Ambivalencia

[dr4b]

I did laundry tonight. It was very, very exciting! I interspersed in some videogames, too.

I wonder if I should be worrying that I'm becoming like my dad, only without the TV.

Also, I'm starting to seriously lay out travel ideas for the year. Where else do I need to go besides Japan, Philly, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Boston, Austin, and the Bay Area?

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[jccw.livejournal.com]

scotland

[dr4b]

I'm not sure that's a weekend trip :) But, actually, I would like to go to England someday -- it keeps getting eclipsed by Japan. When's the best time of the year to come to Scotland anyway? Summer, I bet?

[jccw.livejournal.com]

Japan isn't really a weekend trip either, is it? Better food though.

There's a direct flight from Newark that taks 6-8 hours. So from the East Coast it's not really much further than cross-USA. But of course you'd have to do both. So yeah, in a weekend you could only fly here, hang out for about a day, and fly back.

If you know what you want to do in England (and have the vacation time), I would take a week, fly out on the Friday, hang out here for the weekend, and visit elsewhere in England the rest of the time. If you get a 4-day rail pass (have to get this in the US beforehand), you could go to London for two-three days, and visit a couple of additional cities or areas. on the way back.

June and July have the best weather, August is rainier in Edinburgh but is when the festival is (but it's much less clear what I'll be doing then). Weather elsewhere in Britain varies widely.

Also, if you do visit, remember that Britain (the island) is the *disjoint* union of Scotland and England (the countries).

[dr4b]

Oh, right, heh, I forgot that I deleted the original entry I wrote last night which said more specifically what I was doing some of the trips for, and was asking for more weekend trip suggestions.

Oddly my best excuse to go to Britain at all may be if I get invited to my friends Chris and Megan's wedding next winter -- but I bet it's pretty cold then!

Yeah, I would like to wander around London someday. And see castles, lots of castles. I have no idea what else I would do over there, honestly, except maybe visit people. Are you only there until the summer, then?

[jccw.livejournal.com]

Are you only there until the summer, then?

Don't know yet; if I get a reasonable job next year, I would probably need to start in July or August (and would probably want to get back in plenty of time to find a place to live & get settled), but might be able to negociate a later start.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Great Britain pretty much rocked. There are a lot of castles, history, wonderful walking to be done. Josh and i stayed in a castle youth hostile in Wales, and had not enough time in London, and didn't even get to head north at all. Never mind Ireland. You could spend a week in London going to see museums and stuff without getting bored. But then, i'd live in London in a second.

At any rate - don't go for a weekend, its totally not worth it. i think crossing the atlantic requires at least a week of time, preferably more.

FWIW, my understanding of London weather is that its similar to Seattle - so, um, not nice in the winter, but not undoable. I do not know how 'bad' things would get as you went north. Frankly, though, i've never found the weather to be a hindrance while traveling, just the non-peak hours kept by some of the things we wished to see.

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Start saving. :-D

You can see the weather for where I am for the next ten days, if you like.

[dr4b]

Hehe, like I said, it would be the perfect reason to go! With ducks!

That weather looks surprisingly similar to Seattle.

[samildanach.livejournal.com]

Are any of those one of your two new US cities?

We're looking at Japan for summer 2007.

[dr4b]

Las Vegas is. The others, not so much, unless I end up in Texas in baseball season, in which case I have a friend who wants to take me to a game in Houston, which I've never been to.

I was going to bring this up at work at some point as soon as I figured out when I thought I was going, so I could clear time off for Japan (the others are all weekend trips pretty much).

(yeah, I'm getting on a bus and coming to work as soon as my hair dries a little more!)

[hare1.livejournal.com]

Ruther Glen, VA

[mithramuse.livejournal.com]

Shanghai? ^_^

[kawaru.livejournal.com]

As far as Japan goes, I think you should see Hirosaki(after the snow melts in May, hehe)! ^^b

[dr4b]

I'm thinking of going around the cusp of July/August. How far are you from Sendai?

[captain-squid.livejournal.com]

Duluth?

[dr4b]

What on earth would I do in Duluth?

I could maybe fit Minneapolis/St.Paul in again. I wonder if I have any other friends who are getting married at a Twins game. Or I could come out for the hell of it.

[ssaiscps.livejournal.com]

Winnetonka?

[ag5j.livejournal.com]

DELEWARE!

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

Come and visit me at WorldCon in LA! (Okay, that's probably not very likely...)

Or Catalina.

[dr4b]

Catalina?

The Yankees are in Anaheim that weekend, so it's not entirely out of the question, but the Red Sox are in Seattle :)

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

Actually I'll be in Catalina in July. My mom's renting a house. If you're actually interested in coming out you're definitely welcome, we could probably arrange a couch or something to sleep on.

And then I'll be in Long Beach for WorldCon/LACon, too.

[dr4b]

Well, the LA area is on my list of places I need to go visit people in (one of the said people I need to visit is Alex Groce -- you should let him know you'll be around there at Worldcon, he lives in Pasadena these days) so it's really not out of the question -- also it's an easy weekend trip for me unlike a lot of other places that require long flights and timezone changes.

I've never been to Catalina, though I get the feeling it's not really my sort of place -- I'm not much of a beach person, as was obvious in Key West :)

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you're going to be in town the Con week. harinezumi and captainecchi will be there as well.

Catalina...dunno, with my family it's more of a hang around and eat a lot place than a beach place, but that's probably just us...

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

You should definitely go to Zzyzx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx%2C_California).

[rmitz.livejournal.com]

Qatar, obviously.

[jccw.livejournal.com]

winter in Edinburgh: typically not below freezing. wind is the bigger problem. and the fact that the sun comes up at 8:30 and goes back down at 3:30. It does snow once or twice. The Highlands get colder/snowier (due to higher altitude).

summer: typically not above 25-30C (70-80F). not as windy.

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

T.O., of course!

Though probably not on March 17th if we're all going to Vegas on the 11th.

[dr4b]

Hmm, the Phillies are playing in Toronto over the July 4th weekend.

[gomezticator.livejournal.com]

SEATTLE!

... oh wait.

[meggitymeg.livejournal.com]

England! Of course, technically that's 2007.... ;)