We leave in 2 hours. Yeah, we like to hang around OHare and not run late. The TSA guy was way too cheerful; what’s in his coffee? We’re on standby for business class and it’s nice that AA’s gate monitor actually shows our request. I got a courtesy Space-A upgrade put in the record by the sales rep, and it looked good last time I checked. Nothing certain until our asses hit leather AND we’re in the air, but surely 11 years of booking biz class on AA for my corporate clients increases my juju. I’ve been fighting a cold…
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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain: Air reservations American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available) Hotel reservations London Stow-on-the-Wold York Dublin Rail and transit Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day Ordered Essential London Kit Britrail Flexi-pass Advised Stow hotel our arrival time Need advise London, York, Dublin friends of arrival times Need book York-Dublin in Britain L28 per person at station Home Front Book petsitter for Riley Stage packing items Need tidy Need make packing list Pack Gear…
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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain: Air reservations American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available) Hotel reservations London Stow-on-the-Wold York Dublin Rail and transit Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day Ordered Essential London Kit Britrail Flexi-pass Advised Stow hotel our arrival time Need advise London, York, Dublin friends of arrival times Need book York-Dublin in Britain L28 per person at station Home Front Book petsitter for Riley Stage packing items Need tidy Need make packing list Pack Gear…
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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain: Air reservations American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available) Hotel reservations London Stow-on-the-Wold York Dublin Rail and transit Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day Ordered Essential London Kit Britrail Flexi-pass Advised Stow hotel our arrival time Need advise London, York, Dublin friends of arrival times Need book York-Dublin in Britain L28 per person at station Home Front Book petsitter for Riley Stage packing items Need tidy Need make packing list Pack Gear…
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Next up, a free application shows the status of the London tube lines in a slightly different way… clean, simple, but there’s not a lot to it: Pretty straightforward – when you click the blue i for more information, you get: And that’s it – no maps, no routefinder, but more updates are promised in future versions – iTunes still shows version 1.0
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This little app won’t be that useful on our upcoming trip to Britain, but we should be able to access it via hotel wifi. It’s called “Tewks London Tube.” The first screenshot shows our closest station as the crow flies. A Londoner might find this feature useful, especially when deciding between several nearby stations. For us, it’s just a little frustrating, as it’s several thousand miles away at the moment. The next screenshot is a close-up of the London Bus map, which shows plenty of detail as to routes and gives an idea of where to catch one of the…
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Can I use my iPhone in England? – Apple – Wireless Forums from AT&T Yes it will work there. Make sure you call ATT and have international provisioning add the international roaming feature if you don’t already have it. Its free but you have to ask them to have it added, it comes turned off by default. Warning – data is EXTREMELY expensive over in Europe — you can ask ATT to turn off your data while you are overseas and turn it back on when you return (They will balk at the request, ask for a supervisor). Make sure…
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should…
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I’ve been saying for more than a week now that I’d post about the big trip to the East Coast we made, and it’s reached the point where if I don’t make a start, of any length, it’ll never get done. I’ve downloaded photos but haven’t yet had a chance to upload them to Flickr… until now. I’ve made a start at last. And can I just say, “I Heart Maine?” It’s a beautiful state. And it’s a beautiful state of mind. We flew into Boston after work on a Friday a couple of weeks ago, and overnighted at an anonymous Holiday…
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Boothbay Harbor – there’s a botanic garden there, too. Midcoast Maine Resorts and Lodges