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Visiting 221 b Baker Street was lots of fun, but probably only to a fan of Sherlock Holmes. The entire house is set up like when he “lived” there although with great displays featuring things like the book with the gun in it and the cut off ears in a box of salts. There is also a wonderful shop with paraphanelia (sp?). Next door there is also a Beatles store for those so inclined, that has tons of records and other things.

I absolutely love this town. We drove here in June (i think we left from Salisbury, but i cant quite remember). The traffic was not bad at all, although finding our little bed and breakfast in the dark was tough. But we got to see “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as well as “The Tempest” (where Prince Charles and Camilla were among the audience). both plays were excellent, i especially loved the modernization and lack of set. Beautifully done. The whole town was charming, we went on a boat tour and ate at a local pub and took the tour where you see Anne Hathaways house, as well as Shakespeares and others. Fantastic, i would love to return.

Amazing museum, everyone has has probably said it but i could spend practically a week here and still find new things to look at. And great exhibits as well.

Very touristey, there are other stone cirlces (and wood circles i think) that just arent as commercialized if you’re really into this. Although it was amazing to see even though the barriers were a bit annoying. The audio was pretty good and it was great to just walk around and marvel at.

If you go, try to swim with dolphins it really is a great and memorable experience i absolutley loved it.

The museum is actually really interesting. (and i was on museum burnout at this point in the trip and my mom practically had to pull me away from the exhibits). The building is really cool in and of itself, waiting outside to get is a bit of a pain (especially as even in june the weather was FREEZING. at least to me…) but once inside it was great. The restaurant had pretty good food, the view was great. (a pure dublin view… with about 20 of those cranes in view. but amazing nonetheless) the skybar (or w/e) had an even better view with just about every wall as a window and the room in a circle. and of course the guinness was amazing.

The picture was taken on Newport Beach today. (note that its JANUARY.)

I love Orange County, the beaches are beautiful even if the water is untouchable. Newport Beach has the charm of a small undiscovered beach filled with people who live there. And at night the houses are alive with different parties on most streets. Some of the other towns located in orange county aren’t as great (irvine is the weirdest of all. so safe and clean its almost stepford-like). I go to college in orange county and really enjoy it, its close to LA and my only gripe is the traffic at night.