I'm not really going to be good enough to find links for weather to all the city's I'm visiting. For now I give you a link to weather in London. So far the early outlook doesn't seem too bad.
You can see it here.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Packing
The only other times I've been on a trip as long as this one was for work to New York City and for my current company to Solon, OH. During the NYC trip of 20 days or so I knew that I was going to have the company pay for laundry so I didn't have to pack for as long a stretch as I would have otherwise. The same holds true for the 14 day OH trip.
I know that I can have a hotel do laundry for me while I'm out there and I likely will, but since hotel laundry is a cost by the piece I'd prefer to have to pay for as little as possible to be laundered. I need to have 15 days worth of clothing but there's no way I'm packing 15 pairs of pants and 15 shirts plus the underwear and socks as well. My hopes are that the rolling duffel I got will be able to hold about 10 days worth of stuff and I can get some laundry done about two thirds of the way through. I'm also cheating the pants thing by trying to bring a couple pairs of shorts in the hopes that my New England background will allow me to survive in shorts whether it is a bit cool or not. I think I can. I'm going to wear a pair of shoes and bring a spare pair that is better suited for walking. Due to airline and security regulations I'm almost destined to have to take my shoes off. To that end I bought a pair of slip ons that are basically comfortable and should fit the bill for both flight and tour usage.
I guess the real question is how much I can really fit in the rolling duffel. I unfortunately won't know that until it arrives. It seems sizeable by dimensions, but I'm horrible with spatial understanding so it's hard to be certain.
My next packing issue is what I can fit in the bag and what I can fit in the carry on. I just purchased a new laptop back that fits the size bill for the airline and TSA recommendations for flights to the UK. I know the laptop will fit and I believe I can get the camera in sans the carrying bag. I should also be able to fit one book and my mp3 player. I'm going to try to put the charger for the laptop in the carry on too, but I will leave the charger and spare batteries for the camera in the checked luggage. I'm going to go with putting all my toiletries in the checked luggage except I will carry one spare set of contacts in the carry on. I will be wearing my glasses for the flights so in worst case I'll always have the glasses. Normally I would like to take a shot of nyquil before the flight but I'm not even going to think about a solution for this. Hopefully I will be able to sleep on the flight naturally.
I know that I can have a hotel do laundry for me while I'm out there and I likely will, but since hotel laundry is a cost by the piece I'd prefer to have to pay for as little as possible to be laundered. I need to have 15 days worth of clothing but there's no way I'm packing 15 pairs of pants and 15 shirts plus the underwear and socks as well. My hopes are that the rolling duffel I got will be able to hold about 10 days worth of stuff and I can get some laundry done about two thirds of the way through. I'm also cheating the pants thing by trying to bring a couple pairs of shorts in the hopes that my New England background will allow me to survive in shorts whether it is a bit cool or not. I think I can. I'm going to wear a pair of shoes and bring a spare pair that is better suited for walking. Due to airline and security regulations I'm almost destined to have to take my shoes off. To that end I bought a pair of slip ons that are basically comfortable and should fit the bill for both flight and tour usage.
I guess the real question is how much I can really fit in the rolling duffel. I unfortunately won't know that until it arrives. It seems sizeable by dimensions, but I'm horrible with spatial understanding so it's hard to be certain.
My next packing issue is what I can fit in the bag and what I can fit in the carry on. I just purchased a new laptop back that fits the size bill for the airline and TSA recommendations for flights to the UK. I know the laptop will fit and I believe I can get the camera in sans the carrying bag. I should also be able to fit one book and my mp3 player. I'm going to try to put the charger for the laptop in the carry on too, but I will leave the charger and spare batteries for the camera in the checked luggage. I'm going to go with putting all my toiletries in the checked luggage except I will carry one spare set of contacts in the carry on. I will be wearing my glasses for the flights so in worst case I'll always have the glasses. Normally I would like to take a shot of nyquil before the flight but I'm not even going to think about a solution for this. Hopefully I will be able to sleep on the flight naturally.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Baggage Restrictions
For good for ill I am flying United Airline (They're who the travel company picked for me). I checked their website and have found their baggage restrictions. Note that flying to the UK has special restrictions of course.
The site is located here.
The size requirements seem pretty tiny for the carry on.
The site is located here.
The size requirements seem pretty tiny for the carry on.
Monday, August 21, 2006
The TSA and you
I found the link to what is allowed and not on a flight's carry on or checked luggage. To point I haven't seen if there are special rules to the UK on the site. If there are I will post those too.
The link is here.
The link is here.
Hammond Castle
Went to Hammond Castle in Gloucester, MA this weekend. Maybe as a primer to using the new camera in a similar setting to what I'll be seeing in the UK and Ireland. I only took a few pictures and most of those outdoors due to expectations that they didn't want flash photography on the artifacts inside. I have posted the images to Kodak Gallery (formerly Ofoto). They are at the following link:
Hammond Castle Pics (Now on Shutterfly)
As much as anything else this is a test to see if I can share the links from the blog. You will need to sign in to view the images.
Thanks
Tom
Hammond Castle Pics (Now on Shutterfly)
As much as anything else this is a test to see if I can share the links from the blog. You will need to sign in to view the images.
Thanks
Tom
tsavard's blog - meant for travel
This blog will be used... hopefully... to keep track of my upcoming two week trip to the UK and Ireland. The trip starts with a flight to Heathrow on September 2, 2006, and I expect to be back home very late on September 17, 2006.
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