http://www.genecowan.com/london/ en-us 2004-05-24T12:38:51-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001704 Our last day in London, and we just did a walkabout. Down to Piccadilly, stopped in at some shops, petted... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-24T12:38:51-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001702 Just as an aside, let me mention that as I write this, I am watching Ground Force as usual... except... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-23T15:07:39-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001701 ... can I just say that London is simply crawling with really cute guys?... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-22T12:34:12-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001700 Juicy Buns Fever! Catch it! Just a sign I saw near Covent Garden today. We ended up there looking... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-22T12:21:05-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001699 It seems that I am taking a Disney-inspired tour of London now. Yesterday I sat on the steps made famous... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-22T03:19:23-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001698 One of the top stories on the news here for the last few days has been the stabbing death of... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-22T03:17:20-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001697 I once said that if I visited London, I'd probably sit in the hotel room and watch BBC 2 all... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-21T14:22:33-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001696 Today's excursion brought us face to face... or feet to face, with figures from history. St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-21T14:19:08-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001695 Greetings from the lobby of BBC Television Centre -- it's like a pilgrimage for a geek like myself. Two interesting... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-20T14:03:10-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001694 Welcome to Harrod's Food Halls, where you can pick up such delicacies as ostrich eggs (below). We wandered through... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-20T13:59:18-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001690 This was one of those going overboard, just one more block type of days. We started out riding the tube... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-19T15:51:01-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001689 The London Underground is perhaps the greatest scam ever: there are some stations where, when changing lines, you walk miles... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-19T15:49:54-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001688 Last night, I stood at 84 Charing Cross Road, slightly amazed that I was there and touching it; slightly annoyed... Vacation Diary Gene 2004-05-19T04:48:17-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001686 In the end, we were delayed by more than 4 hours, all of it spent on the plane. Ugh. The... Travel Info Gene 2004-05-18T13:14:23-05:00 http://www.genecowan.com/london/archives/2004_05.html#001685 It's 10pm (eastern), and we're still sitting in the plane... at the gate in Washington. We left the gate late,... Gene 2004-05-18T07:54:22-05:00