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Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahahah, Merlin! Buttercup does have a way of delivering a message, doesn't she?

In the meantime, Incoming mail from Spy and War. They are at the Bellagio watching the lights and water show and begging to know the outcome of TAR2. Now that they have their info they are enjoying a final evening before Spy heads home.

Tksoard

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK Grace!! I'll be waiting. I will check in here for 10 minutes in the morning, and then I'll get off and wait for your call! We can do this!!

Edited message!! Grace, which morning, Thursday or Friday!!!

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uh, merlin. That attempt turned out so small it has been rendered it nearly invisible.

Merlin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
does it appear that it is challenging for me to make this small enough?
buttercup----sf

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh dear. Miss Buttercup is being rather difficult, I see.

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh there she is!!!! Good work, Merlin. You got a smile and a twinkle, you rascal, you! :)

Merlin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
incoming message from Spygirl......all the waxing prior to her departure has paid off.

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 09:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Merlin!!!

Merlin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
just reporting the current news Tess......dont slay the messenger

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You know she's coming home tomorrow and she's gonna see this and then you are toast.

Merlin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yes Tess...but the grin on her face will restrict her vision and I will remain safe.

Smoochies Tess.......way past my bedtime, nite nite

Admin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is that what you would call a MUGSHOT of Buttercup?

Are you sure she wants that posted all over the internet?

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Night, night Merlin. I'll try to intercede for you tomorrow but I'm not promising anything. Sweet dreams!

Admin, I'm sure Miss Buttercup gave her consent for her "mugshot" to be posted. When she came to Minnesota she posted a picture then as well. This is a very nice shot of the..... uh....mug, doncha think?

Admin

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 10:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just asking. I've been known to take people's faces and stick them on other peoples bodies...then email them around. I figure if I do it, I'm sure others do too! :) But don't tell anyone that I've done that!

Tess

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 11:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Admin, it is so touching how you look out for all of us. :) Trust me, that is definitely our own Miss Buttercup and her mug.

Your secret is safe here, btw. shhhhhhh.

Willi

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Admin.
Hidden talents eh?

Thanks everyone for all of the trip updates & pictures & just an FYI...The Manchester Airport is perfectly lovely for a stop-over.
(We even have a coffee stand now)

:)

Tess

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, Willi! I will pass that info along. So far I've heard from 3 of our travellers today. I'll update in order of proximity.

Spy has landed in Texas and is zipping down the highway towards home. ETA is 6pm CDT. I'm guessing she had the time of her life! WELCOME HOME, SPY!!

Buttercup is so happy to be with her friends back in the Bay Area. Today the whole kit and kaboodle went off to lunch in San Francisco and were anticipating a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. Yes, that's the same bridge where Wil became a youknowwhat last night on TAR. (I don't think I'm allowed to bash the TAR contestants over in Road Trip thread no matter how true the statement).

And last, but certainly NOT least, Juju climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower today. I'm not going to tell you of her other adventures this afternoon. I think it would be best if----well, I'm just not gonna. Anyway, this morning, within the space of 1 minute, she saw THREE sets of twin cairn terriers (little Toto dogs). I'm assuming they were not with her at the top of the Eiffel tower but it was quite a coincidence nonetheless.

Tomorrow Juju heads back to London where she will be met by much improved weather, I hope!

Wargod

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm home, I'm home!!!!!! Ok, I had a great time, mostly. Meeting Spy and Kstme and thier families was just awesome. They are a great bunch of people! Sunday night was very enjoyable and relaxing, we sat around talking and watching that rascal Ollie doing his laps in the pool(darndest thing I've seen.) That dog is hysterial and totally beautiful.

Monday we won't talk too much about. I stayed in bed most the day with the kids stomach flu (yuck!) I did manage to make it down to the casino for a little bit, where I won 200 bucks (made up for the rotten morning and afternoon, LOL.)

Tuesday was the Birthday dinner for Spy's mom, and we had a blast. The restaurant was very cool and we spent a great deal of time cracking up. (Ok, by that point I was feeling much better, and the rum with a shot of pepsi helped a great deal!) Then we did a bit of site seeing and wandering around for a few hours which was fun.

Wednesday I did not think we'd get to see anyone for too long, and when I called Spy and her phone hung up on me, I figured I'd get the chance to call her later and say what a great time we had. I was very pleased though to see them heading through my hotel towards dinner and find out we'd get to do more site seeing with them last night. The Pirate show was ok, then they made me jog 6 miles down the strip to see the Bellagio water show. After a three minute or so show I was a bit disappointed until we waited a few minutes and they put on the most awesome show I'd seen yet!

Hubby and I had a great time with Spy and Kstme! Kstme was a wonderful host, and we truly enjoyed the time we spent with everyone!

Though now, I'm very glad to be home again. I'm not quite ready to go back to work, but I'm more relaxed than I was!

Twiggyish

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great! It's good to see everyone had a fun time.

Tess

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 11:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Spy is also home and has been since about 6pm my time but she's wiped out! I'm sure she will fill everyone in on her trip tomorrow or very soon.

Buttercup has informed me that the traffic in my place of birth still sucks. Yup, she was trying to drive during San Francisco rush hour. <sigh> Tonight dinner was in Berkeley and tomorrow's excursion will be a trip to a beach north of the city. It seems several of our travellers forgot to set their VCRs before they left town.

Welcome home, Spy and War!!


War? A shot of PEPSI with your RUM? No wonder you had a good night. I'm glad you were able to get away for a bit. Just knew you'd have a blast!

Juju2bigdog

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 06:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Welllllllll, ... I didn't actually go INTO the Sexodrome, just rode by it. I just thought it was a real catchy name.

Twiggyish

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WHAT?? Where are you?

Maggiemae

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 11:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Finally I have found some time to come in and post a little bit about my trip, however my pics are packed so I might forget somethings.

For some background on my trip. 5 of my friends and I were planning on going to Ireland for the past year, but they cancelled our trip. So, we decided to fight the higher-ups here at the college and three months later they said we could do it.

So, Kat, Trav, Miss, Bry, Ann, and I drove to Chicago and flew to Dublin then over to Shannon. We rented a mini-van (mercedes-benz) and drove the coast of the whole island.

We started in Shannon then went to Adare stopping whenever we wanted to. We found an old road up on top on a mountainside, so we climbed up and scavenged around. Then we went to Adare to see some thatched roofs and some old churches, manors, monestaries and abbeys.

After that we went to Killarney. There we stayed and went to some pubs (I'm legal there ). The next day we drove around the Ring of Kerry. We really knew what the Irish weather was like that day. Within 30 mins we had rain, sleet, hail, wind, and sunshine. However, we didn't care. The countryside was so beautiful and the people were so nice.

The next day we went to Blarney. That is where the famous blarney stone is at. However I didn't kiss it because I am deathly afraid of heights and chickened out. However a couple others did. There we went through the Blarney Castle and cross-countried it to an old abbey. That night we stayed next to the Woolen Mills.

Then we traveled to some other small towns and made our way to Dublin. We went to the Trinity College and saw the Book of Kells and a library that 200,000 old books are stored (Bookie enjoyed the postcard of that). We mostly just shopped here. We took this double-decker bus with no roof on the top for the tour. We also stopped at the Guinness Brewery (GROSS!!!). We got a free pint of guinness at the end, but that wasn't for me!!

The next few days we made it to Armagh, where St. Patrick started out. Then on to Belfast. While we were there there was some bombings and rioting, but nothing that was too near or dangerous for us. One of the nights there Miss, Trav, Bry and I went to the Parliment Building and ended up getting locked in the park, so we had to jump the fence, but it was a fun experience indeed!!

The next few days we made it up to the rope bridge and the Giant's Causeway. The rope bridge was a big enough obstacle for me to do, because of the height problem but I did it and enjoyed to scenery on the island we walked to. Giant's Causeway is just unbelievable and hard to explain. We enjoyed getting soaked by the big waves Then one of the last days we saw the Cliffs of Moher. That is a truly beautiful site.

The last night we stayed in Limerick and enjoyed Bunratty Castle and an Irish Night out. We got to eat Irish stew, wheaten bread and some other typical irish food. The boys ended up having to get up on stage and dance the irish gig with the dancers. That was a laugh to remember.

So...during our trip we got to see tons of old ruins (clonmacnoise, rock of cashel), cathedrals, castles, and tons of other stuff. Plus we got to partake in the weather (rain, sleet, hail, sun, wind) which left a few of us burnt. Also be in a wonderful country, that I recommend to all of you.

Now when I get all my pictures unpacked, I may be back to fill you in on a few things I may have forgotten. I hope everyone has had a great last few weeks!!!

Talk to you soon!!

MaggieMae

Kstme

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
MaggieMae...WELCOME HOME and THANK YOU for sharing!! Sounds like a REAL "TRIP of a LIFETIME!"...

Soeur

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This folder is amazing! It is great to see that Spy, Kst & War met. Then to see Butter's pic! (who knew she was such a hottie?) Finally Maggie follows with a fantastic description of her trip to the land of my birth which made me feel really nostalgic. My feet are itching for a trip.