While Thom and I have taken a number of short vacations together, we’ve talked now and then about taking a longer trip abroad, and the other day we finally made some concrete plans. In February 2006, we’re going to London! Thom has been there before, but it’ll be my first time in the UK at all. (The closest I got was a few years ago landing a summer internship at EAS in London, but I didn’t end up taking it; I know, what was I thinking?) We’re totally excited. We booked an American Airlines package that includes airfare, six nights’ accommodations, and a few extra goodies. I’m not well-read on London, so you know I will be soaking up as much information as I can in the coming months; as always your insights are welcome. (And now I can peruse even more purposefully my London Underground map mousepad, which I received as a present last year.)
In other travel news, next month I will be going to the Bay Area to see my folks, and as a sort of side trip my parents and I (and maybe my aunt as well) will then travel to Las Vegas and spend part of Thanksgiving week there. It’s been many years since we’ve gone on a bona fide family vacation (and many years since I’ve been to Vegas); one thing that’s definitely different now is that I’m in charge! I love researching and making travel plans, so they’ve left all that to me. I’ve got my Julie McCoy clipboard in hand. Fun!