Avenue Q in London, Wales, the upper Thames, and Leeds
Wednesday work took me to London and that night I joined our friend Donnla for dinner in China town at a little Sichuan place with a great lamb-chilli stew and then for "Avenue Q" - a muppet musical for adults which left me with an earworm of the Internet song.
The next day I took the train out to Wales to see clients and passed thru Shewsbury and some lovely countryside on the way.
Friday Rob and I visited more clients and had lunch at a pub on the upper Thames.
That night I took a train to Leeds. I have to admit my experience with British trains has gone downhill. (Friday night was overbooked to the point people were standing between coaches and I had a run-in with some thug wanna-bes involving some young Indian lady. No help or response from the staff.)
Leeds was a large sprawling city that has a Royal Armouries in it and that is amazing. The displayed collection was amazing and some of the Asian arms breathtaking. Nice views of the city and the river's locks from the Armoury.
I also met a student of Glenn's, Jen, who gave me a tour of the city and was a lovely hostess. Bert's hotel recommendation was great: any closer and it would have been inside the Armouries.
The trip back basically sucked. We had a screaming Somali child in the "quiet coach" and it got no response from either his mother or the staff. They added to the extra 2 hours of travel time due to construction on the route and it was lovely. I wasn;t too worried as I had internet - I thought - it made dial-up at home seem like a positive experience. My run of luck continued with security today that unpacked all my bags to find a fountain pen. Ah, well, we board in 10 minutes and then back to God's Country.
The next day I took the train out to Wales to see clients and passed thru Shewsbury and some lovely countryside on the way.
Friday Rob and I visited more clients and had lunch at a pub on the upper Thames.
That night I took a train to Leeds. I have to admit my experience with British trains has gone downhill. (Friday night was overbooked to the point people were standing between coaches and I had a run-in with some thug wanna-bes involving some young Indian lady. No help or response from the staff.)
Leeds was a large sprawling city that has a Royal Armouries in it and that is amazing. The displayed collection was amazing and some of the Asian arms breathtaking. Nice views of the city and the river's locks from the Armoury.
I also met a student of Glenn's, Jen, who gave me a tour of the city and was a lovely hostess. Bert's hotel recommendation was great: any closer and it would have been inside the Armouries.
The trip back basically sucked. We had a screaming Somali child in the "quiet coach" and it got no response from either his mother or the staff. They added to the extra 2 hours of travel time due to construction on the route and it was lovely. I wasn;t too worried as I had internet - I thought - it made dial-up at home seem like a positive experience. My run of luck continued with security today that unpacked all my bags to find a fountain pen. Ah, well, we board in 10 minutes and then back to God's Country.
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