I’m really conscious about how many times I’ve used the word ‘amazing’ on this trip so far, but today has been, well, amazing. The position of the Sheriff of Nottingham has real significance in Plymouth. We have been treated like royalty, right down to the fact that our own Sheriff Leon, was curtseyed by some [...]
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Okay, a packed morning with lots of new discoveries about Seattle, what makes it famous and what we can learn from it. After one of the worst breakfasts I have ever had in a hotel anywhere in the world, we set off to travel the Space Needle. Seattle’s landmark since it opened in 1962 for [...]
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I thought today was going to be a write off. The flight up to Seattle should have been a short one at only 1 hour 25, but when it gets delayed an hour and you’re on a tight schedule anyway, its going to be hard to catch it up. But as Seattle was one of our really strong learning cities, as soon as we arrived at the hotel we got straight out again. From the time we checked in, to the time we left, took seven minutes. This was because we are staying next door to the Frank Gehry designed Experience Music Project and we had to see it in close up.
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A cold wet English summer’s day. It’s raining and we’re off to Seattle after breakfast.
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Today was a day of Iconography and infamy. Our first call saw me change my name to Cristol. A surprise to me, but my accent is clearly so hard to understand that when I gave my name to the lady behind the counter, she translated John to Cristol.
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So lets see whether we can get anywhere near a schedule today shall we? It’s an early start as we have lots to try and fit in, so we’re heading off at 8am, so this has to be brief. First off is a trip over to meet the team at the Golden Gate. A world [...]
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Today, being a travelling day, was always going to be slightly frustrating and a reliance on the Internet, for opening times and full information made it even more so. But we still managed to visit the Museum of tolerance, the San Francisco cable cars and plenty more.
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Today is our last morning in Los Angeles ad we’ve still got plenty to see before we head off to San Francisco, but as I found yesterday, the planned programme is very much subject to change. Our first visit today is to the Museum of Tolerance.
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When we came to Los Angeles, I was staggered by the size of the place, I doubted we had a chance to get a handle on the city in such a short space of time, but today has proved that wrong. Completely wrong. When they say the whole world is a stage, what they fail to tell you is that most of the actors are here. It’s a city of big characters, grand gestures, enormous wealth and incredible showmanship.
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