That's right... we're hopping across the pond. Pern and I are super excited about our rather spur-of-the-moment decision to go to the UK for a few days in December. Pern's very good friend, Tim, is getting married and we got (and obviously accepted) an invite. He's getting married outside of Manchester, so we will be flying into Manchester to attend the wedding and then getting a train to London for a few days before coming home. Our December plans are as follows:
Before Christmas (date TBD): head to NC for Christmas with my fam.
Christmas day: celebrate Christmas with the fam.
Day after Christmas: fly from Raleigh to Chicago to Manchester, arrive Saturday morning
Saturday 12/27: attend Tim's wedding
Sunday 12/28: train to London in the morning/afternoon, Jack the Ripper walking tour in the evening
Monday 12/29: London in One Day guided bus tour - highlights include the changing of the guard, Tower of London, and Thames river cruise
Tuesday 12/30: London on our own using a Hop On Hop Off bus pass in the morning, ride in the London Eye in the afternoon, Picadilly Circus, Shakespeare's Globe
Wednesday 12/31: All day bus tour of Stonehenge, Bath, the Cotswolds, and Statford-Upon-Avon; New Year's Eve something TBD
Thursday 1/1: Fly home to VA, sleep the whole way, sleep until Saturday!
We are soooooo excited!
p.s. I posted this in a bit of a rush... can you tell? :)
4 comments:
OOOoooohhhh how fun! Sounds like a fun way to ring in the new year! Wish we could join you!
I am gutted!!! We will in SA for Christmas!! We live just outside Manchester too, and would have been great to meet up with you and meet Pern!! Oh well, next time. Where is the wedding?
Derryth! Since when do you read my blog??? :) Hi!! The wedding will be in Stoke-on-Trent, south of Manchester. It would have been so great to have seen you! Next time :) When are you coming to the States, huh? You've got several houses to stay in, you know? Nothing says "inexpensive vacation" like free room and board...
Saw the link on your sisters blog a little while back. Can't believe u going to be in Stoke, my in-laws live just outside Stoke. Anyways, may make a trip to the States next year, and try catch up with you all. Say hi to your folks
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