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London, Day 3 / Stonehenge: In the time before history...
Stonehenge shouldn't be anything special. It's a pile of rocks in the middle of a field. If it's a temple, mankind has somewhat improved on the design since 2000 BC. Stan wanted to go; it was his only request besides the Guinness Factory. I was indifferent.
Sunday morning, we took the train to Salisbury, England, near Stonehenge. We passed through ( Read more... ) -
London, Day 2
It's hard to maintain an insane travel schedule. I swore when I came here that I wouldn't sleep, that I would spend every moment seeing new places and trying new things. That lasted about a day, and since we've gotten to London, we've slowed down a bit. We wake up late and blearily go through the process of getting ready, and then we get lunch, ( Read more... ) -
London, Day 1
Friday was a day of transition. Our original plan was to take a ferry from Belfast to Scotland, then zip down on a train to London in time for lunch. When we presented this plan to the clerk at our hostel, however, we were met with a less than serious reaction.
Time to re-plan. As much as I wanted to see miles and miles of Scottish train tracks, I ( Read more... ) -
Belfast
I had to come to Belfast. Stan didn't, but after he signed on to our crazy trip, he didn't have a choice. I've read so much about Northern Ireland, about the Troubles and the IRA, the years of hatred and violence that have scarred the country. Northen Ireland's story has fascinated me like little else I've encountered. When I planned this trip to ( Read more... ) -
Dublin
The flight to Dublin was uneventful, as nighttime transatlantic flights should be. We landed Wednesday morning, bleary-eyed but ready to bum rush the city.
We took a double-decker city bus to our hostel, rocking back and forth and praying we would have some clue when our stop came. Once we found our hostel and stored our bags, we set off on a long ( Read more... ) -
Off we go...
When I got back from Russia, I declared that I had "the travel bug" - that it wouldn't be long before I again left the United States. Perhaps I overstated things. I tend to do that, every single second of my life.
But tonight, 48 short months later, my buddy Stan and I are leaving from Newark, New Jersey, and tomorrow morning, we will land in ( Read more... ) -
Southwest Trip
In June, my family took a 10-day drive through America's Southwest, from San Diego to Las Vegas. Being a good son, I showed up for 4 days of it. It was an amazing time.
As of yet, I haven't journaled about the trip, but I posted some awesome pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ben.Marlin/SouthwestTripJune2009#
