Let's be honest, today made me a little nervous. Upon the advice of other Semester at Sea faculty we bought a VERY reasonable ticket to Southampton. We each both traveled for a total of 16 pounds. The site is called Megabus…but guess what...it is a train not a bus. So when we found that out of course it made me nervous because there isn't any room on the train for luggage. So we did our regular "nervous Nancy" thing and arrive way to early and asked around...

Let me tell you a little story about two amazing people, my parents. They have four children and they promised each one of us that when we make it to ten years of marriage they receive an anniversary trip. They use their Hilton points to find us a hotel in the city (or in our case cities) of our choice and they take care of the hotel. It is really unbelievable to think how generous and thoughtful this gift is. My parents have been married for a long time and t...

If you are an actor you would have loved to be with us today. I have to start with the end of the day first. We just had such an incredible theatrical experience. Earlier this week Geno contacted Jon Jon Briones who is here in London performing the principal role of The Engineer in Miss Saigon. Geno and Jon Jon did Allegiance together at The Old Globe in San Diego two years ago. Well Jon Jon got us tickets to see Miss Saigon tonight and I can't tell you what...

We have definitely noticed some differences between the states and London. I know you probably already know these, but indulge me will you? Of course here in London they drive on the left side of the road. I guess cars have hit enough people because all of the crosswalks have painted on the ground "look right". Good thing it says that because it is so automatic to look left that I am sure I would be the first one hit. There is also the loo or the WC (the bat...

This morning we took the Eurostar train from Paris to London. Besides the fact that I was worried how we were going to get all of our luggage on the train it was a great experience. The total trip was 2 hours and 17 minutes and only 20 minutes of that was under the water. This train really moves fast. Here are some fun facts we found…the train regularly reaches 186pmh and they hold the UK train speed record of 208mph. Each train holds 770 passengers (doubl...