Tuesday, July 9, 2002 Location: Starbucks, The Shambles, York Weather: Rain Starbucks’ expanding domination of the world seems to have run into absolutely no resistance in the UK. The British, stunned by the concept of a store selling really good coffee and providing comfy counches with no limit to how long you can stay, have […]
Monday, July 8, 2002 Location: Manor Farm Bed & Breakfast, Sutton-upon-Dorwent, Yorkshire Weather: Grey Just a quick note to keep track of the passing time. Hopefully I’ll have some time to come back and fill in some details. Let’s see: Saturday: a drive with Bruce, Stephanie and Brian from Edinburgh to Lindisfarne on the Holy […]
I finished off Dave Barry’s first novel, Big Trouble, sitting in the main downtown park in Edinburgh, Scotland, on a rare sunny afternoon in July. As a vacation book, it met the necessary criteria admirably: it was entertaining, it didn’t require many brain cells to fire, and it wasn’t too long. It was not, by […]
Friday, July 5, 2002 Location: easyInternetCafe, Edinburgh Weather: Sunny for most of the day, now high cloud. The last day of the first choir tour! The french restaurant didn’t work out yesterday (we didn’t have a reservation, they were petite, and fully booked) and we wandered for quite a while before finding something (a) open, […]
Thursday, July 4, 2002 Location: easyInternetCafe, Edinburgh Weather: Solid cloud cover, occasional showers. A tiring but fun day walking around Edinburgh. This morning after a typically heavy Scottish breakfast we assembled in the lobby and made our way up to the castle for a tour. We scattered a bit on the way, stopping to distribute […]
Wednesday, July 3, 2002 Location: easyInternetCafe, Edinburgh Weather: Mostly cloudy, scattered rain showers I’m going to have to make my posts shorter… Not enough time to make it to internet cafes as frequently as I did on the Mediterranean trip. However, I’m pleased to have found this place, which has sold me unlimited time for […]
Monday, July 1, 2002 Location: Hotel Alexandra, Oban Weather: Rain for most of the day, now starting to clear. Oban is a lovely little seaside town, built along a long stretch of windey coast up against steep hills. We arrived in the middle of the afternoon yesterday and had a quick rehearsal in St. Columba’s […]
Sunday, June 30, 2002 Location: Wellington Church, Glasgow Weather: Grey and rainy We’re about to start a church service in Glasgow, at a large downtown Presbyterian church whose general size and layout is similar to Trinity St. Paul’s on Bloor Street in Toronto. We’re sitting in the upper gallery to the right of the pulpit, […]
Friday, June 28, 2002 Location: Ramada Hotel, Ayr Weather: Broken cloud, cool and humid, windy A very long two days of travel. Yesterday I spent the day finishing off the countless pre-trip tasks and packing the bags. Since I have few days were I’ll be without transport this trip, I’m going back to using the […]