Archive for the ‘England’ Category
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
-Glasgow, Scotland, is home to the tallest cinema in the world. The building is 203 feet tall and houses 18 movie screens, a bar and a snack counter on each level.
-Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone) is Scottish though he moved to Canada at age 23 so most of ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
London has a perimeter line that goes around the city called the Circle Line. This line has 27 stops. Andrea Jones, Sarah Pereguay and myself attempted to have a drink at each stop. With all-day Tube passes in our hands we set out at 3PM. The rules were set- a pint ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
So the big city isn't where I thrive. No, no.. I'm not a New York City kinda gal. Not big on Gay Pari or London Town either. Somehow these places swallow me whole. It's all too much. (Mind you according to Wikipedia, NYC is only the 12th largest city in ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Oh Robin Hood...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/blog/editors_corner/article/2703/
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
A new level of creepy... I feel like this place could go down in time with the Beijing Amusement Park. The idea of being trapped in here at night reminds me of something out of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
How many kids went through that much effort? What sort ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
-I'm sick with a cold. Like really sick. But the problem is, unlike at home, I can't just pop a few Airborne and spend the day in bed being a sissy. Not that I don't want to be a sissy (I assure you, I have no problem with it) but ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
-NYC is the city that never sleeps, and London is a city that shuts down at 6PM on Sundays (or at least all the grocery stores close). These guys will never compare with an attitude like that. (Admittedly, I'm bitter from my 7PM grocery run that ended up fruitless.)
-The ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I went by Sherwood Forest as part of the 5 day bus trip I took around England and Wales. On our way to the park we watched "Robin Hood Men in Tights" to get pumped. (Remember the phrase "White men can't jump"?) Great scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lUjhEHlh7s
Robin Hood and his troup of ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I climbed this massive tree the morning of September 11 at Thirlmere just before exiting the Lake District.
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
York, England- North Street- right in the center of town overlooking the river- can't miss it.
Can anyone name this Georgia Bulldog?
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