Jars! I might be contacted you next spring, since I'm planning on going to Britain in July (early in the month, so I can get out before the Olympics begin).

Aw, thanks guys. Your cheques are in the post.

Ooh, where are you now?

We're in Greenwich! Well, east Greenwich, but still only a ten minute walk from the museums and the park.

Yay! Don't get Indian food. What the hell.

Ha! No, we're going to The George, the oldest galleried inn in London! Which is recently refurbished so could be good, cold be awful. It'll be an exciting adventure.

Kathy, I'm very excited baout Buffista visits! But yeah, definitely avoid the Olympics. I'm trying to organise getting the hell out of Dodge next year too. The three-day eventing, and I think some of the other equestrian stuff, is in Greenwich. Better than where we used to live though, where you could see the main stadium from our tube stop.

Kathy, I'm very excited baout Buffista visits!

Yay!! I love meeting Buffistas in other places. My mom's going to be coming along, so it'll be fun to introduce her to her first Buffista-not-me.

I'm planning on 6 days in London (including a day trip to Bath), 2 in York, 1 for Hadrian's Wall, 2 in Edinburgh, 1-2 days driving through the Highlands, and then 2 days in the Orkney Islands, then flying back to London from Inverness and then home to the States.

Apparently I can't post without at least one typo these days.

That's quite an itinerary! When will you sleep?! I'll be very jealous if you make it to Orkney; I've always wanted to go.

I will do my best to pretend to be a normal human being so your mum doesn't freak about about invisible internet crazies.

Don't worry about typos--I just had to resend an email to coworkers three times to get the attachment attached. Oops!

My sister warned me that the itinerary might be a bit tight, especially since Mom is getting older and not quite as able to get around like she used to. I'm factoring that in and thinking that we might have to take more cabs around London and Edinburgh instead of the bus or Tube because of her foot surgery this year.

Orkney was a main goal for me this trip--I'm a complete geek about archaeology, and have always wanted to see Skara Brae and Maeshowe, and am willing to substitute the stone circles up there for Stonehenge or Avebury.

It's my first trip abroad, ever, and I'm really looking forward to it!!!

We're in Greenwich! Well, east Greenwich, but still only a ten minute walk from the museums and the park.

Cool! I think you said your DH really liked that little town.

It's my first trip abroad, ever, and I'm really looking forward to it!!!

You'll have a blast! And Jars is an excellent tour guide. She knows things!

I'm a complete geek about archaeology, and have always wanted to see Skara Brae and Maeshowe, and am willing to substitute the stone circles up there for Stonehenge or Avebury.

As a London archaeologist, I may be able to find some interesting stuff for you to do while you're around here, at least!

As a London archaeologist, I may be able to find some interesting stuff for you to do while you're around here, at least!

::clapping hands in delight::

My niece just started college, and is planning on studying to be an archaeologist, too! She spent a week last summer at Machu Picchu in Peru and came back even more determined to enter that field.

You'll have a blast! And Jars is an excellent tour guide. She knows things!

I can also attest to this (sorta), because I met up with Jars many years ago now (good lord how time flies!) in Dublin at the museum, and she told me all sorts of things!

I was just wondering if there were any Lurkers in Iowa. Anyone?

It's so lonely here.