hehehehe Starfish, that might do it. I think the whole thing took him by surprise. We had been talking about going to the U.K. next year but that's ok, the fates decided differently

Jobob, um, anything? Honestly, I know nothing. I knew someone whose sister married someone from there and when he'd (my friend) go back to visit her he just raved about it. Is there a time of year I should avoid? I don't mind, in fact I prefer, off-season.

Mak, thanks! It's a strange gift, isn't it. They had a drawing. Of the boxes of presents on the table, I had to pick one. In that one, it had the tickets. There were also tickets to London and some other places. Then again, there were also $25 movie theater tickets so I guess I got lucky in that regard.

I guess I should update my passport, it still has my old name on it. It needed to be done anyway.