Saturday August 14th, 2004 by Brian
The French Eurostar tops out at 186mph (300km/h)Jennifer and I got up at 3:30am to get to the train station in time to catch our 5:30 Eurostar departure for Paris. It was still dark outside and we weren’t doing much other than keeping our eyes open. My ticket had some kind of problem with it so after standing in the queue to get to the front, Jennifer went through and I had to turn around and find a guard to talk to. I managed to get past without much hassle and rejoined the queue for security.
It boggles the mind that anyone would, in a post-9/11 environment, pick a fight with security at a public transportation facility. …
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Friday August 13th, 2004 by Brian
Not that it’s very England or London specific, but our hotel was just down the street from a collectible store called the Forbidden Planet. If it’s geeky and sci-fi, it’s in this store. You can buy anything from posters to action figures (or dolls, as they really are) to a “real” light sabre. Real in that it’s heavy, made of metal and costs 300 quid; “real” in that it’s almost $600 USD and can’t cut off anyone’s hand. Somehow London has rented not one but two floors for storing all of this unbelievable, MUST-HAVE-NOW collectibles.
Last night was our last in London. We left for Paris via Eurostar today. Jennifer and I walked down into …
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