OOOOH BOY!

So...I don't have any trouble selling my wife on going to Scotland...we've been to London twice and that's as far as we got...never ventured out into th rest of the UK. She wants to see Scotland as much as I do based on all of the TV she's watched.

So guess who came in the other day to pitch their Most Wonderful Country as a potential destination for the annual meeting that my wife's organization holds every year...go on...guess...

This is a conference of Architectural Historians and there's a decent sized contingent in the UK so it would be a great chance for as many of them as possible to attend since they wouldn't have the expense of having to fly over to North America. These meetings have been held mostly in the US but my wife has managed to get them to think internationally a few times...well, that means that she got them to go to Canada three times in the past ten years...but that is, believe me, something of an accomplishment in itself.

So the possibilities are Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. The nice part is that no decision can be made until the facilities are visited and their suitability is confirmed. Thus: the FAM trip. FAM for familiarization. We'll have to pay for the "nonworking" family members who go but, hey...any excuse!

So...looks like we is goin' ta Scotland...can't wait to see what the details are so I can figure out how to fit in a couple of side trips so's I can have a quick wee dram with some of the Xsmarksers in the UK. I wouldn't try to drive but I am a serious railroad fan and I guess that the rail system in the UK would probably make that quite do-able.

Ahhh...annual meetings!

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AA