New Zealand likes to rock the party
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katernater'Going to South Bend tomorrow for a client dealer meeting at the College Football Hall Of Fame which, I suppose, is better than the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall Of Fame, although not by much. I'm pleased that my company has seen fit to send me to the meeting as a representative of the account service team, but I'm less pleased that the posting requires me to get up at five o'clock so I can make it there by 8:30. Somehow, advertising always seemed more, uh, glamorous than "five o'clock in the morning."
Other travel news: my passport came in the mail yesterday! I'm now officially sanctioned to travel outside of the United States and, honestly, July can't come quickly enough.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fadedluthien just got back from a whirlwind tour of London and Paris and I've marked several of her stops as potential landmarks for Todd and me.
However, she had the luxury of being able to spend at least two days in Paris -- Todd and I will have, at most, nine hours. I would like to see the Louvre and Notre Dame and, of course, the Eifel Tower. Most of all, though, I'd like to spend the morning sunning myself in a streetside cafe with Todd, drinking coffee and chain-smoking those pretentious little French cigars that are sold over there like candy.
London is a far more simple decision: Trafalgar, Trafalgar, Trafalgar. I want my bronze lions, dammit.
Other travel news: my passport came in the mail yesterday! I'm now officially sanctioned to travel outside of the United States and, honestly, July can't come quickly enough.
fadedluthien just got back from a whirlwind tour of London and Paris and I've marked several of her stops as potential landmarks for Todd and me. However, she had the luxury of being able to spend at least two days in Paris -- Todd and I will have, at most, nine hours. I would like to see the Louvre and Notre Dame and, of course, the Eifel Tower. Most of all, though, I'd like to spend the morning sunning myself in a streetside cafe with Todd, drinking coffee and chain-smoking those pretentious little French cigars that are sold over there like candy.
London is a far more simple decision: Trafalgar, Trafalgar, Trafalgar. I want my bronze lions, dammit.
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Date: 2008-03-12 01:33 am (UTC)I have to say that when a few years ago I was watching my homeboyz Bret and Jemaine perform live (and it was quite a small venue, too), I never would have predicted they'd have a show on HBO. Their act is so very New Zealand that it's astonishing (but wonderful) that anyone else actually gets it. (Of course, it's not universal. I've seen several US reviewers describe them as "sullen". They're not sullen! They're New Zealand guys!)
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Date: 2008-03-12 03:27 am (UTC)July will be here before you know it! You're going to have such a good time, and you deserve it more than anyone. It will be everything you've hoped for, I'm sure of it. I can only just imagine the pictures you'll come back with! And I think you can fit all that Paris into nine hours. Really, I do.
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Date: 2008-03-12 09:21 am (UTC)Paris in nine hours? Can she do it? We'll find out, after a word from our sponsors...
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Date: 2008-03-12 04:17 am (UTC)and be careful climbing on the lions, i pussed out and didn't do it because they're fucking TALL. But Trafalgar is gorgeous...that picture you linked to made me miss it because there's a shot of the Charing Cross tube entrance in teh background and it made me miss everything British!
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Date: 2008-03-12 08:36 pm (UTC)While in Scotland - attempt to locate some MacLeod tartan! I *so* want a piece! A friend in college brought me a postcard w/ MacLeod tartan on it, but I want a piece of fabric and my travels in Europe did not take me to Scotland, only Italy (well, and the 12-hour layover in England, but we went to Brighton).
Europe is a VERY cool place! :)
I seriously, on several ocassions, have considered moving to Venice!
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