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Haven't played this game in a while, gentle readers. Here goes:
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- CHUTE: Am writing this entry on the Oxford Tube, during the trip that never ends. Leaving London after 22:00, we immediately got stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the A40. Not exactly what I would expect at that hour. After finally making it through the jam, we seemed to be moving along well... until the motorway (M40) got closed off. So we are now diverting through High Wycombe -- whee! Eventually I will return home. I think.
- LADDER: Yesterday, I went to Cambridge. There, I presented a high energy physics seminar on the first results from T2K at the Cavendish Laboratory. It went rather well, I think... with some post-talk discussions that may prove rather fruitful in the future. So now I have spoken at both Oxford and Cambridge -- spiffy!
- CHUTE: I have just learned that one of our darling kitties -- probably The Boy -- has puked all over the bed. Feh. So on my arrival home, after midnight, I will need to strip off the sheets and put clean ones on. Irksome. I love him dearly, but I wish that his walnut-brain were keen enough so that he knew better than to vomit where he sleeps.
- LADDER: The reason that I am coming back from London so late is that I had a very nice dinner in South Kensington with my high school history teacher. She is one of only three teachers that I actually liked in my high school (and only two of those are still alive). We last saw each other in October 2007, when I dropped in during a visit to NYC. However, she is now living in London for a year and looked me up online. I was rather pleasantly surprised, and it was a lovely evening of chatting and catching up. We have tentative plans for her and her partner to come visit Oxford next month, where I will treat them to one of my now-famous tours.
- CHUTE: The new Muppets movie -- which comes out next week in the United States -- will not be released in the UK until February! What the...?!? I have no idea why some films are released concurrently in both countries, whilst others have an enormous lag. The latest cinematic adaptation of Jane Eyre, for instance, had a whopping six month delay -- coming out in March for the US and September for the UK. I very much hope that this Muppet movie will still be in the US theatres come late December, because I really don't want to wait three more months!!
- LADDER: Quite by surprise, I appear to be headed to Berlin in March! Apparently, I am taking a five day holiday with the lovely
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faerierhona (plus one other). Rather excited about this, as I have not yet been to Germany properly... and Berlin is very much on my list of European cities to visit. As an added bonus, it looks like she has found us a splendid apartment for the trip -- located right on the Ku'damm! Excellent -- couldn't ask for a better location than that!! - LADDER: Speaking of plane tickets and March, the ever-exuberant tawneypup and the fabulous jadesfire55 have now purchased their tickets to come visit us in Merry Olde Englande! Huzzah! Looks like there will be much happiness and excitement in Oxford (and beyond) during the last week of March!
Additionally, there is one more ladder. It is a sooper sekrit ladder that I cannot talk about in this space... yet. If things go well, all shall be revealed in time. Stay tuned, true believers!
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So far, next year's travel abroad includes Berlin (thanks to you!), Taiwan (where a cute Oxonian bellringer is working for a year), and Ireland. Of course, there also will be the usual trips to Japan and the United States, but those don't really count as travel for me anymore. :-D Although I should be in Japan in early April for the first time since 2002, which makes me very happy. Early April is the best time of year to be there, as the sakura are all in bloom then -- yay!
Hope you are feeling better these days, sweetie! You had us very worried last month! *lots of hugs*
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Berlin piccies? Somewhere neither of us have been and are considering.
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Aha! I did not spot anything from the coach... but that's not terribly surprising. Was the smash-up on the A40 or the M40? I am now curious about which part of my journey it disrupted. :-D
Berlin piccies? Somewhere neither of us have been and are considering.
Absolutely! I'm rather excited about this spontaneous trip planning and will be delighted to post pictures when we get there!
The 2012 travel schedule is slowly coming together. There are obvious locales where I shall be found, of course, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. (Indeed, I think that January will cover all three of these) Now there is also Berlin, with plans afoot to visit Taiwan in April (as a side excursion from another Japan trip). Need to figure out what to do in June, when we have time off for the Diamond Jubilee. Perhaps a ten day road trip through Ireland is in order. I've only been there once, and only for four days -- plenty left to see!
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As a republican, I'll be looking to totally avoid the jubilee if possible- a weekend in France might be good :o).
So far We've got a catsitting trip to Cornwall for an old friend, another trip to Orkney and one to Paris planned and are considering a trip from Verona up over the Brenner Pass to Innsbruck them back via the Italian Sudtirol stopping off in Bolzano and Trento.
Given my MiL's continued bad health, Scotland will also be on the cards more than usual.
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On the other hand, as a history buff, the second Diamond Jubilee is a much more tempting event than just another royal wedding. I still think I will leave the country, but this time I don't feel the same repulsion to get the heck out, the way I did earlier this year with the wedding.
Sounds like you have a nice year of travel lining up yourself! I look forward to trading travelogues and photos with you once more! :-D
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I like the surprise discovery of a trip to Berlin in March. That sounds fun.
And as for the Sooper Sekrit Ladder...well your friends are now all on the edges of their seats!!
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Yup! You use snakes and we use chutes. Go figure! The original game, from India, used snakes. Not sure why Milton Bradley, in the United States, changed it to chutes.
I like the surprise discovery of a trip to Berlin in March. That sounds fun.
It does, indeed! *bounces happily* I need to explore more countries!! Hoping to hit Taiwan next year, too, as I have a ringing friend from Oxford who is spending a year there.
And as for the Sooper Sekrit Ladder...well your friends are now all on the edges of their seats!!
You may need to sit on the seat edge for a bit longer before I have news to share on that front. It could end up being nothing... or it could be something really spectacular, indeed! We shall see!! *crosses fingers and hopes hard*
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;-D
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Speaking of travel -- can't wait to see you soon! Yay!! *bounces happily*
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Can't wait for March! :)
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I can't wait to show you around Oxford, plan some adventures, and -- best of all -- take you ringing!! Hooray!
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The Boy is truly a wonderful cat in a great many ways... but this is just not one of them. I actually had not realized that Rocks did the same. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree in this case.
How is the dear little teapot kitty doing these days, hon?
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*lots of hugs -- virtual for now, real later*