January 2010
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October 2009
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Edinburgh Scotland
This past weekend I took some time to hop a train and head north to visit Edinburgh Scotland for a quick 24 hours of walking and picture taking. I booked a return train trip on Virgin Trains and got a pretty good hotel deal on Tripadvisor for just under $300.
My train left early Saturday morning from the London Euston tube station. I boarded the train and we left the station at around 7:30 for a...
Duxford Fall 2009 Airshow
Just outside London to the north sits the Duxford International War Memorial and Museum. I have seen it many times on my way to the airport from Cambridge and heard many great things about the place, but I had never had the opportunity to stop in and check it out. So I was really excited when at the end of last week a co worker told us that the fall airshow was going to be held there this past...
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London, UK - Oct 10 2009
Today started out as the typical London morning, foggy and a bit wet, but the weather reports said it was going to clear off, and clear off it did. It turned out to be a perfect sunny fall day to get out an wander about the city.
I packed my cameras and headed out to the tube station. I got on the Picadilly Line and took it to Picadilly Circus. I planned to hop on and off the subway to get...
London, UK - Oct 7 2009
This was my first full day in London. I arrived to Heathrow at about 9:30 am and after clearing immigration headed directly to the Heathrow Express. This my was first time staying right in London, Kensington to be more exact, and the train into town was a terrific choice. It had me into Paddington in just a few minutes.
After getting settled in the hotel I grabbed my camera and venture out to...