Wednesday, September 24, 2008

We're alive

Hey everyone. So here's the thing. The beautiful village Bidford on Avon, where we're staying in a 350 year old cottage, has absolutely no internet in the entire town. In fact, I tried to pay with a 50 the other day and nearly got run out of town. Today we're visiting Stratford On Avon, the same town where one William Shakespeare began and ended his life. It's remarkable all of it and Angie and I have already written 5 pages on our experiences and taken 175 pictures and a dozen videos. The problem is, we've done it all on our fancy Microsoft 2007 Office version and the library here in Stratford only has 2003 Windows so we can't access and/or post our stuff.

We'll be going into London in the next few days and we promise to post it all then. Please be warned, it'll likely be 4 days worth so. . . make yourself a coffee. Really strong. Hopefully it'll be worth the wait.

On a personal note. Mom, Dad, sister, brother, cousins, friends, everyone is happy, healthy and slowly kicking our jet lag. Hope to post our journals and pictures soon.

John and Ang

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

awesome!
i'll be reading your blog obsessively when you start posting, so hurry up!!!

JSC said...

John,

One of the options in saving a Word 2007 file is to save it as a Word 2003 file. Use SAVE AS and alter the Save Type at the bottom of your document.

It sounds like you are having the experience you wanted - and most of the rest of us "gutless wonders" will only sit and envy!

love,
Dad

Anonymous said...

Hey guys, glad you made it, glad you posted, can't wait to hear more, listen to your dad - he is a very smart guy! 97 days to go on our ripoff calendar.

Anonymous said...

No internet !!! What kind of third world country did you drag your family to anyways ?? Talk about roughing it. Make sure you boil your water. ... no internet ... sheeesh

Anonymous said...

JOHN!!!!! You promised not to take my daughter so far away.
you better have her home before the street lights come on!

Sue said...

You've got mail. :)

And we miss you. Can't wait to read all your adventures. :)

Kristi said...

We are so glad you made it safely and are having so much fun. We love you all so much.

Love Kristi,Cyrus,Connor and Kayla

Anonymous said...

We are now living vicariously through you. I'm glad you arrived safe and sound. Can't wait to see those photos!