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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Friday, 06 November 2009

  • In North Wales

    We were in south England for two days and now we're in North Wales.

    I've been keeping a journal in the point of view of PJ the hippo who's gone everywhere with us. 

    I've also taken about 200 pictures, which I've been uploading to my facebook page.  If you're my friend on there, you can see them there. I probably won't get any posted here until I get back.  Perhaps I will, but it's not likely.  Too much to do. =)

    We're going to Conwy Castle in North Wales and then going on to Hadrian's wall at the Scotland and England border.

Wednesday, 04 November 2009

  • Arrived Safely

    Hello from the UK. =) 

    We arrived safely at the Gatwick airport at 6:15 AM local time... 12 AM home time and then we stayed up the rest of the day.

    We saw Stonehenge and Cadbury Castle today, and drove to Glastonbury. We'll see the tor and abbey tomorrow before driving to Wales. :) 

    I have taken some pictures. Perhaps I'll get them posted eventually.

Thursday, 29 October 2009

  • Arrived in Maryland

    Hello from Maryland!

    We arrived safely at around 9:45 last night. We're at my grandfather's house, visiting. My older sister and her family is living with him a the moment while her husband works in DC, so we get to see them as well.  My mother, sisters, and cousins are in the capitol right now, meeting with senators and having a tour.

    On the way up here we had some van troubles. Our van smelled badly, like brakes and it rumbled whenever we started up again after stopping for gas.  We had just had the breaks replaced the day before leaving, because before it had sounded like a plane coming in for landing when we stopped.

    So my dad took the van in to the shop here in DC, instead of going to the capitol like my mom would have liked (my aunt drove up in her van, so my mom was able to take that in. We had too many people to take the metro, too much $$).   The mechanics figured out what was wrong and fixed it and replaced two tires because of wear from the new breaks.  Bleah, but at least it works now.  Our van is only about 5 years old, but it's gone about 240,000 miles. =)  And all but 9,000 of those were with us.

    We leave MD on November 2nd, I believe, stopping in Nashville for the night. We'll be seeing friends there, too, hopefully.

    On a sad note, I was planning on bringing Sam with me, but I forgot him at the last minute, so hopefully I'll at least be able to claim PJ from Lissi in Nashville and PJ can come.



Monday, 26 October 2009

  • Leaving in Two Days!

    We're leaving for MD in 2 days.  We'll be in MD for four days (one days is travel there, though) and on the way back, my mom will stop in Nashville, we'll see some friends, I'll pick up a stray hippo, and my dad and I will go to the airport where we will then fly out to England.  We have a layover in one of the Carolinas, though, I think.

    Pick up a stray hippo?   Why yes.

    I have a big collection of hippos (though I don't collect hippos. They just seem to come to me).  I have 12, last count, I believe.   Sam is my main hippo. I've had him for nine years. He's been to every country and state I've been to.  He'll most likely come to the UK with me, but since he's so large, I'm not completely sure.

    This is Sam. He's about 1 1/2 feet long and very fat.


    The hippo that has gone astray, however, is not Sam. 

    PJ is one of my smallest hippos. She also loves traveling like Sam, but since she is so much tinier, she is able to do it with a lot more ease. She is only about 6 inches long, maybe 8.  Right now she is in Nashville with Lissi, a friend of mine. 

    PJ has been traveling all over the country through the postal system, visiting my friends and writing in a journal.  She is supposed to head to Ohio next, but I've decided to pick her up and take her to England with me. =)  Then she will go to Ohio.

    (These pictures of PJ are courtesy of my friend Anna.  PJ stayed in WA with Anna for about a week)







    So much to do today. GF baking for the trip, some last minute sewing, laundry, and packing.  I might blog some whilst I'm in MD, but we're going to be at book signings and such on all but one of the days we're there.  I would blog while in the UK, but I don't know how good my internet connection will be.

    I also need to find out UK power converter.  UK outlets put out about twice as much as the US outlets and will fry and US appliances you bring if you don't have a converter.  See you guys later.

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