London Calling

[readingredhead]

So as you may or may not know, I'll be leaving Monday morning for Great Britain. The first half of this family trip will be spent driving around England, Scotland, and Wales in a rented car, and the last week and a half will be spent in a flat in London. I will have my laptop with me, and should be posting accounts of my days on here regularly. Also, if I have a chance I'll be uploading photos to Facebook periodically. I'll share really good photos on here, but it's easier to just put them in one place, so more likely I'll just post links. My family also has a camcorder that's coming with us...so while I probably won't have time to edit or upload any video while I'm on vacation, I'll have plenty when I return!

If any of you want me to try and find you something in any of the places I'll be going, drop a comment below and I'll do my best. Also, if you want me to send you postcards, leave your address in a comment or e-mail it to me at readingredhead07@yahoo.com (an address I will be checking periodically while I'm gone).

All that being said, here's the itinerary for anyone who'd like to know:

Date	Destination
6/25-6/26	Fly from LAX to London Heathrow
6/26-6/28	Bath
6/27	Day trip -- Oxford
6/28	Day trip -- Hay-on-Wye (called "the town of books")
6/29	Stratford Upon Avon
6/30-7/1	Conwy (small town on Irish Sea)
7/2	Glasgow
7/3-7/4	Edinburgh
7/5-7/6	York
7/7	Day trip -- Cambridge
7/7-7/14	London
7/15	Fly from London Heathrow to LAX

I think that's about it for now.  I should be at Katie's graduation party tomorrow, so hopefully I'll see some of you there for a little while at least.  I've been packing all morning (I was even packing yesterday when I was still half asleep from Grad Nite) and it looks like I'm almost done.  Now all that's left is to get some good songs by the Clash to listen to on my way there...

Comments

[bluephoenix8807.livejournal.com]

Wow, you'e going to England, Scotland, and Wales? That sounds like sooo much fun! I'm absolutley positive you'll have a great time! I haven't been to Scotland or Wales, by the way.

Y'know how I had that tiny copy of Hamlet that bugged Krucli? I got it in Stratford-upon-Avon, which I'm sure you will enjoy greatly.

Oh, and if you need some more Clash, I might be able to help you out with that ;-)

Hopefully I'll see you tommorrow...

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm really excited. I definitely remember the tiny Hamlet -- I'm planning on getting one for myself, they're just too cool!

I might need more Clash. Any recommendations?

[bluephoenix8807.livejournal.com]

If you don't have the album London Calling already, get it right away. Every song on it is great, and there's a lot of different styles and influences too. If you don't have it, I could just let you borrow my copy for a while, or burn one for you.

I ended up borrowing The Singles from Juan, actually. That CD is okay - there are some songs that aren't as good as others. Still, I like a lot off it. I could let you borrow my copy of The Singles too.

The next Clash item I want to get is their self-titled debut. Some of those songs are on The Singles, and I love their early punk sound. BUT, I haven't yet found the UK version, which is reputedly much better than the US version.