Pics From My Last Trip to the UK

These posts are a little out of order. I am in the UK right now - coming home tomorrow. The pics below are from a trip over the summer to attend the Farnborough Air Show. Our office is in Nottingham so I went there for a few days before heading south to the show. Proir to that is my post from this trip. This time around was all business so mostly all I saw were lots of fields and farms while traveling down the highway.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
The Oldest Pub In England
Founded in 1189AD - Built Right into the Nottingham Castle Wall















Nottingham Castle















Yes, it's an old red phone booth...




















The A380 at Farnborough - Pretty Amazing

Magpie

London Calling...

Alright, no pictures this time. I didn't bring my camera. I do have to say though that England is quite beautiful. Lots of rolling green fields dotted with sheep. I was struck by the absence of strip malls and subdivisions. Maybe that difference highlights America's youth.. England, quiet, peaceful, subdued.. America, loud, well lit, lots of places to buy the latest thing.. Ah, who knows. Maybe I am reading too much into the lack of sprawl. Regardless, it just seems nicer.

I did see a magpie this trip - a black bird with white wings - that was pretty cool.

What am I doing here? Visiting accounts, doing marketing research. I was able to go to Airbus and Rolls Royce this week. It was great learning about the new developments each are working on. I think there are great opportunities for my company if only we can move fast enough to take advantage of them.

I got here last Sunday and fly out tomorrow. I am at the Holiday at Heathrow Airport. A HUGE airport. They have an old Concorde parked here too. It was surprising to see one. I didn't think I'd seen one live before, but I did - at Boeing's Museum of Flight in Seattle. The Museum of Flight has a couple of two seat full motion simulators. You can loop, roll, do pretty much any stunt you can imagine. They were a ton of fun.

Anyways, I haven't written in a while, but maybe I should get back to it. I have moved back to Philadelphia.. Actually have been in the area since May. I bought a house in Abington. It's 2200 square feet with a full mother-in-law suite for mom. I have been busy over the last month or so painting and refurbishing it. It has come up real nice. I think it will be great once I get it done and get everything put away. The job is going well too. I feel like I can stretch my legs more and have come into my own with the position. It's good being in a positive environment.

And have I said I have the best girlfriend in the universe? I think she's awesome. We fit with each other really well too. Offsetting in personality would be a good way to think of it. And she's beautiful and loving and caring and attentive and I adore her.

That's the news for now. Back to the US tomorrow.