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[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by Incubus

Ta ever sp much for sharing that. My condolences on the death of your step-father.

When did you go back home?

Have you visited since you left? Did you visit other European countries?

thank you for your condolences he was a good man and it was very difficult to be so far away at the time.

I left in late 2004, arriving a mere five days before 'W' was re-elected against home grown candidate John Kerry. It was a depressing 'welcome home' event.

I have NOT been back since then, I am terribly terribly remiss. The exchange rate has been so poor, and then in turn I became so poor.
I'm hoping to meet a group of my London friends in the Autumn though, location to be determined.

Yes, I did travel around Europe when I lived there.
Admittedly I am a sun seeker....so I made multiple trips to Italy and Spain; I also saw a bit of France and the Netherlands.

Have you traveled in North America before?

I actually hadn't done very much traveling in the US until I came back from Europe.

Originally Posted by Sparkle

thank you for your condolences he was a good man and it was very difficult to be so far away at the time.

I left in late 2004, arriving a mere five days before 'W' was re-elected against home grown candidate John Kerry. It was a depressing 'welcome home' event.

I have NOT been back since then, I am terribly terribly remiss. The exchange rate has been so poor, and then in turn I became so poor.
I'm hoping to meet a group of my London friends in the Autumn though, location to be determined.

Yes, I did travel around Europe when I lived there.
Admittedly I am a sun seeker....so I made multiple trips to Italy and Spain; I also saw a bit of France and the Netherlands.

Have you traveled in North America before?

I actually hadn't done very much traveling in the US until I came back from Europe.

I'm surprised you didn't just turn tail and leave again

Where in Spain did you visit?...I adore Barcelona and have followed the ongoing building of Sagrada Familia for some years, however it's 4yrs since I last checked progress. I'll assume you did the Amsterdam thang in the Netherlands

Sadly I've never traveled in North America; I would love to but my bank account says no! I would particularly like to visit San Francisco and British Colombia up in Canada.

I do hope you get to come back for your autumn meet-up.

[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by Incubus

I'm surprised you didn't just turn tail and leave again

Where in Spain did you visit?...I adore Barcelona and have followed the ongoing building of Sagrada Familia for some years, however it's 4yrs since I last checked progress. I'll assume you did the Amsterdam thang in the Netherlands

Sadly I've never traveled in North America; I would love to but my bank account says no! I would particularly like to visit San Francisco and British Colombia up in Canada.

I do hope you get to come back for your autumn meet-up.

Oh the temptation to turn right around was GREAT!

I did love Amsterdam, the people are so warm and friendly, the town is so easy to navigate and it was close enough to make a long weekend of it easily.

I visited Spain almost every year and most of my travels were in Catalunya.
I was also entranced with Gaudi's work and would visit annually to check on the progress of Sagrada Familia; which is AMAZING!!! Over 150 years on and still building to his plans.

And then I discovered Sitges! I usually stayed in Sitges and made day trips on the train to Barca and Figueres and all around the Costa Dorada and Costa Brava. I love the high speed train lines in Europe. So easy to get around.

San Francisco is definitely well worth a visit (or ten).
I hope you make it over here sometime.

The hard thing about travel, IMO, is deciding where to go...the world is full of so many amazing places. When I lived in the UK I had to balance my desire to see everything and go everywhere in Europe, with my need to also come home and see my family over here. Now that I'm here, I'm balancing my desire to travel far as opposed to the places that are much nearer (but seem so... common, so known). Does that makes sense?
It's a hard life

[Merlin]

I am eating home made cheesecake whilst perusing this thread.


And am enjoying the wealth of shared information.

Originally Posted by June

I love Dawn French and the Vicar of Dibley is one of my favorite shows of all time.

You might like to check out Jam and Jerusalem...written by Jennifer Saunders and starring the great and good of Brit actresses including JS herself, Joanna Lumley and Dawn French.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_%26_Jerusalem

[Martina]

i am not a Dr. Who fan though friends are and were all excited about the new one that came out recently.

thank you -- anything Stephen Fry is good.

re Dawn French, i am hot for her.

Originally Posted by Martina

i am not a Dr. Who fan though friends are and were all excited about the new one that came out recently.

thank you -- anything Stephen Fry is good.

re Dawn French, i am hot for her.

Dr.Who is fabulous...the new series is just a couple of episodes old and is shaping up to be as exciting as usual.

If you like Stephen you'll love QI. Have you read his books?

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by Incubus

You might like to check out Jam and Jerusalem...written by Jennifer Saunders and starring the great and good of Brit actresses including JS herself, Joanna Lumley and Dawn French.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_%26_Jerusalem

YES!!! Yes, yes..