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Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :

To my fellow f-bodiers... I am off to London for the week! (10 days). I'm going with Penn State for an International Finance Class. Its gonna be pretty cool! GOing to Lloyds of London, London Stock Exchange, Lehman Brothers, a Metals Echange, etc etc. Will have probably half the time there free too! Pubs and shopping!! [Big Grin]

I Leave today (Friday) at 8:20pm out of Philadelphia International on American Airlines (fl. #98) Havne't flown since 9/11 so this oughta be fun! [Roll Eyes]

I am taking the digital and have room to take 400+ pics so i'll be sharing a lot of them wehn I get back. I'll try and get online and see whats up if I can...

i'd say I'd have a beer for each of ya, but thats A LOT! (and have already promised to about a dozen people) [Razz]

Soo...I'll have one for...my fellow f-bodiers! [Big Grin]

HAve a good week gang! Miss ya!

Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :

Have fun, sweetz!!!!! [Smile]

Don't do anything I wouldn't do!!! (....well, that leaves the barn door wide open....)

Hope you have a WONDERFUL time!! [Cool]

Posted by twobratSS (Member # 2180) on :

I'm taking a group of students to London, Paris, and Rome this summer. I want a FULL report! Have a great time! [Big Grin]

Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :

Be sure to do a walk of Regent St just off picadilly - Harrods, Hemleys, etc. - fun stores. Just down from there is Trafalgar and then a 10 minute walk to Big Ben and Westminster. The London Eye (big ferris wheel) is neat and well organized so lines are short and it takes about 30 minutes for the trip.

Enjoy! [Smile]

Posted by blkragss02 (Member # 1801) on :

Enjoy! [Big Grin]

Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :

Looks like a lot of study time in the pubs........

Don't worry about having a BEER for me.........I dont want to miss the taste SO I'll have an extra for you...... [Big Grin]

[ 05. March 2004, 06:19 AM: Message edited by: 35TH ED/ed ]

Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :

Thanks ya'll!

And thanks for the ideas Rich. I'm staying in Kensington (Best Western Burns Hotel) And we have the tube pass so we'll be able to get around easy. I hope to see a lot and take lots of pics. I"ll keep ya posted and give ya a full report when I return! [Smile]

Posted by Z28-SORR (Member # 1565) on :

If your a "Homes" fan there's also the Baker Street walking tour.
Good luck with the weather.

Posted by FireChicken (Member # 2067) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Z28-SORR:
If your a "Homes" fan there's also the Baker Street walking tour.
Good luck with the weather.

Swing by Tower of London if you have time, also Buckingham palace is a great place to take pictures with royal guards.

London is nice, however, I really prefer Edinburgh.

Posted by sscamaro (Member # 1330) on :

Have fun Dan and enjoy yourself.

Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :

Yoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!! what a friggin' SWEET time here already!!! I cant even begin to descibe my experience here (besides being drunk every night!!) I've taken over 100 pics already in the past 3 days and many more to come!!! Oh...and the Cars over here are like out of a movie....Maserati, Lambo, Porsche, Ferrari...etc.

Well..I'll definitely be posting as many pics as I can online. Today we visited the London Stock Exchange, London Metal Exchange, and Seven Investment Mangament. Awesome tours so far and lectures..but I gotta tell ya..the pubs, alchol and friends and professor are the best part! The first night out prf got sooooo drunk! Awesome guy!! (definitely an A for th course).

Anyways, I'm gonna get going. Ya'll have a good week and I'll see when I can get online again!

Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :

Good to hear you can still sit up in a chair and type!! LOL!!! I posted our IM conversation from the other nite when you were leaving.....that was cool!!

Glad you're having a good time!! Keep in touch!! [Smile]

Posted by ss_rs_z (Member # 1888) on :

Glad to hear you are having a great time Dan. Hopefully someday I can visit England as some of my ancestry comes from there. Take care and enjoy. [Cool]

Posted by 01ss87iroc (Member # 1763) on :

Excellent! Glad to read you're having fun. Looking forward to the pics...

Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :

Must be nice......

........Go to London get the Prof drunk and get an "A" in the class [Razz]

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Have fun [Cool]

Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 35TH ED/ed:
Must be nice......

........Go to London get the Prof drunk and get an "A" in the class .

Have fun .

...sounds like YOUR school days, huh??? [Razz]

Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :

quote:
Originally posted by cytruffle:

quote:
Originally posted by 35TH ED/ed:
Must be nice......

........Go to London get the Prof drunk and get an "A" in the class .

Have fun .
...sounds like YOUR school days, huh???

Whats school....... [Confused]

Posted by Midlife CrisiSS (Member # 2141) on :

What a coincidence! I just returned yesterday after a 7-day stay myself! Stayed in Mayfair in the thick of things and played tourist. London is an awesome place, lot's of history, architecture, art, pubs, rain. I've never seen so many expensive cars in one place! Too much to see in one week but I'm glad to be home.

Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :

I hear ya about the expensive cars!!! I have a few pics of porsches, and a ferrari's and maserati's, etc. I cant belive the presence of Ford is so big there. Hardly any Chevy/Gm cars, although Vauxhall is GM owned adn big over there.

Oh, i'm pretty sad I'm home...I fell in Love with London.Gonna look for a job over there as once you get hired, then that company has to get you a work permit, and then you can start looking for a job. Seems like its a pain to try and work there. [Frown]

[ 14. March 2004, 09:42 PM: Message edited by: Cavy Dan ]

Posted by ss_rs_z (Member # 1888) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 35TH ED/ed:
Must be nice......

........Go to London get the Prof drunk and get an "A" in the class .

Have fun .

I think that was the plan............ [Razz]

. j/k Dan. Congrats on the A and Welcome Back Bud. [Big Grin]

Posted by Sweden SS (Member # 1747) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Cavy Dan:
Seems like its a pain to try and work there.

It's the exact same thing the other way around [Frown]

No matter how much I want to I just can't fly over to the US and start working/living there. The only way I know how is to win a green card in the annual lottery. I've been in the drawing since 1995 and still no luck [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Z28-SORR (Member # 1565) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sweden SS:

quote:
Originally posted by Cavy Dan:
Seems like its a pain to try and work there.
It's the exact same thing the other way around
No matter how much I want to I just can't fly over to the US and start working/living there. The only way I know how is to win a green card in the annual lottery. I've been in the drawing since 1995 and still no luck

Just come over on vacation and become an illegal. Hell, everyone south of here does it. There are a couple of places in town where you can get a green card in about 2hrs. [Big Grin]

Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Z28-SORR:
Just come over on vacation and become an illegal. Hell, everyone south of here does it.

LMAO!!!!! How true, how true!! [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Sweden SS (Member # 1747) on :

The illegal alien thing is not for me... don't think I can get a desent paying job that way [Smile]

I've done a bit of "illegal work" in the US though. Nothing major. I spent a summer in Mt.Hood, Oregon, almost ten years ago, working as a pipe digger for High Cascade Snowboarding Camp. I didn't get any money out of it, I worked for free. All I got was food, a bed, free beers and a good time. That summer rocked! [Big Grin]

Posted by Cavy Dan (Member # 1352) on :

In London, its even illegal to go over and hold job interviews and search for jobs with just a Tourist Visa. Sucks you have toget hired with the company first, adn then THEY have to get you a work permit. Most companies wont do that as they have to prove YOU(from another country) is better qualified for the position. I'm still gonna try my hardest! [Smile]

Posted by Z28-SORR (Member # 1565) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sweden SS:
The illegal alien thing is not for me... don't think I can get a desent paying job that way
I've done a bit of "illegal work" in the US though. Nothing major. I spent a summer in Mt.Hood, Oregon, almost ten years ago, working as a pipe digger for High Cascade Snowboarding Camp. I didn't get any money out of it, I worked for free. All I got was food, a bed, free beers and a good time. That summer rocked!

OK! Plan two. Become a Swedish radical, there's a concept, claim the government is repressing you and ask for political asylum.

Isn't it ironic that it was the Europeans migrating to North America that created this country, and now they're the only ones who can't get in.

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