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Month: April 2012

UK Trip- Day 4: Travel to Dublin

April 27, 2012
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April 12, 2012: Woke up at 7:11 and packed up the rest of my things. I had another full traditional breakfast; I am SO in love with these breakfasts. The hotel in Cardiff played American ’80s music during breakfast. Strange, but still my kind of place. I was sad to say goodbye to the Sandringham…

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UK Trip- Day 3: DW/TW Tour of Cardiff

April 26, 2012
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April 11, 2012: Some time during the middle of the night, my shower curtain rod came off the wall! Thankfully, I wasn’t using it at the time. I woke up at 8:45am after almost 10 hours of sleep, feeling incredibly rested. I went down to breakfast and helped myself to the items spread out on…

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UK Trip- Day 2: Arrive in London, Travel to Cardiff

April 26, 2012
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Note: I’ll be posting my full photo albums when I have the thousands of photos processed. But for now, I’m focusing on the write-up. I’ll try to do one every day or every other day. April 10, 2012: It must have been the time of morning (6:30am) and lack of sleep, but when I got…

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UK Trip- Day 1: Leaving the US

April 25, 2012
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April 9, 2012: I left for the airport on time then turned around once we hit the parkway because I wanted to get my headphones (I can’t wear earbuds and I wasn’t sure what the airline would provide… turns out, they provide headphones–DOH). After standing in a LONG line for check-in because I didn’t do…

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UK Trip By The Numbers

April 24, 2012
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Full photo galleries and detailed daily recaps to follow when I get everything processed and get caught up on life. But here’s a summary of my trip: 15 days 3 countries 4 planes 8 trains 9 buses 2 taxis 2 boats 24 subway trains (I think) 2 broken wallets 4 things I bought that I…

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Terms Explained:

AWP-I worked at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
BookCrossing-the act of registering books and leaving them in public places for people to find
BCinDC- my local BookCrossing meetup group
DADA-my local Harry Potter meetup group, Defense Against Dumb 'A's (who don't get Harry Potter)
Gillian-The name of my current GPS unit (old GPS was named Jill)
HPA-The Harry Potter Alliance. My local chapter was Carpe Futurum
Love-The name of my dark red Honda Element
Markeroni-finding & photographing historical markers (usually with a mascot; mine is Eeyore)
OBCZ- Official BookCrossing Zone (a shelf where it's okay to leave books)
Snarfari-at Markeroni, a historical marker is a snarf. So a snarfari is a safari/trip to find markers
WRock-Wizard Rock is Harry Potter music

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