On the plane trip home, we created The Official List of
Our Trip - to memorialize the great and not-so-great.
Official Breakfast.......................Hard rolls and jam
Official Airline Freebie.................Slipper Socks
Official Tourist Site....................Big Ben
.......1997 - The Tower Bridge
Official Transportation..................The Tube
.......1997 - Britrail, now operated in places by Virgin. Huh?
Official Piece of Important Paper........Tube Pass
Official Camera..........................Canon Sure Shot
Official Postage Stamp...................35p
Official TV Show.........................Can't Cook, Won't Cook
Official TV Chef.........................Ainsley
Official New Vocabulary Word.............Bollard
Official Pat-down........................Elisabeth at Immigration
Official Bad Airline Movie...............The Scarlet Letter
.......1997 - My Best Friend's Wedding
Official Good Airline Movie..............The American President
.....1997 - Out to Sea
Official Bad Airline Meal................Teriyaki Salmon
Official Pudding.........................Yorkshire
Official Haircut.........................Mullet
Official Tomb............................Jane Austen's
Official Corner..........................Poet's Corner
Official Market..........................Covent Market
Official Football Club...................Aston Villa
Official Excruciating Defeat.............Aston Villa 0, Liverpool 3
Official Redemption......................Villa 3, Sheffield Wednesday 2
Official Epidemic........................Mad Cow Disease
Official Noisiest Meal...................Hard Rock Cafe
Official Artistic Endeavor...............Brass Rubbing
Official Cheese..........................Stilton
Official Old Thing.......................Westminster Abbey
Official Oldest Thing....................Roman Ruins in York
Official Train Station...................Euston
......St. Pancras Station
Official Public Safety Warning...........Mind The Gap
Official Beverage........................Tea
.......1997 - Official New Beverage Experience...Ginger Beer
Official Pub.............................White Elephant, Northampton
Official Learned Skill...................Crossing the street with Reckless
Abandon
This trip brought to you by British Airways, the London
Underground, the BBC, Harrod's, Barclay's, Discover Card, and Earl Grey
Tea.