Laura idly mentioned she wanted to vacation someplace warm, preferably near an ocean. I immediately brightened and replied, "How about Scotland?" Withering glare. But I think I may convince her yet. I hadn't thought about Wales. Scotland is the top of my currently imagined five outside-of-the-U.S. trips.
That's fantastic about visiting the pub where your father was born. I didn't know that story. His mom must have been caught up in a really fierce leg of darts. ;) On Dec 3, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Michael Chan wrote: > >> My lady and I want to go to the UK. I need to talk with you soon >> about travel ideas. Big plus: she digs motorcycles. *grin* > > You can rent a motorcycle in London (fortunately away from the center > of the city!) and travel pretty cheap that way. I did that a few years > ago. Big fun. > > Lisa and I are going over next year in late June. Tentatively planning > on doing Scotland and the far north - Orkney, for hiking & > archaeological explorations. > > I recommend north Wales. We went there last year and had a great time. > My parents came over at the same time and we got to do some > reminiscing. Even visited the pub where my father was born(!) > > If you go, avoid Oxford at all costs. Too many loonies there ;-) > > > Oh, and speaking of reminiscing...... > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/fringe.jpg > > L-R: > Mike "The guy with the Beads" Chan Damned hippy. > Mark "Not a Post-Modern Bard" Roberts In almost every picture I have of you from that era you are wearing that coat. > Bond, Bobby Bond > Jeff "Now Vice President of Specialty Products at Fender" Cary That's interesting news. I haven't seen Jeff in about forever. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
