Last day in London :(

I got out of Dublin without incident (although I do not recommend driving around that city without a co-pilot if you're not familiar with it!). The ferry ride was a little choppy, but good. I got stuck talking to people on the first leg of my 3 leg train ride back to London, but I ducked the guys before leg #2 so I could read, doze, and engage in train-by photography. Nice guys, but I suspected we had already reached the conversational peak and it would only go downhill as they restocked their beer supply from the trolley. So I went off to enjoy some more alone time. Went in to London with Mo today to get lunch, finish up some souvenir shopping and say goodbye to the fair city. I have had such a great time and there's still so much I want to see - the thought of leaving tomorrow is not a happy one. I'm looking forward to seeing the DC folks and my family (in 2 weeks), but otherwise I am very, very sad that this trip is ending. Despite growing up somewhat lacking in magnificent wealth, I think I could be very good at living a life of leisure - I have an innate talent for it! I have more pics from yesterday and today, but I probably won't get them up on the website till I get back to DC. Hopefully the good folks at the BOP have taken care of all "Mary issues" while I've been away so I can devote most of this week to catching up with folks and working on my digital photo collection. :) So there will be a couple more updates and then the end of the Carney vacation blogspot. Tragic. I'm going to miss sending random thoughts off into cyberspace - not knowing whether they will be seen or just drift along the information superhighway (i.e., series of tubes) for eternity. Hmmmm, maybe I'll turn my little blogspot into a newsletter of work, friend and family gossip...