these people talk funny

i can't believe i'm going to be here for another six weeks. i'm currently in a surprisingly nice hotel in Darlington, England - the first place to rest on this "Taste of Britain" tour. i've barely had time to breathe so far. we've seen so much already, i can hardly recall what we've done. um... parliament and the clock tower, cruise on river Thames, that place the Queen lives, stratford-upon-avon, the tower of london, and york. i think that's it. generally speaking. i can't get used to the way people say "schedule." Shed-yool. Weird.