Lisa’s Room

My own thoughts and ramblings
(My "Room of One's Own" as it were. Thank you Virginia Woolf)


Archive for October, 2005

The trip

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

It has been 2 1/3 weeks since we got back from our big trip - though it feels like years. This past September, we went to England and Italy for a month. Marc went on to India and my mom joined me for a road trip around England - staying at youth hostels along the […]

Toronto

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

We got lucky in that going over we took our transatlantic from Toronto. We first stopped off at Toronto where we stayed at a suite at the four seasons while Marc talked at a board meeting. Very nice. There was a fair amount of nostalgia for me as I lived in Toronto from 14 - […]

England

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Bracknell
We started off our trip staying with work friends of Marc’s in a sort of suburban area between London and Reading - Bracknell. Apparently it had been a village many years ago but had been turned into a silicon valley area/industrial park - with some nice housing. Our friends stayed in an English style development […]

Italy

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

- Trieste
Our next stop was Trieste - a city we love. Our first few nights were stayed in town on the plaza - a very luxurious location. Then we ventured into the country side into a place with a small vineyard and restaurant - better suited for adults without kids. I have already posted about […]

England then home

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

London
Then it was back to London for 2 days before we set off home. We spent a day at the Camden locks and did the Millenium eye. Marc had to be on a panel and I wondered a bit on the Thames - not enough as I didn’t clue in to the marvelous path in […]

I am ….

Monday, October 17th, 2005

I am sitting here at a starbucks paying for internet which I have at my house. I have left my mommy sub - Petra with the girls - eating lasagna and edamame. I have left Marc with 4 things to eat - 2 involving mushrooms - he has stopped bleeding after a 2 day nightmare […]