Post From England

OK, so it's been almost a month... Anyway, I've got a lot of photos I can put up now.


A quiet evening outside Oxford.

Well, over the last couple of weeks I've just been relaxing in my hometown, hanging out with the old gang. It's been really fun. I've started watching "Inspector Morse" recently, which is fantastic. It's weird that I've never really watched it before seeing as it's set in Oxford. There's going to be a spinoff series 'Lewis' and the pilot apparently airs on ITV1 on the 15th January.

I finished the Stockholm film that O-J and I made when we visited, and I'll put it online in a few days. The Minibus films are done too except, obviously, both of them don't have an ending... but I'll sort that out over the next couple of days.

My parents and I went down to London on Tuesday so that my father could have a few health tests that are required for Brits who are moving to the USA. I also had to get a slight problem with my laptop fixed. We were a little ahead of schedule, partly because our trip to Selfridges was rather unsuccessful - we didn't buy anything. So, I was trying to remember the name of the road where Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman based themselves before settling off on motorbikes from London to New York... the long way round. Bulter? Bodger? BULWER Street! Excellent! Checking the map, I saw that it was a short road near Shepherd's Bush, not too far out of our way - and my parents were kind enough to make a detour so we could go check it out. The building itself may seem somewhat uninteresting, but Long Way Round was a very inspirational programme, and it really meant a lot to me to see where they planned the whole thing. Now I can go from London to New York... err... the regular way... on a plane...


Anyway, here are some pictures from the bus ride from Ithaca to New York.














Back home, Peter and I met in town a couple of weeks ago...






Kieran's kitchen window... on a foggy morning.


James, Freddie and Kieran on New Year's Eve.


Ali and his cranberry juice.


Zeebee and her new digital camera (pictures she took with it).


Ali and Cat.




O-J and his little sister Nadine at their house.






Kidlington houses.










Summertown. Not very summery...




On the way to London.


The Capital.


One day...










The Long Way Round building!


A screenshot from 'Long Way Round', showing the office in Bulwer Street.


A stamp beside the door. The building is now owned by BAC International Studies... or something like that. Anyway, the receptionist seemed to have no idea that it had been the headquarters of Ewan and Charley's world trip.


Mood: Standing next to a house that Hector Berlioz once lived in.

Currently listening to: The Bad Plus - Suspicious Activity?

Crazy American Fact #13: The land area of England is apparently 93,000 sq. miles, making it about the size of the State of Michigan (96,810 sq. miles).