Five Days Till Departure

Alright, gang.

Today it's five days till I leave for my trip! I will be going to both England and Scotland, while visiting London, Cambridge, Bath, Edinburg, and Loch Ness.  My flight leaves on the 7th, and I will be arriving in London on the 8th. I am planning on meeting up with a few of my trip mates at the airport before I leave, so we will see how everything goes! Honestly, at this point, I'm looking forward to catching up on Netflix on the flight over there. If the flight doesn't have that little screen in the seat backs, I'm leaving. No questions asked. Beyond that, the plan is to catch a train from the airport at Kings Cross Station. Just like in the movies. The train will hopefully take me to Cambridge, and once there I will get a taxi to my hotel. And somehow remain awake.

Goals for the trip, so far:
1) Locate and identify a mature thistle.
2) See some kind of play.
3) Convince myself that I have seen the Loch Ness monster. Let's be honest. This is the only reason anyone is going.
4) Eat smoked salmon until I turn into one.
5) Do something spontaneous.
6) Pet an animal.
7) Hear Big Ben.
8) Buy something you can't find anywhere else.
9) Have "tea".
10) MAYBE go up the London eye. We'll see.
11) I don't even want fish and chips, so that's not on here.
12) Find a Gordon Ramsey restaurant and order an ice water, because God knows nobody can afford that.
13) Engage in Harry Potter/Doctor Who hoopla.
14) Go inside the Tower of London.
15) Step inside one of those red phone booths.

As you can see, some of these are lofty, some of them are probably achievable. We will see how my progress goes, and I will keep you posted!

Joanna