Charity and I recently got around to reading Wicked. I’d heard about the book from friends, and of course, one could not escape the mega-commercial, gratuitous onslaught of the Broadway musical. First season Ugly Betty fans, you know what I’m talking about. Since arriving in London, we could not help but notice the ads everywhere…
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We’re Ready for Our Close-Up
We’ve been in the UK for about three weeks and managed to get hooked on three TV shows: ? Strictly Come Dancing – the original _Dancing with the Stars_ ? Any random BBC documentary ? The Wright Stuff Now, we discovered The Wright Stuff pretty early on in our trip while getting ready for the…
Very, Very British
We were very excited to be in London – the capital of the United Kingdom and the center of it’s vast (or at least formerly vast) empire. Being the unapologetic nerds that we are, we spent two afternoons at both the British Museum and the National Gallery. We had a tremendous time and were very…
Hey, Kids– Big Ben, Parliament…
For those of you not familiar with National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Charity and I have been laughing about the following clip since we arrived in London, especially on yesterday’s Hop-on, Hop-off tour. Little did we know… well, first the clip… We had so little sleep yesterday, we decided to take it easy and sleep in…
Ummm…I think that was the Changing of the Guard…?!
We arrived in London yesterday afternoon and, after a few snafus courtesy of the National Express bus service, we settled into our hotel just fine and quickly made our way out toward the town proper and more specifically, in search of “the theatre“. We found it at the tkts booth in Leichester Square where they…
We are speaking the same language…right??
For the past few days we have been enjoying time in small towns just outside London. They’ve been just great – we’ve enjoyed doing a few of the local activities and mostly just checking out the towns themselves. York is such a charming city surrounded by city walls that are so much fun to walk…
Excuse Me, Wells, Can I Have Your Autograph?
We took some downtime in Conwy the other day and were lucky enough to have an impressive collection of DVDs at our disposal at the B&B. I’d wanted to see Hot Fuzz for ages, so when I saw it on the shelf, I snagged it with a quickness. From the same guys who brought us…
The UK Countryside
After bumping around for a few days in Southern England, we headed north via motorway with Maylene driving and me navigating. Yes – she gets the award because not only is she driving on the left-hand side of the road, but she’s also driving a manual and shifting with her left hand — my hero!!…
Stonehenge and Avebury
Quick note: hey, leave us a comment, if you’re so inclined. It’s easy enough to do– just click on that cartoony dialogue balloon to the right of the post title. We love hearing from you. So before we set out from the lovely, medieval town of Wells on our adventure to Stonehenge and Avebury, we’d…
Not Cantebury’s Bath
Quick note: hey, leave us a comment, if you’re so inclined. It’s easy enough to do– just click on that cartoony dialogue balloon to the right of the post title. We love hearing from you. After that late flight into London, we immediately hopped a train out of Paddington Station the next day, saving our…