London, Day Seven

Last day was spent working for the day and then headed back off to London to do a speed-tour with Scott and T-Dawg! This is the IFLUK team. Great bunch of guys and girl! :)


Rode a double decker, Rode the Tube, went to London Bridge, London Tower, and went to many spots.

The train brought us back after midnight and now its time to pack!

London, Day Six

Not a lot of pictures today. I burned the memories in my head (and a few from my iPhone)

We ate at our hotel (below)Spent the morning worshiping at the Local Anglican church in Ashtead with Scott's family. Took a "formal communion."


Then watched the World Cup before driving up Box hill on the way back to the hotel tonight.

T'Dawg and I on Box Hill, Dorking, Surry, UK

Then we ate the worlds hottest pizza EVER!

London, Day Five

I think this was a Saturday so we worked some more at the office. We did get an extra hour of sleep but put in a half day before we headed off to London on the train.

The Queen was home and was tightly guarded. Being a weekend, there were a lot of tourist around the gate. But the good news was that the "funny hat" guys were out front.

T-Dawg and I went to Mandy's and my favorite "people watching" spot... Trafalgar Square The weather was great and we enjoyed hanging out in the public square.

Then off to see Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Big Ben before we headed back to Waterloo station and home. A quick Chinese dinner and we made it to bed around midnight.


The Abbey has awesome architecture... I'm just saying...

London, Day Four

Too much time has past so my memory of this day is not well. But I will have to assume that we ate breakfast and walked to Starbucks and then went to the office... ate about 12:30... looked up and realized that the day got away from us. :)

I do think that Scott and I took a walk in the afternoon around Dorking and looked for some gifts for the kids and talked business.


The evening was spent at the Bean's house seeing his family. Its always great being around Scott and Kirsty. We stopped at a local dive to buy "meat and chips" and chilled in the living room while the kids swam in the back.

London, Day Three

Not as crazy today. Spent most of the day in the IFL UK office working. I was able to take a short walk down the road during the afternoon.

Tonight, Scott took T-Dawg and I to a local Indian food place on high street. (This may be why I'm wide awake at nearly 2am writing this). I've never had this type of food. Not bad but I won't be looking one up in the Dallas area anytime soon...As long as there is Tex-Mex.


Tomorrow, we may try to squeeze London in... or we may be in the office finishing website tweaks. :) Or I may be napping at my desk.

London, Day Two

One of the fastest days of my life today. Here is how it went: Woke up, breakfast, work, sandwich, work, train ride, dinner, train ride, 10:30pm.

Our Hotel Lobby

Spent 6 hours in the office and 6 in meetings/travel/eating. Overall a great day just lightning fast.

Boarding the train in Dorking

Did get to see Big Ben and the Thames River somewhere along the way.

In London at sunset

London is very hot right now. The trains don't have AC. They don't normally need them but right now its a little toasty in the Tunnel. I walked back to the White Horse alone in the dark (No wolf along the path this year) and got to see "Sir Laurence Olivier" birthplace a few blocks away from the hotel.

My good friend, Scott Bean

London, Day One

A mid-morning flight to Charlotte, North Carolina started off our journey. We had a quick bite at an airport Mexican restaurant. Salmon mixed with Mexican was the gamble of the day. I survived.
We got bulkhead with an isle (I did at least) on the way over. A few sleeping pills and a "Night at the Museum" on-demand movie put me straight to sleep. Scott met us at the airport and drove us to his house on the wrong side of the road.

After a few hours of work our jet-lag kicked in and we became seriously worthless. Scott walked us to our 600+ year old hotel (White Horse) in our 2,000 year old city (Dorking).
After a small nap, T-Dawg and I took an evening walk around High Street and ate at a local Pizza Shoppe.
Our rooms are great and I slept like a little baby. 8 full hours and I'll be ready to hit the UK by storm.

Canada Day Three and Four

Turned out to be a nice day our last full day here. Sunny and in the 60s. Ben took us to the hotel by the airport, since we had an early morning flight. Tdog and I had a killer view from the 14th floor.

We ate in the airport for dinner. I had sushi, since I was near the water. But I'm sure the fish came drom Detroit instead of Vancouver.


The room was off the hook and the bed was like laying on angel wings. Really enjoyed the trip here and got bulkhead on the way back. Good times.




Our neighbors to the North are OK by me. Ayy!

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Canada Day One and Two

Great flight even though the landing gear made a loud noise and I thought an engine fell to the ground. T-Dog and I had a CFL football player sit between us and I'm sure we broke a record of how much meat can fit in three seats.


BC is beautiful this time of year. A lot in bloom. It has been raining off and on but it has not caused us any issues. Here is the outside of the Bed and Breakfast we are staying in... only 15 minutes from the office.

Working a lot (With Ben and Tanya) but enjoying the VERY comfortable room Ben set us up in. (Yes, it looks girlish, but it is VERY soft and made me sleep like a baby)