urzeJ2lThz-DiLZzwcyASNWHnJ4mW86wPa0svA5oJzPdDqN9xpLaO42onit4EMaJkjl6vldzhBd8AND4YBtCkZiSkk/s1600/IMG_5419.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511986585204321714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYBbzoup781AiZYyaobgc6mQWQ0sgjRK7mhoYbyj_9O_TWNet3urzeJ2lThz-DiLZzwcyASNWHnJ4mW86wPa0svA5oJzPdDqN9xpLaO42onit4EMaJkjl6vldzhBd8AND4YBtCkZiSkk/s320/IMG_5419.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg-NaZrgBsJmT5AQ626MRQfXdS6QlniSQYw5oPO74snhq0wtCP6tf0Boveaiw-bPqxyZaL5A5lc9__01EGYleRsIDL6X9l29bOe5bwJIXnhg-wtXCidIzD912oH3AO1LmjF0xxb6L5q4/s1600/IMG_5420_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511986576252900498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg-NaZrgBsJmT5AQ626MRQfXdS6QlniSQYw5oPO74snhq0wtCP6tf0Boveaiw-bPqxyZaL5A5lc9__01EGYleRsIDL6X9l29bOe5bwJIXnhg-wtXCidIzD912oH3AO1LmjF0xxb6L5q4/s320/IMG_5420_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdUX-Eel4EjLj-y9PEdbroIHC5TcgBGc2kcdZmlp7iJ4sPd2mNllhfRPdpOXDvDOvfj2jgrADMqHTxqYBb-wUjHEx36eROXWDijyrWR7Dpj8lWtS9vtySLme1RshjVJK2T6ucuK3e80g/s1600/IMG_5423.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511986568516129682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdUX-Eel4EjLj-y9PEdbroIHC5TcgBGc2kcdZmlp7iJ4sPd2mNllhfRPdpOXDvDOvfj2jgrADMqHTxqYBb-wUjHEx36eROXWDijyrWR7Dpj8lWtS9vtySLme1RshjVJK2T6ucuK3e80g/s320/IMG_5423.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">This is the back of 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister lives (basically like the White House). Our tour guide told us the PM hasn't lived there for 2 years, but this was news to me, news to the guards with the machine guns, and the masses of people waiting outside the front gate... Not sure who to believe.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrMPTkD_8S9bYwmuCxS1Ge_78QqE3H1KEtMer-i9bYTdhUjVhNokwWrdcqVnQ1GwjS8Q3UmSGo8ZVZsuMRBY3WaFaoLug4Hmc8wChC_LAX_YUQazGc06gDVeZx3ypKexl9dsd4DU-4s4/s1600/IMG_5424.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511986565131424610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrMPTkD_8S9bYwmuCxS1Ge_78QqE3H1KEtMer-i9bYTdhUjVhNokwWrdcqVnQ1GwjS8Q3UmSGo8ZVZsuMRBY3WaFaoLug4Hmc8wChC_LAX_YUQazGc06gDVeZx3ypKexl9dsd4DU-4s4/s320/IMG_5424.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Old Admiralty Building at Horse Guards Parade. We obviously missed the parade of horses.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZmyy9HwdCHETJXBu2NYrfC-FUKe7tKy3GFhailGCL1nmpc2L7L7ptCrRMyrhpT_h0Z0f2YsJoRyBvqlmJB2waigkgZ5XO-ORhrLsHBNH7EUxTCrnuH8AJg6mdZy1GPJQ6x4b8tRhHVs/s1600/IMG_5427.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511984827944055042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZmyy9HwdCHETJXBu2NYrfC-FUKe7tKy3GFhailGCL1nmpc2L7L7ptCrRMyrhpT_h0Z0f2YsJoRyBvqlmJB2waigkgZ5XO-ORhrLsHBNH7EUxTCrnuH8AJg6mdZy1GPJQ6x4b8tRhHVs/s320/IMG_5427.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Also at the Horse Guards Parade. The building covered in vines is apparently a bomb-proof citadel built in 1940.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoYGjw38qddE26Lsgz2CZ-uSDFNxrBUBKNaI8jH5nclhwlUH8RgM5OqquHZu_3js1wjQuMSqyzKJj18xTYZlZeLWU6QenOkm3hNswYR7GPieFkKcnII_yn4WnLC3G5eoSJWv2AHe8kdY/s1600/IMG_5429_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511984821804756722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoYGjw38qddE26Lsgz2CZ-uSDFNxrBUBKNaI8jH5nclhwlUH8RgM5OqquHZu_3js1wjQuMSqyzKJj18xTYZlZeLWU6QenOkm3hNswYR7GPieFkKcnII_yn4WnLC3G5eoSJWv2AHe8kdY/s320/IMG_5429_01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXjm72yUmSsLPbqNXoLD7CDlqL6oCNrlB54OCLIjymUrIfE4xAr3JaHXmoxM4Kh9nKT4nyGCVWrYcJfxUrP7dr3yMED5gkK3liFLxLVhU_QCOp7WISspt2vqE2VfJMr9biqRrxg0jX1I/s1600/IMG_5430.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511984809608176498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXjm72yUmSsLPbqNXoLD7CDlqL6oCNrlB54OCLIjymUrIfE4xAr3JaHXmoxM4Kh9nKT4nyGCVWrYcJfxUrP7dr3yMED5gkK3liFLxLVhU_QCOp7WISspt2vqE2VfJMr9biqRrxg0jX1I/s320/IMG_5430.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Our tour guide talking about Westminster Abbey</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpFFb3RP8SjitAemlHFvbMcHye-hvLCgCY9Oza7PQ1xiI8pr8QHO3Na-kklgaNntp-DWx0HY-tfzIz3kkIDPU2f1xHe65QoV4Iq9SBx9B8guUScFAzAHGFSsvXLD_UPtvGLm4IQv3fTs/s1600/IMG_5435.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511984800048156130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpFFb3RP8SjitAemlHFvbMcHye-hvLCgCY9Oza7PQ1xiI8pr8QHO3Na-kklgaNntp-DWx0HY-tfzIz3kkIDPU2f1xHe65QoV4Iq9SBx9B8guUScFAzAHGFSsvXLD_UPtvGLm4IQv3fTs/s320/IMG_5435.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View of Whitehall roofs from a bridge in St. James's Park</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFpZvTY0Q3rLGkPd9MHlgZ9rFY-CDnEr8NxAoZEKrgowAdpbIecYJFpggFlNOAz9ziUwl5n4N7DIqEV60jRNAxy7o0V7k7I-elRF7_pUjoek2j4vfcnhbMJHqMVhr07eKBHoZrvmORCo/s1600/IMG_5448.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511982956084493634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFpZvTY0Q3rLGkPd9MHlgZ9rFY-CDnEr8NxAoZEKrgowAdpbIecYJFpggFlNOAz9ziUwl5n4N7DIqEV60jRNAxy7o0V7k7I-elRF7_pUjoek2j4vfcnhbMJHqMVhr07eKBHoZrvmORCo/s320/IMG_5448.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> Hyde Park</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI-00tiW-I1G3awa4ytgxgv_gpFecivFN8vwPyu0vs0wTAPuCTdpU2ZwDLFt2I_S27INZ3qdvKJi7TC_1otamwbwTFlqBVyqgGv0Yq0ARC_bnUXXJJ4TngrI37lrgNBAMANu8bo9wiF0/s1600/IMG_5449.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511982947690330930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUI-00tiW-I1G3awa4ytgxgv_gpFecivFN8vwPyu0vs0wTAPuCTdpU2ZwDLFt2I_S27INZ3qdvKJi7TC_1otamwbwTFlqBVyqgGv0Yq0ARC_bnUXXJJ4TngrI37lrgNBAMANu8bo9wiF0/s320/IMG_5449.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So after the tour, it was time for some soft serve ice cream with a flake!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgHnmajfEQ1Ytomjqt9crThtIpOQ5DFIefUzcJX_A0F-Z039Rt12s2-Lkd_Vb1bpoclz4tPur3z0J3nkIwvVfE7fnIbb3l026NiyccwD_zhZrtEoSuBK4ncj00D2_VNWbctDzKt_QFcE/s1600/IMG_5455.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511982937711775650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgHnmajfEQ1Ytomjqt9crThtIpOQ5DFIefUzcJX_A0F-Z039Rt12s2-Lkd_Vb1bpoclz4tPur3z0J3nkIwvVfE7fnIbb3l026NiyccwD_zhZrtEoSuBK4ncj00D2_VNWbctDzKt_QFcE/s320/IMG_5455.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Not sure what this was. Looked like a Buddhist temple in the middle of Kensington Park</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMN_01txlwrT3mlFNslURayhy2CTEue7cCgV8L0L8EDfJh-305pdJn5GKdITwUN9lbS0K8YQFfqJKxB6XE2jQDFBDp9KUQPbvyf0uLCAh44nMh3Nci8CqLToZT6Tv0Vyu2CUD-JgiIkA/s1600/IMG_5460.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511982926070096162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMN_01txlwrT3mlFNslURayhy2CTEue7cCgV8L0L8EDfJh-305pdJn5GKdITwUN9lbS0K8YQFfqJKxB6XE2jQDFBDp9KUQPbvyf0uLCAh44nMh3Nci8CqLToZT6Tv0Vyu2CUD-JgiIkA/s320/IMG_5460.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Garden</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJX3rhaMlLOdR9I7tT8AZUrJKtjQywELfMjmF4wKgitSUl12IcRx7DW3_lE9QyxPj7dh93avIFwiWGwJL9gYx4jOcTBSy84pp7e9kMGe-2hoXRTZ6bj0IDRvSYKHB1gx5d1AX9uG45PfQ/s1600/IMG_5462.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511980790004709858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJX3rhaMlLOdR9I7tT8AZUrJKtjQywELfMjmF4wKgitSUl12IcRx7DW3_lE9QyxPj7dh93avIFwiWGwJL9gYx4jOcTBSy84pp7e9kMGe-2hoXRTZ6bj0IDRvSYKHB1gx5d1AX9uG45PfQ/s320/IMG_5462.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJYSK0FUzHzYUuIPeUdpIjsz-Co-NpHabZEWXokfbexyCxzEVS_dtJOmO8eUM4YjEcJ2Re-thuB3AkxmahaBcVXGQN1pRIHBfER1mtOrm1erPZgBgHB3-4DX7AkxCaersgQjNnq2-Pr4/s1600/IMG_5463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511980787324846418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJYSK0FUzHzYUuIPeUdpIjsz-Co-NpHabZEWXokfbexyCxzEVS_dtJOmO8eUM4YjEcJ2Re-thuB3AkxmahaBcVXGQN1pRIHBfER1mtOrm1erPZgBgHB3-4DX7AkxCaersgQjNnq2-Pr4/s320/IMG_5463.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIfUtDJS1v7PBOfc5YfAmSzkgwrjZa1oZ80fynoHbOaYDX2ALdcHc_Z10wBtNSkYis1aQq39RoAce1RVRlWQnk_J-60HCu_PAkbB9TZudEBZzkoA4XKHYAP9iLcsnZ2dMxnHoHt4tCrs/s1600/IMG_5472.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511980779588285698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIfUtDJS1v7PBOfc5YfAmSzkgwrjZa1oZ80fynoHbOaYDX2ALdcHc_Z10wBtNSkYis1aQq39RoAce1RVRlWQnk_J-60HCu_PAkbB9TZudEBZzkoA4XKHYAP9iLcsnZ2dMxnHoHt4tCrs/s320/IMG_5472.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyvyb4-f8v1aBFlKBLS7KGIAMHTDwl-k05eVNFfDIQcJMG7Ycd9qG6AMUVQiCEfG9byJAVfTpOtSGbqaXRnSXB8O8gAG8SFKczSyae_2W7S3P555HyrZ0uzxhrt7ffKxz1JXnKuo18IY/s1600/IMG_5475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511980773546041282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyvyb4-f8v1aBFlKBLS7KGIAMHTDwl-k05eVNFfDIQcJMG7Ycd9qG6AMUVQiCEfG9byJAVfTpOtSGbqaXRnSXB8O8gAG8SFKczSyae_2W7S3P555HyrZ0uzxhrt7ffKxz1JXnKuo18IY/s320/IMG_5475.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">We happened to take our tour on the 13th anniversary of Princess Diana's death (she dies August 31, 1997). This is her memorial fountain in Hyde Park. It was designed to be like a necklace to express her feminism and be interactive so that people would hang out in the area and not just view a statue and leave. There were tons of families sitting out around the area, and little kids enjoying the cool fresh water, so it seemed succesful to me.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKP9R34zUtMAoNbr1SIup2GJASA6x7ZDIBrd8t6faNcsMBpeRSmiKdHwKj9kPT1_xoo9EOw-RuODz2QXa3Ot-edWovQ4o7u3xWktH-aibb8FkfE_GXGSf_G_Ze6ZLB-Ld6iqL89QaBNS8/s1600/IMG_5483.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511979051937683106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKP9R34zUtMAoNbr1SIup2GJASA6x7ZDIBrd8t6faNcsMBpeRSmiKdHwKj9kPT1_xoo9EOw-RuODz2QXa3Ot-edWovQ4o7u3xWktH-aibb8FkfE_GXGSf_G_Ze6ZLB-Ld6iqL89QaBNS8/s320/IMG_5483.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sf7Fq4oL0A_YpoGSWf349NbbtdYJscMKqOvTyx1MiXef2cN2NXy7xyyBi2uB1L0sFFhMbaWPQsdRFVpGxUHmLYv_hk4ri8qQeHoXKSVepH9OrIE4t25B90F0Jx2V56m1eulmIp2Gpd0/s1600/IMG_5497.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511979041852160754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sf7Fq4oL0A_YpoGSWf349NbbtdYJscMKqOvTyx1MiXef2cN2NXy7xyyBi2uB1L0sFFhMbaWPQsdRFVpGxUHmLYv_hk4ri8qQeHoXKSVepH9OrIE4t25B90F0Jx2V56m1eulmIp2Gpd0/s320/IMG_5497.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Austrailian War Memorial in Hyde Park Corner to commemorate the 102,000 Austrailians who died in the First and Second War.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0E2qb-QtUrK353VpO-xMlEjGhDuCTOaZt-i9NaKjJI89Fbho87dgK841fbo3CZeVLma6aQZNQSNuC1kU0FYD_PbYAih8IKFcpd0Qt2PB0sZpTp7lAOMx_LVFCfe6eTImPDm8W8pw_3o/s1600/IMG_5499.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511979033594061762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0E2qb-QtUrK353VpO-xMlEjGhDuCTOaZt-i9NaKjJI89Fbho87dgK841fbo3CZeVLma6aQZNQSNuC1kU0FYD_PbYAih8IKFcpd0Qt2PB0sZpTp7lAOMx_LVFCfe6eTImPDm8W8pw_3o/s320/IMG_5499.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXsGX3E7UeSJbGa09y8pjg_0L1aZYJlkwlC9gLncYq3S1zCS2ynpAoArIneQ98hmTs_yjFdXPxoam_J5LTRO7O5_4Dis7GPuSIQUKmSq59kzJi6yLOI_Y11SJgb-_v2SPf6K12Clf5iA/s1600/IMG_5502.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511974810514893314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXsGX3E7UeSJbGa09y8pjg_0L1aZYJlkwlC9gLncYq3S1zCS2ynpAoArIneQ98hmTs_yjFdXPxoam_J5LTRO7O5_4Dis7GPuSIQUKmSq59kzJi6yLOI_Y11SJgb-_v2SPf6K12Clf5iA/s320/IMG_5502.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIbeqGp307EibgA8RIap9H3hnSgsZK0D5ZRPSZJN7kyYhBQxqTIWiIt2Ll2tYHsFXIlimQ3-E8bPEuQWVlYMXR1QafZH01xqn_7K-ZEJnUmJTq-53LxRPFOGEGd7kQifVEc0X4Z5gOww/s1600/IMG_5506.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511974803417056498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIbeqGp307EibgA8RIap9H3hnSgsZK0D5ZRPSZJN7kyYhBQxqTIWiIt2Ll2tYHsFXIlimQ3-E8bPEuQWVlYMXR1QafZH01xqn_7K-ZEJnUmJTq-53LxRPFOGEGd7kQifVEc0X4Z5gOww/s320/IMG_5506.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">So at Hyde Park Corner, they have horse crossings! The buttons are of course like 6 feet tall so people on horses can reach them. We saw tons of horse poo in the road, but where in the world are these horses coming from?</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmqdlX2y2yPLn1I9dlE2F8QtaKGazkT-X2XU4dxgF-OMhFeDNFv3nGXjbv7SmY63loN9LDOrzucwoMhJOtoJUFql0vouPUChas-kzjMgC8SD7AhTlfCDTKi0phY1kV1sS6hkjTIhFaow/s1600/IMG_5511.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511974796816305186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmqdlX2y2yPLn1I9dlE2F8QtaKGazkT-X2XU4dxgF-OMhFeDNFv3nGXjbv7SmY63loN9LDOrzucwoMhJOtoJUFql0vouPUChas-kzjMgC8SD7AhTlfCDTKi0phY1kV1sS6hkjTIhFaow/s320/IMG_5511.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Hold your horses! (sorry, couldn't resist)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-63ra02_PrYUoLGWZrzDmTSCdPJl1hOtTbFHUa_XWjl512lx60Qi_HzsD2CW6pAxlx-ORw-buhR9aEhl5qCjZ8tpyblMQTbGUcb2cKfwXgSYNAONk9f4yVmFhmiUm7QXvDLjItUwzT8/s1600/IMG_5521.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511974788980424594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-63ra02_PrYUoLGWZrzDmTSCdPJl1hOtTbFHUa_XWjl512lx60Qi_HzsD2CW6pAxlx-ORw-buhR9aEhl5qCjZ8tpyblMQTbGUcb2cKfwXgSYNAONk9f4yVmFhmiUm7QXvDLjItUwzT8/s320/IMG_5521.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> St. James's Park-we walked the route the bike tour had taken us to get better photos</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi9FC6QoAzAlcvRX22jk5s0wX2sY4CWTejV_5MTVv1iHotrpTx46SSqOLftVO9cWxWYVyjzAcP2RdM0IJ4u50FOvUVuYwbb4NoBqE6ynggarw4jrSil9YoYG_3G-eVcSeUGEUKDGFsG8/s1600/IMG_5526.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511972747170668962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHi9FC6QoAzAlcvRX22jk5s0wX2sY4CWTejV_5MTVv1iHotrpTx46SSqOLftVO9cWxWYVyjzAcP2RdM0IJ4u50FOvUVuYwbb4NoBqE6ynggarw4jrSil9YoYG_3G-eVcSeUGEUKDGFsG8/s320/IMG_5526.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">View from the same bridge as above in St. James's Park</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LSFLKhOGkvTHdwSMicr99f0L-2b8QhFG6PvEtnmjcA-OOLUGNKohMhHeiTkikUC2REDq77NtWk6rxBVvjiTFeKcDWZoS5j8a_Wcpw569km-qfxALKrFHRmlVqquxYi1XeoUUsJNgHPk/s1600/IMG_5528.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511972743344699298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LSFLKhOGkvTHdwSMicr99f0L-2b8QhFG6PvEtnmjcA-OOLUGNKohMhHeiTkikUC2REDq77NtWk6rxBVvjiTFeKcDWZoS5j8a_Wcpw569km-qfxALKrFHRmlVqquxYi1XeoUUsJNgHPk/s320/IMG_5528.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwozF7uNI56OvmYLdqUgSli-A7vHKAmEXIN78_5nsoKwFAG-GzSdompYiM_mDhIDFdECC0xeZQA_OLiOWitxJDjolZEWuwvOKj-0QhXdzUxLgz_ttY-DSPDyKlusNmOxKPS5FDxweF19s/s1600/IMG_5531.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511972735274945202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwozF7uNI56OvmYLdqUgSli-A7vHKAmEXIN78_5nsoKwFAG-GzSdompYiM_mDhIDFdECC0xeZQA_OLiOWitxJDjolZEWuwvOKj-0QhXdzUxLgz_ttY-DSPDyKlusNmOxKPS5FDxweF19s/s320/IMG_5531.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB8MPrLfJNqhmxmmhgRIUXDSIlCrug2wZHbEEcMQ2seU8DSFPrSDBeFtVx3M5pbSUP16lPfhYBRL_ECHU15AVGgVdbOHzPyqJBWfefLomofukxgwamdK4IFNfK4EsVTy9DzfYXNO2mMs/s1600/IMG_5534.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511972725015642978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB8MPrLfJNqhmxmmhgRIUXDSIlCrug2wZHbEEcMQ2seU8DSFPrSDBeFtVx3M5pbSUP16lPfhYBRL_ECHU15AVGgVdbOHzPyqJBWfefLomofukxgwamdK4IFNfK4EsVTy9DzfYXNO2mMs/s320/IMG_5534.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Horse Guards Parade (on our walk-not bike ride)</span><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFcl4wPEoiNE7zx75nOn8q8hpCrbihqmIAdHluM404DNPLqoAMmT_aSWf2MCuaJEeOBC0aB9VN0qV-J_Yty51xzXgAVI_E8mHIyl4xcTs8y7CSp7lhnEHCemo_isEznCdlXgta6lT80Y/s1600/IMG_5548.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511970420473183762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFcl4wPEoiNE7zx75nOn8q8hpCrbihqmIAdHluM404DNPLqoAMmT_aSWf2MCuaJEeOBC0aB9VN0qV-J_Yty51xzXgAVI_E8mHIyl4xcTs8y7CSp7lhnEHCemo_isEznCdlXgta6lT80Y/s320/IMG_5548.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"> A walk down Whitehall</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA24bsJmv2CwGIjRzjPjpU132gnfv98WSsfzpJRM4azziOlKqOaLw0bHdz-A7b70zFoEqvWti2hzYQT_hKpbnToCAoefapXbdGmEOPHcu5B2U8f3qaCH1Sf93sUeCIu5bnxMXvYRG8HN0/s1600/IMG_5557.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511970414727899810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA24bsJmv2CwGIjRzjPjpU132gnfv98WSsfzpJRM4azziOlKqOaLw0bHdz-A7b70zFoEqvWti2hzYQT_hKpbnToCAoefapXbdGmEOPHcu5B2U8f3qaCH1Sf93sUeCIu5bnxMXvYRG8HN0/s320/IMG_5557.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDctE1UOjv2B88EmUrfek2UcWEwV4bHjWxqV50mbb3BjT3nZTycp2cbQ0gVKjCdvUzl1tw6UanPwomvkAaN_oR0XWRt_ZksoFHI73X1JzQRqVtuyVk1opPH0G8mv13uhteSkET4oA_Fq0/s1600/IMG_5559.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511970405630305298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDctE1UOjv2B88EmUrfek2UcWEwV4bHjWxqV50mbb3BjT3nZTycp2cbQ0gVKjCdvUzl1tw6UanPwomvkAaN_oR0XWRt_ZksoFHI73X1JzQRqVtuyVk1opPH0G8mv13uhteSkET4oA_Fq0/s320/IMG_5559.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHt3_cTZSMnafNARV56Cm2UukaMXabW5s6uRV2CC3NjziD45qvlY9GmAR4VzioUjXvUxR9Z6v0o0mwzB0BcsxivRKsEPWjLBDs20zfCpADmyFvREHmGKSSCO2PXf9EdUtlwwQvPKEWSg/s1600/IMG_5563.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968870569697154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHt3_cTZSMnafNARV56Cm2UukaMXabW5s6uRV2CC3NjziD45qvlY9GmAR4VzioUjXvUxR9Z6v0o0mwzB0BcsxivRKsEPWjLBDs20zfCpADmyFvREHmGKSSCO2PXf9EdUtlwwQvPKEWSg/s320/IMG_5563.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAAAwcnpMAKeU1ITx4Ec2GO2NsVQcCKhNLkCYTn-QG3HdbR4LFMcBB5B4Bz2zwzlp_diQEpZHVm5EYQW22Wv_OhtXGIyFBbd63a-mCNxe8v9A55akBJ1K4vhKMf6cZfdn9KzDmioxRdg/s1600/IMG_5577.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968852071692962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAAAwcnpMAKeU1ITx4Ec2GO2NsVQcCKhNLkCYTn-QG3HdbR4LFMcBB5B4Bz2zwzlp_diQEpZHVm5EYQW22Wv_OhtXGIyFBbd63a-mCNxe8v9A55akBJ1K4vhKMf6cZfdn9KzDmioxRdg/s320/IMG_5577.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;">Houses of Parliament from Southbank</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH0Z9oex-Ufrg7SkmEA961kDzag9-32CpBRfe7eZwl_r54QHOnDzGfJaW2fZGPcVzdbyb1DaeqyYCD3Ynf5ydoerZ_S6ilRV60yon7nA77YE6ccy63u3VpjUZkmqbWo2qOzKBwQnoXak/s1600/IMG_5581.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968845281925538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwH0Z9oex-Ufrg7SkmEA961kDzag9-32CpBRfe7eZwl_r54QHOnDzGfJaW2fZGPcVzdbyb1DaeqyYCD3Ynf5ydoerZ_S6ilRV60yon7nA77YE6ccy63u3VpjUZkmqbWo2qOzKBwQnoXak/s320/IMG_5581.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa0TkuMLbdPNQiOtdfGwiGqjdD1BirXlmp7UTv7aYlAITpfVNm7VU0K18EsP57jkRDjvc4KBYeEDOhdE3Nb0w7wScGJFePZ8viepcktamhtHBA6ZYEWLB1FnRQ9yXQPzf3H37t7Hd7K4/s1600/IMG_5587.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511968838753603378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa0TkuMLbdPNQiOtdfGwiGqjdD1BirXlmp7UTv7aYlAITpfVNm7VU0K18EsP57jkRDjvc4KBYeEDOhdE3Nb0w7wScGJFePZ8viepcktamhtHBA6ZYEWLB1FnRQ9yXQPzf3H37t7Hd7K4/s320/IMG_5587.JPG" /></a> </div><div>So as you can see from this post, Robyn and I took the 11 a.m. Royal Parks Fat Tire bike tour. We started at Queensway, rode through Kensginton Park (stopped at Kensington Palace where Princess Diana had lived, but we couldnt see it as it was being renovated-lots of things are being renovated now so that they are all done in 2012 for the Olympics). Then we did the length of Kensginton Park passing the Serpentine Gallery, rode past The Serpentine (body of water in Hyde Park), through Hyde Park (via Hyde Park Corner), through Green Park, down The Mall passing St. James's Park, and over to Trafalgar Square where we breaked for lunch. From there we did the Horse Guards Parade (which I had never seen, well not recently) down to Westiminster Abbey, then back through the parks to Queensway. Surprisingly enough, I wasn't the worst bike rider in the group- one young kid ran into a wall. However, it was tough work to start and stop at the intersections. Luckily though, we spent very little time on the roads of London as they are CRAZY drivers and riding on the opposite side of the road is tricky! </div><div>After the tour, Robyn and I walked basically the intital route through the parks down to Westminster to get some pictures of the sun setting at Parliament. As she was leaving the next morning (at like 6), we wanted to do a nice sit down dinner, but by the time we got to that area, we were too exhuasted and starving to walk anymore to find somewhere. So we ended up eating Burger King at Waterloo train station (Robyn ate a bagel sandwich from somewhere else). So not quite the send-off I would have liked, but man if felt awesome to get home and go to bed that night.<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06114834293536427518noreply@blogger.com2