I've arrived in London

[Chet]

Got into Heathrow around 6:30 p.m. and took the Tube and train to where my friend, Mel, lives in Denmark Hill.

Tried to use my own mobile to send a message to Manchester, but it didn't work, so Mel lent me one of her prepaid Virgin cards and I sent off an "arrived safely" message to Anne. Heard back from her this morning.

Mel lives on the top floor of a block of flats with her partner and a 12-year Cairn terrier called Mortimer. We went into the garden this morning where Mel gave Morty a much needed fur cut, and I took some pictures.

We're going out in a bit for her to show me the bus route into London.

*pause*

I'm really in London and will be seeing Janis and the UK Rudies a week from today!

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Chet thats wonderful.... Have a great time and by all means keep us posted... We are sooooo happy your there and safe... Enjoy!

Best to you

R. from Pa

[Rkitko]

Jealous, but excited for you! Enjoy your time there :) ...Mind the gap?

[Dee]

Glad you made it Chet. Enjoy your visit.

[gisli]

You made it, yipeee. Was it a long flight? Are you tired? Excited? How is the weather? Are you not the happy one.

Keep us posted..........

Glad you arrived safely.

[david uk]

welcome to the UK Chet- see you on Friday!:)

[Des]

welcome to the UK Chet- see you on Friday!:)

Ditto that-welcome to the UK Chet & I look fwd to meeting you a week on Monday.:)

*Funnily enough, I was driving through Denmark Hill yesterday.;)

[Denise]

How exciting Chet! Hope it all doesn't fly by too fast.... enjoy every moment!

[corita]

Have a nice time Chet!

[Cardiffgal]

For letting us know you have arrived in the UK. Continued safe travels and good wishes for this trip.

[Lin]

Glad you made it safely Chet. We will be waiting for pictures and stories!

Enjoy!!

Lin

[sister rose]

That's great, Chet! I know you will have a wonderful time! Thanks for letting us know that you made it safely and be sure to keep in touch as often as possible! Can't wait to see pics of everything!!!

[Fursky]

So glad you got there safely.......have a great time!!! Janis will be so happy to see you in the flesh!

[janisian]

Congratulations, Chet! Look forward to seeing you all next weekend.
We, too, are safely landed at last. Got up at 3.45 am Saturday to make an early flight Nashville-Chicago, then on to O'Hare. Instead, Nashville was 50 minutes late leaving. Changed Chicago-O'Hare. Flight was cancelled after we sat on the tarmac for an hour or so. Finally ended up with a flight Chicago-JFK, then on to O'Hare. Instead of arriving the evening of the 8th, we found ourselves finally checking in early afternoon of the 9th.
Oh well. The best laid plans... me for an early dinner and bedtime tonight!

[Dee]

Glad you made it safely across The Pond too, Janis.

The very thought of getting on one of those airborne things scares the crap out of me. :eek:

Yes folks, your little Deemeister is a flying wimp. There. You know all my secrets now.

[david uk]

Janis too has arrived:eek: wow so all this was not just a dream:p

yay!

[Marcia Drummergal]

Chet and Janis. Have a wonderful time in the UK! We want to hear stories! Lots of stories!!

Marcia :)

[gisli]

Chet and Janis have arrived to Europe.........

....and so the European Tour begins.:D

Welcome to King Arthurs country Lady Janis and Lovely Chet.

[Rowy]

Greetings to both Janis and Chet. We are pleased you have arrived safely in England. You seem to have brought bad weather with you :(

Lets hope that next Easter weekend will be warm and sunny.

Looking forward so much to meeting you and all the other Rudies coming to the LRC and Brighton concert.

:D :D :D

[DaveM]

Gosh....you've crossed more timezones than Janis, if I have my geography right.

Surely you must be....Chet-lagged?

[PeteCC]

DaveM,

That was terrible! (But funny)

Welcome to the UK, Janis and Chet, and I'll see you in the Brighton environs next weekend.

Regards,

PeteCC

[marjan]

I guess Anne and me are the only two foreigners left to arrive to the UK. But don't worrie we'll arrive in time to be part of the UK LRC :D

[Eva]

Welcome to Europe, ladies. Travel safe and have a fun and succesfull time.

Eva

[Manchester]

We're also looking forward to greeting our other international guests at the weekend, Anna on Thursday and Marjan on Saturday.
On another note, despite the fact that it SNOWED last night in parts of Sussex*, sunshine is set to arrive in Brighton on Friday, just in time for our weekend.
Yay!
:cool:

* Thank you David! Where am I? :D

[david uk]

Anne- did you mean Sussex not Suffolk?;)

[RedjackRyan]

Have a good time, sis!

[Irish Beth]

Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy!!!!

[Rowy]

We had 6 inches of snow here in Sussex this morning but it had all disappeared by lunchtime - thankfully. We are forecast rain tomorrow but there is an improvement coming at the end of the week.

We are generally very lucky with the weather at Easter so it's finger's crossed for Sunday. I hope it's not too cold as the smoker's have to use a marquee - which means they get to spend more time with Janis.

Now then UK Rudies - that's not an excuse to take up smoking!!

[SongDragon]

Great to hear of your arrivals, Chet and Janis. That means Janis is farther away from me, and Chet is closer to me, than normal. Ah, distance, such an interesting feature. Almost as interesting as time.

The best laid plans of wice and women. Okay, just had to say that after Janis started it. The alliteration at the cost of meaning... Can't have everything.

:p

~Song

[dragonlady]

So relieved to hear that our travelers are across the pond safely. Enjoy and take good care of yourselves.

Chet, I'm looking forward to see your pictures in the FINB Tour album soon. :)

Have fun!

-di

[PKO]

I am SO excited and I'm not even there! Chet, be careful and ENJOY!!
Janis, your schedule is grueling...I don't know how you keep up such a pace. But I'm so thankful you do.

Everyone over there keep us posted over here...a day by day account.
God, this technology is awesome! When I first became a Janismanic, there
was no way to know what was going on on a daily basis. This amazes me! PK :p

[strech]

Welcome to the U.K. everyone. Can't wait to meet you all this weekend. :)

[Kath of the Guitar]

I'm happy for you Chet, I was hoping you'd get to go.:D

[david uk]

I am off work now until after the LRC and the Brighton gig :D then will be taking time off again to be going to Amsterdam and Birmingham- April is a good month this year:)

[Chet]

Hi everyone

I'm posting from the library at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, my alma mater. I took the train up yesterday afternoon and arrived to a cold, wet Norwich. Yes, it was raining! I'd joked to Melanie, my friend in London, that maybe I should bring an umbrella with me. Well, I didn't, and I ended up getting one here on campus, otherwise I'd get wet, and I don't want to fall ill before this weekend. But ... it's cool and sunny this moring.

I called up an old university mate yesterday evening and she came to fetch me to go to her place. Yes, another friend I haven't seen in 17 years!

I'm off to the city in a bit. As I came in from the train station on the bus yesterday, we drove through the city and I kept thinking "Oh, I remember this place, and that one, too ... "

This is all very exciting for me. And you know what? All this wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Janis Ian. And of course, my niece, too.

[Randy & Betty in Pa]

Have a great time all! Stay safe and NO RAW FISH!!!!

Best to all of you attending the UK Rudiefest....:D

R. from the jealous side of Pa.

Ps.... and to think we weren't even invited :(

[Denise]

:D Oh I'm so thrilled for all of you too!
Have a wonderful time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CD Matthew]

and ALL you UK Rudies as Janis's concerts there approach. Chet, I wonder if you qualify for traveling the farthest ever to a Janis gig??

Looking forward to hearing reports on the UK shows!

Cheers,

CD Matthew (in Boston)

[Rickster]

Chet, Sounds like you are having a good time! Keep us posted on the Lrc on Sunday.....pretty please. Hope you take some good pictures too.

[Cardiffgal]

Chet, I could not be happier for you. I was wondering why you were going to England so far in advance of the LRC and your planned additional gigs.

I did not know you went to school in England. I am sure I am not alone in saying you are now more intriguing then ever :D .

I can hardly wait to hear more about your trip and of course to see your great pictures.

Be well, stay as dry as possible and continue to have a smashing time!