Last Saturday I went and saw Batman Live at the O2 Arena in London. I’d booked the tickets months and months ago and had almost forgotten about it. When I first heard about the show, I was dubious. Live action Batman? I was imagining some of those kids TV show live action things. You know,… Read more »
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UK Trip 2011: London, at last!
We ended my romp around the United Kingdom in London where Nancy and I stayed at the London House Hotel located in Bayswater. Although this hotel wasn’t as cheap as our 20GBP a night Travelodge hotels, it was still within my budget and it was a really nice hotel for the price. I would definitely… Read more »
UK Trip 2011: Stonehenge
When Pilbeam asked me what I wanted to see while in I visited her in England, the Stonehenge was on my main list of must-see-tourist-attraction. I am a big fan of the wonders of the world (again, somewhat of a history dork). We planned a quick stop to Salisbury between Bath and our trip back… Read more »
UK Trip 2011: Bath
The rest of our time in Bath was quite lovely and relaxing. The night after our visit to Jane Austen Centre, we took the Bizarre Tour: The Comedy Walk, which I highly recommend as evening entertainment. The tour guide was very funny and did a couple of neat (though somewhat eccentric) magic tricks. One includes… Read more »
UK Trip 2011: The Jane Austen Centre
During high school, Pilbeam introduced me to the world of Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen. If you listened to episode 8 of the podcast, you’ll know about how we did a marathon viewing of the BBC Pride and Prejudice series with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy… then we went to see What A Girl… Read more »
UK Trip 2011: Cambridge & Ely
Cambridge is a nice, small town and about an hour train ride away from London. I’ve heard locals describe it as a somewhat boring place, but I found it to be a nice break from big and bustling cities. Of course, I was only there for a few days so who knows how I would… Read more »
