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Prince · 5 August 2007, 03:14 AM

Well, I haven't been posting for quite awhile now, due to my trip to the London/Cambridge area for a wedding between the 25th and the 30th of July, and then trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy at work to catch up. Anyway, great trip - wore the GMT-Master II on the trip - natch!

Here are a few photos taken during the trip:

The church where the wedding was held in Cambridge:

The bride's father (left) with me just outside the church:

King's College, Cambridge:

Entrance to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where the reception was held (the bride & groom are recent graduates):

More photos of the Corpus Christi courtyard:

The bride and groom with my wife:

London - The Temple Church (hard to find):

Walking up The Strand/Fleet Street to St. Paul's:

Cheers, my friends! Enjoy!!

Robb · 5 August 2007, 05:09 AM

Great pics. Looks like you had a great time!!

JJ Irani · 5 August 2007, 05:13 AM

Thanks for sharing those pics with us, Allan. Beautiful place, I must say....but you still look like a tosser....even in that suit!!

Prince · 5 August 2007, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Thanks for sharing those pics with us, Allan. Beautiful place, I must say....but you still look like a tosser....even in that suit!!

LOL - no more so than you, Mr. Ersatz Kojack!

And yes, Cambridge is indeed beautiful. Photos do not do it justice. I'll post a second round of them shortly. I'll still look like a tosser, though...

Rubenonfire · 5 August 2007, 05:45 AM

That looks awesome, Allan. I really need to hit Europe soon!

Prince · 5 August 2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Rubenonfire

That looks awesome, Allan. I really need to hit europe soon!

Do indeed, Ruben. You'll love it, I'm sure. I really like the historical aspects of the UK and Europe. Marvelous!

Goodwatch · 5 August 2007, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince

Do indeed, Ruben. You'll love it, I'm sure. I really like the historical aspects of the UK and Europe. Marvelous!

Of course you do, we founded the USA and forget those bloody redcoats, what did they do for you?

Welcome back my friend

Prince · 5 August 2007, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Goodwatch

Of course you do, we founded the USA and forget those bloody redcoats, what did they do for you?

Welcome back my friend

They send me chocolate (Ritter Sport Dark)!

I seem to recall a package from you that never quite made it to me...

Thanks for the welcome back, Frans.

Goodwatch · 5 August 2007, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince

They send me chocolate (Ritter Sport Dark)!

I seem to recall a package from you that never quite made it to me...

Thanks for the welcome back, Frans.

Ritter Sport is German

JJ Irani · 5 August 2007, 06:11 AM

Something tells me this thread has been beautifully hijacked!!

Prince · 5 August 2007, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Goodwatch

Ritter Sport is German

I know. The English don't make a REALLY good chocolate, especially dark. Cadbury is about it, and I really can't get behind that. Nothing like a good bar of Ritter Sport Dark. I usually can't find it in the US at all.

Prince · 5 August 2007, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Something tells me this thread has been beautifully hijacked!!

Yes, and with my express blessing, I might add!!!

Goodwatch · 5 August 2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Something tells me this thread has been beautifully hijacked!!

Who asked for your opinion?

JJ, who loves ya baby?

JJ Irani · 5 August 2007, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Goodwatch

JJ, who loves ya baby?

Do you? Uh? Uh? Uh?

Goodwatch · 5 August 2007, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Do you? Uh? Uh? Uh?

TRF would be lost without you!

Prince · 5 August 2007, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Do you? Uh? Uh? Uh?

Yeah, he does. He knows he can get a good Lamb Curry if he stays friendly with ya!

JJ Irani · 5 August 2007, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Goodwatch

TRF would be lost without you!

I think it should be the other way around, Frans. I'd seriously be lost without TRF!!

mailman · 5 August 2007, 07:37 PM

Great pics Allan.

Glad you had a good time and made it home safe

mailman · 5 August 2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

I think it should be the other way around, Frans. I'd seriously be lost without TRF!!

Are the sheep coming back around yet JJ? You know fron those few days we were shut down in December? Or did you scare the bejeezes out of them

Teofilo · 5 August 2007, 08:56 PM

Allan good pics of Cambridge. You were only 12 miles from Teofilo territory........
Did you go punting while you were in Cambridge ?

Prince · 5 August 2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mailman

Great pics Allan.

Glad you had a good time and made it home safe

Thanks, Paulie. Very enjoyable, indeed. It's always good to come home, though!

Prince · 5 August 2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Teofilo

Allan good pics of Cambridge. You were only 12 miles from Teofilo territory........
Did you go punting while you were in Cambridge ?

Thanks, Peter. We had planned to go punting with the bride's family, but time did not permit. I have promised myself to return to do just that, and to visit the other colleges of Cambridge as well, and not just Corpus Christi. Perhaps we can have a mini-GTG when I return!

Beautiful place, Cambridge!

Teofilo · 6 August 2007, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince

Thanks, Peter. We had planned to go punting with the bride's family, but time did not permit. I have promised myself to return to do just that, and to visit the other colleges of Cambridge as well, and not just Corpus Christi. Perhaps we can have a mini-GTG when I return!

Beautiful place, Cambridge!

Sounds like a great idea.....let me know when you are coming.

Prince · 6 August 2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Teofilo

Sounds like a great idea.....let me know when you are coming.

Will do!

Rockrolex · 6 August 2007, 07:53 AM

Looks like you had a great trip, Allan. Cambridge is a beautiful town and the University is just what you would expect from a British school of higher ed.

How did you get invited to the wedding?

Have any good fish & chips while you were there?

Prince · 6 August 2007, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Looks like you had a great trip, Allan. Cambridge is a beautiful town and the University is just what you would expect from a British school of higher ed.

How did you get invited to the wedding?

Have any good fish & chips while you were there?

We have been friends of the bride and her family since 1992. We met them in the Lake District while attending a Beatrix Potter Society convention. She spent a few weeks with us here in Florida, along with a school friend of hers (a bridesmaid in the wedding) on her way back from New Zealand at the completion of their "Gap Year", and just before she entered Cambridge and her friend entered Oxford.

Yes Ed, VERY good Fish & Chips in London (I had Chicken Tikka Marsala at a restaurant - The Copper Kettle - right across from King's College while in Cambridge - photo below. You can actually see King's College reflected in the restaurant window.) at a couple of locations. We wanted to go to reportedly the BEST location for Fish & Chips in London, Fryers Delight in Theobald's Road close to where we had rooms, but it was closed over the weekend.

JJ Irani · 6 August 2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockrolex

How did you get invited to the wedding?

Invited? He was a gate-crasher!!

Prince · 6 August 2007, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Invited? He was a gate-crasher!!

All the way to the UK just to crash a wedding. And not even any alcohol served!!!

Lol-x · 6 August 2007, 10:10 PM

First class report and photo's Allan

Fish & Chips are a dish fit for a King (or a Prince

)

Prince · 6 August 2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Lol-x

First class report and photo's Allan

Fish & Chips are a dish fit for a King (or a Prince

)

Thanks, Steve. The best Fish & Chips I've ever had were served at the Magpie (my friends from Richmond called it "The Thieving Magpie" because they thought the prices were too high) restaurant in Whitby, on the North Sea. The fishing docks were right across the street from the restaurant. EXCELLENT!!!

5 August 2007, 03:14 AM	#1
Prince "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Real Name: Allan Location: St. Augustine, FL Watch: Daytona/Sub/GMT/DJ Posts: 20,323	Trip to Cambridge/London Well, I haven't been posting for quite awhile now, due to my trip to the London/Cambridge area for a wedding between the 25th and the 30th of July, and then trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy at work to catch up. Anyway, great trip - wore the GMT-Master II on the trip - natch! Here are a few photos taken during the trip: The church where the wedding was held in Cambridge: The bride's father (left) with me just outside the church: King's College, Cambridge: Entrance to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where the reception was held (the bride & groom are recent graduates): More photos of the Corpus Christi courtyard: The bride and groom with my wife: London - The Temple Church (hard to find): Walking up The Strand/Fleet Street to St. Paul's: Cheers, my friends! Enjoy!! __________________ Member: Rolex Keeper's Society "You see, you can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself." - Rick Nelson Last edited by Prince; 5 August 2007 at 06:45 AM..

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5 August 2007, 05:13 AM	#3
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,320	Thanks for sharing those pics with us, Allan. Beautiful place, I must say....but you still look like a tosser....even in that suit!! __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

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Rubenonfire "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Real Name: Ruben Location: Orange County Watch: 16610LV Posts: 1,317	That looks awesome, Allan. I really need to hit Europe soon! __________________ Throw your Rollies in the sky, wave 'em side to side, now keep your hands high.

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JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,320	Something tells me this thread has been beautifully hijacked!! __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

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mailman TRF Moderator & DATE-JUST41 2024 Patron Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: . Watch: 126610LN Posts: 35,389	Great pics Allan. Glad you had a good time and made it home safe __________________ JJ

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Teofilo Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Real Name: Peter Location: East Anglia Watch: 14060M,16710 PEPSI Posts: 923	Allan good pics of Cambridge. You were only 12 miles from Teofilo territory........ Did you go punting while you were in Cambridge ?

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Rockrolex TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: God Location: Washington, D.C. Watch: What do you think? Posts: 37,596	Looks like you had a great trip, Allan. Cambridge is a beautiful town and the University is just what you would expect from a British school of higher ed. How did you get invited to the wedding? Have any good fish & chips while you were there? __________________ Despite the high cost of living, it's still very popular. *Tosser Cabinet Member* Official Member: 'Perpetual 30' Vegas International GTG 2016 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2017 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2018 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2019

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Lol-x Facilitator Join Date: Nov 2005 Real Name: Steve Location: Omnipresent Posts: 33,271	First class report and photo's Allan Fish & Chips are a dish fit for a King (or a Prince )

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