Off To London!

So it is that time.  I am at the airport again, waiting another hour and I will be on my way to London.

Today I had the chance to ride Jep.  I have to say, I am not in as much shape as I used to be!  I could only handle 30 min of riding before my legs got sore.  How sad!  Regardless it was wonderful to be on him again and take him for a little ride.  I also got to take Buster out for a spin.  Buster is a mini pony who stands 31 inches at the back.  He is used on the farm as a cart pony.  He has a huge personality for his size.  I will post photos of that later when I am not posting from my phone.

After the ride Matt and Stacy showed up and brought me a donair, which I can not find in California for the life of me.  They also gave me a lovely card and beautiful pair of earrings.  Bryce also came over.  It was go GREAT to see him again.  It has been years!  his father also stopped in to pick him up.  It was a joy to see his dad too.  I do hope that I get a chance to have at least one adventure with Bryce when I go back in August.  I miss the fun we used to have.

I'm going to sign off for now.  Here hoping there is WiFi on the flight and that I can post on my phone, or listen to pandora.  If not it will have to be on the mini laptop.

Trip Preparations

So time is getting closer to my first trip out of the country.  I have my documents, I have my itinerary and I am growing more and more excited as the day approaches.

So far all I have planned is my flights and hotel.  My parents and I are eager to be there.  They cannot wait to share with me a new part of the world, and I cannot wait to experience it.  Over the next few days I am going to post some test blogs, that have info, but what will test my posting capabilities while in Europe.  I am going to be posting via WiFi because international phone and data is expensive!

So in my planning here are some things I want to try to see:

Stonehenge: Being a druid this is HIGH on my things to see list.  Been wanting to go for years.  Now I'm going to be an hour away instead of half the world away.  Fingers crossed mom n dad are willing to make the trip out, I do not want to inconvenience them.

Abby Road Studios: my dad and I are huge Beatles fans.  How could I be staying a 15 min drive from there and NOT go.  That would be stupid.  I'm going to see if we can plan this visit as a stop on the way to something else so that there is no feeling of waisting a day.

National Gallery: I had the chance to see part of their Leonardo collection when it came to San Jose.  Now I want to see the rest plus other things in the collection.

The British Museum: The home of the Rosetta stone and 2 million years of world history under one roof.  This sounds like fun to me.

Royal Museum Greenwich: stand on two hemisphiers and see lots of unique things on a campus of 4 museums!  What?!  This sounds like another winner for me.

Tate Art Museum: another interesting museum, but with more modern arts.  I'm more interested in post impressionism and earlier.

So far that is what I am curious about.  I am going to talk about it with my parents and see.  Hopefully we can come to middle ground and decide.  I know some of what I have listed is some of what they are suggesting!

Stay tuned for further updates and posts as I get closer!