londonlover's VirtualTourist Home Page

Confession of a VT addict:
2007 marks my sixth year as a VT member! I've been on-line nearly every day since I joined, except those times I've actually been on trips. Is that sad or impressive? I'm not quite sure myself. ;)

I was lucky enough to take three great trips this year -- the first was a trip to Yankees Spring Training in Tampa, the next to my second "home" of New York City, the third an amazing return trip to England.

I have such fond memories of my travels, and especially my second visit to the UK, in Spring 2004... My most complete UK pages are London, Paris, Bath, Broadway, Edinburgh, and York. I took nearly 600 pictures on the trip! However, even I haven't had the drive to upload them all to VT, so I just chose the best of them for you. :)

I am happy to help you out if you're planning a trip to my hometown of Chicago or many other places around the USA or UK--just ask!

However...please note that I'm not inclined to reply to questions or comments from people who post no information about themselves or their travels on their own VT homepages (or those who never even acknowledge a detailed response to a question they've asked through email or in a forum). VT is a travel community, and as most of us know and appreciate, we all have the responsibility (and privilege!) to help each other out with travel plans. This works both ways--so if you want to know something about a place you're going to see, please share a little of your own knowledge in return. Makes sense, right?

NEWEST PAGES:


York, Broadway, AND Bath, England


MOST RECENTLY UPDATED PAGES:


*New York City (June 2006) -- New restaurant, must-see, general, and lodging tips, plus travelogues.

*Washington, D.C. (April 2005) --
Added much new information and many photos from my April trip to the nation's capital.



MOST THOROUGH PAGES: Chicago, New York, and London

MOST RECENT TRIPS:
Florida -- March 2007
Orange County, California -- December 2006
Varenna/Venice/Rome/Positano/Milan, Italy -- September 2006 (details to come!)
New York City -- May 2006
Banff, Alberta -- July 2005
Orange County -- December 2005

FUTURE TRAVEL SCHEDULE
New York City/New Jersey--May 2007

I also want to drop a gentle reminder that VT is not a political forum, not is it a place to parade your opinion about controversial world events, policies, or politicians. There's a place for that type of discussion, and I'm all for free speech, being keenly interested in political activity myself. However, if you have something overtly political to say, (i.e., speaking out against a controversial current issue, not just commenting on political history), then I suggest that you make a non-VT homepage of your own, using a free service like tripod.com, and fire away. Provide a link to that site on VT if you want (you'll see I've done so myself), but please keep inflammatory remarks off what should be a pleasant, non-confrontational VT experience. Many times I will browse VT homepages, become irritated at a member's overt promotion of a political stance with which I disagree, and then find it difficult to even appreciate their travel pages after that. We don't need that kind of distraction on a community dedicated to travel, nor do we need offensive comments made on each others' pages. So please just stick to describing the beauty of exploring other cultures, geography, history, and nature, and sharing what you've learned with all of us eager armchair travelers!

Everyone wants to know the person behind the tips, right? I think the focus on VT should be the tips themselves rather than the authors, but here's the short version of me: I'm 27, native to Chicagoland, and a physical therapist. Besides travel, my main interests are Bible study, music (playing violin and piano), classic literature and cooking!

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My Favorites:
Food -- Italian, Greek, Indian, Mexican, and dessert (yes, it is a food group in my book)
Music -- Classical, Celtic, Paul McCartney, the Beatles, classic rock, U2, Mana, Sting, Eros Ramazotti
Authors -- Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, JK Rowling, JR Tolkein
Sports Teams -- New York Yankees (GO YANKS!!), Detroit Pistons (lifelong fan), Scotland Rugby
Websites:
The Hunger Site
Pictures of England
Rick Steves