Finally in Innsbruck
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After two days of travel to get here, we have arrived. We spent the day in London yesterday, just bumming around the markets and fashionable streets before taking off to Salzburg.
Last day in Scotland…
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We’ve been to the Lochaber Highland games, and climbed Ben Nevis – it’s been a great couple of days. We stayed at a fun hostel in Corpach (Smiddy’s Bunkhouse) where we made some new friends and enjoyed a lot of laughs.
Catching the Planes
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We are heading out today for Scotland, which will be a day and a half worth of traveling:
- Leaving Marathon at 9am, driving 3.5 to 4 hours to Thunder Bay
- catch our flight to Toronto at 3:30pm and getting into Toronto at 5:05pm
- then catch our flight to London at 8:55 getting in the next day at 9:05am
- finally catching an 11:10 flight to Edinburgh that gets in at 12:30.
Its going to be a long day.
London: Day 8
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By the time I came up from breakfast this morning it was pouring rain out. This had the miserable effect of making Geo miserable (he’s like Andie one little drop of rain and he has to shake, very fussy), but the fortunate effect of making the line up at the Tower of London short.
We got there at 10:10am, and the Beefeaters weren’t giving tours because of the rain, a disappointment, but one we could deal with. We headed straight for the crown jewels. The videos in the jewel tower were fascinating and informative, they told you the history and the use of the crowns, scepters, orbs, swords, and all the rest of the coronation paraphernalia that went with it. They showed the coronation of the queen and her historic relatives. The jewels themselves were very impressive to see. Several of the world’s largest diamonds are contained in the collection.
London: Day 7
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We had a much better day today. I went for breakfast while Geo showered, then we took the tube to Southwalk Bridge. We picked up a great coffee and croissant at Pret-A-Mange, then walked across the bridge to the Globe theater. We took pictures of the inside and outside of the theater and the waterfront gates. We toured the Globe with a guide who was a member of the Globe Players. He had an actor’s temperament, aloof, superior and condescending. He spent a great deal of his time bemoaring the attention span and the inability of people to listen for extended periods of time. Despite his tone, he was informative, and it was great to be in the Globe. The info center attached was very informative regarding the construction of the theater. I picked up some postcards, bookmarks and a poster for Sean and the drama department.
