Friday, February 22, 2008
Anticipation
They say anticipation is half the joy of a trip. In our case it is more than half because we also look forward to reading about what our near- professional guides Sue Anne and Bruce are planning for us! Now I have that good old Carly Simon song in my head...
London
Aimée and Steve asked if we could squeeze a day trip to London into the itinerary. Seems like a do-able thing. One’s first trip to England wouldn’t be complete without at least a peek at this magnificent city—though really getting to know London would take more than a day, or a month, or a year.
Train or coach from Cheltenham will probably be the easiest way to do this. Our recommendation for anybody’s first trip to London is to start with a double-decker bus tour. This link takes you to just one of many that seem to be operating there. There’s also an amphibious DUCK tour. We took one of these in Boston as part of Bruce’s MIT reunion a few years ago, and it was great fun. The DUCKs also operate in Baltimore. I’m still amazed that so many DUCKs appear to have survived from WW II, especially considering how anxious everybody seemed to be to melt down, sink, or otherwise scrap most everything as soon as the war was over. There’s something like only two LSTs left in the world and a similar number of seaworthy Liberty Ships, but there seem to be DUCKs just about everywhere!
We’re experimenting with Google’s on-line document service to keep a spreadsheet of our shared expenses and a listing of our detailed itinerary and to-do list for the trip. Seems like an interesting approach. Both families can access it and collaborate in updating it. A better way of recording things than sending e-mails back and forth and writing stuff on scraps of paper. We’ll report on how it works out.
Train or coach from Cheltenham will probably be the easiest way to do this. Our recommendation for anybody’s first trip to London is to start with a double-decker bus tour. This link takes you to just one of many that seem to be operating there. There’s also an amphibious DUCK tour. We took one of these in Boston as part of Bruce’s MIT reunion a few years ago, and it was great fun. The DUCKs also operate in Baltimore. I’m still amazed that so many DUCKs appear to have survived from WW II, especially considering how anxious everybody seemed to be to melt down, sink, or otherwise scrap most everything as soon as the war was over. There’s something like only two LSTs left in the world and a similar number of seaworthy Liberty Ships, but there seem to be DUCKs just about everywhere!
We’re experimenting with Google’s on-line document service to keep a spreadsheet of our shared expenses and a listing of our detailed itinerary and to-do list for the trip. Seems like an interesting approach. Both families can access it and collaborate in updating it. A better way of recording things than sending e-mails back and forth and writing stuff on scraps of paper. We’ll report on how it works out.
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