I'm sure there will be many stops along the way.

When Jennifer Zvi and I were on cruise over New Year's Eve 2008, we met Roger and Helen Sims. They live in the UK and, after spending some time with them, they invited us to their home in the UK. When I decided to take this trip, I sent Roger an email letting him know about my arrival in his country. He asked for my phone number and then called me with an idea.

Roger suggested that he pick me up at the airport, spend a couple of days with me out and about their home, put me on a train for London for a couple of days, and then head back to his house. After visiting Stonehenge, Roger said we'd take his RV, cross the channel into Belgium and drive down the north coast of France visting WWI and WWII battlegrounds and museums for 4 or 5 days. Then, he'd head back home after putting me on a train for Paris. Well, I was overwhelmed and thrilled. I'm looking forward to that adventure.

I intend visiting as many interesting astronomical venues as possible. I'll visit the Greenwich Observation in London. I'm looking forward to standing on the "zero meridian" where I can have one foot in the Eastern Hemisphere and one foot in the Western Hemisphere. During my stay in the UK, I'll visit Stone Henge as well.

If any of you have any suggestions along these lines, please send an email to densteele@dobstuff.com.

During my trip, I'll be keep a BLOG and will post to it on a daily or every-other day basis. If you'd like to follow my progress, click here.

Thanks, Dennis (March 2, 2008)