Since I did a bad job of posting while on my trip, I decided to post the link to all of my pics. Hopefully, the next trip will be internet friendly.
Go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/audrey.fine/BritishIsles2009
Cobh
July 12, 2009 by teachfine · No Comments · Home
This is the beautiful port of Cobh. Cobh, Ireland in the south coast of Cork County. It was formerly known as Queenstown. Here we visited the Cobh Heritage Center.
Our B and B
July 9, 2009 by teachfine · No Comments · Home
This picture is of the top part of our Bed and Breakfast (our bedroom) – it was hard to get a picture of the entire home because of the automobiles on the street. It was in Southgate, London (Arnos Grove) and our host, P. J. and Freda, were lovely and provided us with great guidance of traveling in London. We were very close to the Tube and used it quite a lot. I can’t believe how easy it was to travel in – no problems except during rush hour. And yes, Ronald finally got his luggage the night before we were to leave on the cruise AND after we took sightseeing time out for shopping for some new clothes:)
Our first two days in London
June 24, 2009 by teachfine · Comments Off · British Isles Cruise
As you can see, I changed my header for this blog. This was taken yesterday by our friends, Kathy and Mike, who are traveling with us. It was taken at Trafalgar Square.
Here’s a recap of our journey so far:
We arrived in London after about a 12 hour trip (Bham-Atlanta-Heathrow) which means we flew over night for us, but arrived at noon London time. A little weary but excited, we went to baggage claim and the first bag off was mine. Unfortunately, after waiting for ALL the bags and confirming they were all unloaded, we discovered Ron’s was missing. This is not a great start to our trip. It seems his bag has been on its’ own vacation – Ohio, Chicago, New York…. and has STILL not made it here. The other thing that happened is the phone that we made a special trip to Verizon to purchase and was assured it would work here – did not. After many emails to them … it finally works.
Anyway, I digress. We were picked up by a driver who drove who through some of the craziest traffic I have ever seen. Thank goodness this worked out. We arrived at our B and B in Southgate and met our charming hosts. Our room is lovely and the breakfast is great.
Yesterday was my first experience on the tube – I have never even been on any type of subway before (I don’t think Disney World monarails count;) We managed to find our way to the heart of London to Piccadilly Square, a place my Dad has mentioned. It reminds me of Times Square – large, crowded, and busy. We had reserved tickets for one of those on again, off again double deckers. It was a great way to see the highlights of the city. After the tour, we walked to Westminster Abbey. It is magnificent (from the outside). Unfortunately, we got there too late for the tours. Today we plan to do a river cruise on the Thames – but this is debatable since my knee is not cooperating and Ron got a bit of a sunburn (can you believe it – sun in London?). Tonight we plan to see a play in the West End.
Before we can do anything else today, we have to find Ron’s bag. Tomorrow we are getting on the 12 day cruise, so it’s getting into crunch time. We may be spending the day shopping for some clothes.
I will post my pictures on Picasa later, so keep posted.
