Today is Tuesday and on Saturday at 7:15am we leave for the airport. We are spending June and most of July in Scotland and a few other places. But our home base will be Edinburgh.
Loads of people have asked me all sorts of questions so here are some answers!
1. Wow, how can you go somewhere for so long?
Easy, my husband Eric Weeks is the chair of the Emory University Physics department and he will be working this summer. He will be doing research with some other scientists at the University of Edinburgh. So it is a work trip, but in a professor-y your summers are flexible sort of way.
2. How can you get so much time off work?
Again an easy one, I work for myself. And I only work when I want to work. Eric's job is so demanding that it works better for our family that I have something where I can take big chunks of time off. So this is one of those chunks.
3. Where are you staying?
In an apartment we found on Air bnb, so we will have to let you know how that experience goes. But it is in the same neighborhood as the apartment we had the last time we did this. Which leads too....
4. Have you done this before?
Yes! In 2005 we were in Edinburgh for 9 weeks. And in 2012 we were in NYC for 7 months. So leaving for big chunks of time is not so weird for us. Again the whole professor / life sort of thing.
In 2006 we went back to Edinburgh for Thanksgiving. I have not been to the UK in about nine years.
5. Are you all packed?
No! It is Tuesday (people started asking this a couple of weeks ago) I need to do laundry on Friday and will finish packing then.
6. Are you nervous?
Yes and No. I have done this before but never with the kiddo. She is nervous, excited, worried and confused. But she is just going to have to trust us! I keep telling her I (and most people) do not remember what I did the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade, but I am pretty sure she will remember what she did.
7. Will you have a car?
No! They drive on the other side of the road people. No!
8. You're going to be gone how long?
EIGHT WEEKS, yes 8 weeks.
9. Where else are you going, since you'll be over there.
Well Edinburgh is REALLY far north. So it is not quite as easy to hop around Europe as it would be from say London or Paris. But this is kiddo's first time so we are for sure going to London and Paris (thanks Grandma & Grandpa!).
Maybe Ireland, maybe a few other spots in England. We are going to wing it and see what we feel like. But we are going to throughly explore Edinburgh and all the places we can around it. Since kiddo and I will have our days free we will report on anything interesting we find.
10. Will you post pictures!
Yep sure will. And I will let you know anything interesting that happens, right here so stay tuned!
As Day 1 gets closer I will let you know if anything changes, but this is what I have so far.
Thanks!
Chrissy
Loads of people have asked me all sorts of questions so here are some answers!
1. Wow, how can you go somewhere for so long?
Easy, my husband Eric Weeks is the chair of the Emory University Physics department and he will be working this summer. He will be doing research with some other scientists at the University of Edinburgh. So it is a work trip, but in a professor-y your summers are flexible sort of way.
2. How can you get so much time off work?
Again an easy one, I work for myself. And I only work when I want to work. Eric's job is so demanding that it works better for our family that I have something where I can take big chunks of time off. So this is one of those chunks.
3. Where are you staying?
In an apartment we found on Air bnb, so we will have to let you know how that experience goes. But it is in the same neighborhood as the apartment we had the last time we did this. Which leads too....
4. Have you done this before?
Yes! In 2005 we were in Edinburgh for 9 weeks. And in 2012 we were in NYC for 7 months. So leaving for big chunks of time is not so weird for us. Again the whole professor / life sort of thing.
In 2006 we went back to Edinburgh for Thanksgiving. I have not been to the UK in about nine years.
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| Thanksgiving 2006 |
No! It is Tuesday (people started asking this a couple of weeks ago) I need to do laundry on Friday and will finish packing then.
6. Are you nervous?
Yes and No. I have done this before but never with the kiddo. She is nervous, excited, worried and confused. But she is just going to have to trust us! I keep telling her I (and most people) do not remember what I did the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade, but I am pretty sure she will remember what she did.
7. Will you have a car?
No! They drive on the other side of the road people. No!
8. You're going to be gone how long?
EIGHT WEEKS, yes 8 weeks.
9. Where else are you going, since you'll be over there.
Well Edinburgh is REALLY far north. So it is not quite as easy to hop around Europe as it would be from say London or Paris. But this is kiddo's first time so we are for sure going to London and Paris (thanks Grandma & Grandpa!).
Maybe Ireland, maybe a few other spots in England. We are going to wing it and see what we feel like. But we are going to throughly explore Edinburgh and all the places we can around it. Since kiddo and I will have our days free we will report on anything interesting we find.
10. Will you post pictures!
Yep sure will. And I will let you know anything interesting that happens, right here so stay tuned!
As Day 1 gets closer I will let you know if anything changes, but this is what I have so far.
Thanks!
Chrissy
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