Sunday, October 5, 2008

ONE WEEK TO GO!



One week from tonight, Paula and I will be on the plane to London. We have tons to do to get ready and much still undecided, but we are excited.



Here is our itinerary:
Sunday, Oct. 12 leave MSP at 9:35 p.m. NW flight #0104
Monday, Oct. 13 arrive London Heathrow 12:15 p.m. travel by train to Stratford-on-Avon
stay Monday night at Salamander Guest House 40 Grove Rd. phone +44 (0) 1789 205728 http://www.salamanderguesthouse.co.uk/
Tuesday, Oct. 14 Tour Stratford. IDEAS: Mary Arden's Farm, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, boat tour on the Avon River, Walking Tour, Holy Trinity Church! 7:15 p.m. HAMLET at the Courtyard Theatre with Patrick Stewart and David Tannert! http://www.rsc.org.uk/WhatsOn/5723.aspx
Wednesday, Oct. 15 Stratford in the morning, then travel to BATH IDEAS: antique shops, Roman Baths, Jane Austen Centre, Bizarre Bath at night. Take a late train to London where we will stay at Quality Crown Kensington Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat nights. 162 Cromwell Road, phone +44 (0)7244 2400 http://www.qualitycrown.com/kensington.htm and http://www.qualitycrown.com/pdfs/ken_facts.pdf
Thursday, Oct. 16 Tour London IDEAS: Harrod's, Tower of London, walk, walk, walk, Globe Theatre tour, Half-Price tickets to get theatre tickets for Thursday night
Friday, Oct. 17th IDEAS: Coach to Blenheim Palace & the Cotswolds or train to Alton to see Jane Austen's house where she wrote Pride & Prejudice
Saturday, Oct. 18th Tour London or train to Alton to see Jane Austen's house where she wrote Pride & Prejudice
Sunday, Oct. 19th Leave London Heathrow at 2:25 p.m. NW flight #0103 arrive MSP 5:45 p.m.

2 comments:

Paula said...

London here we come!

Lisa said...

Hi Linda,
All is well here. Except Mitch got a migraine at school today. We're switching Robby's night here to Tuesday instead of tonight. That's about as exciting as it gets so far!
Hi to you too Paula! Have fun!
Lisa