England Journal: Day Six.  Today was the first day of the trip I didn’t need to be somewhere by a certain time, so that was a relief.  I used the opportunity to have a halfway decent night’s sleep (over three hours!).  Both Oz and Carrie left late night/early morning to catch their respective flights out.  Unfortunately, around the time I was planning to check out of the house, I received a text from Carrie that powerlines related to the train system had come down, and her train was stalled on the tracks. [Read more…]

England Journal: Day Three.  This was the first day that was all about Coldplay.  Oz and I met another Coldplay fan from the United States, Carrie, at Paddington Station.  This was where we began our journey to the two “Hidden Gig” shows benefiting Crisis. [Read more…]

This will be the first in a series of uncharacteristically informal and personal articles to close out 2010.  Apologies for the lack of new articles over the past week – I have been busy preparing for a trip to England, and am publishing this first article via layover at an airport, with flight departing to London.  I will be publishing (hopefully) frequent updates about my journey over the next week, in which I will be meeting up with some of my fellow prop collecting enthusiasts, visiting some prop-related attractions, and will be attending two charity concerts featuring performances by Coldplay, benefiting Crisis. [Read more…]