Planning holidays makes me a nervous wreck
My dad and my son are coming to England for a visit, and DH and I have been busily planning the things we're going to do, making bookings, figuring out train times and costing it all up. We've pretty much got it lined out, it only needs fine-tuning. Here's a preview:
Friday, 20th July--They arrive.
Saturday, 21st July--TBD
Sunday, 22nd July--In town, grocery shopping, etc, chilling out for the day.
Monday 23rd July--Birmingham
If the weather is beautiful, we'll go to the Botanical Gardens and Glass Houses.
If it's crap out, we'll go to Think Tank and IMAX Cinema.
Birmingham also has the Bullring, which was briefly the largest mall in Europe, but I think there's another somewhere on the Continent now that's bigger.
Tuesday 24th July--Kenilworth Castle or Leamington Spa. Both are relatively nearby and it might be fun to take a bus there, particularly if we can get the front seats at the top of a double decker. Good views.
Wednesday 25th July--London
I bought London Passes for all of us, so we have unlimited transport and no-queuing entry into 55 London attractions. (Tomorrow I plan to get the map out and figure out the quickest way to see as many as possible). I've booked rooms in Bloomsbury Park Hotel in Bloomsbury.
Thursday 26th July--Bath
In the morning, we will go out to Windsor Castle and have a look around the town, then go back into London to get a train to Bath. We will have a walk around the city in the afternoon and evening, then...
Friday 27th July--Bath
We will visit the Roman Baths and Fashion Museum, Sally Lunn's House and Bath Abbey (which is my favourite church in England).
Then we'll get the train back into London to get our connection back home.
Saturday Thursday 28th July--REST
Stay at home and visit, go for walk in park, perhaps. Will invite my friend Gail and her son over to meet Dad and DS.
Sunday 29th July--TBD
Monday 30th July--Return flight to USA!
I'm tired of thinking about this now and will go do something else for a while.
