London calling

My little girl is going to London and Paris during winter break from school. She's confirmed on her flights from Cleveland/Hopkins to New York/Kennedy and Kennedy to London/Heathrow the day after Christmas. Ten days later, it's Heathrow to Washington/Dulles, and Dulles back to Hopkins. Oh my.

It's the contents of that sandwich of plane trips, of course, that will be the real adventure. It's just that right now, the eTicket is what makes it real compared to the tentative plans and speculative what-ifs leading up to it. Confirmed flights mean she's in the art history group from Northeast Swingstate University (NESU) and enrolled in the tour. A rough itinerary:

December 27 - arrive London, orientation, general tour & National Gallery
28 - British Museum, ancient, agrican/Mexican and bookstores ('agrican'?)
29 - National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum
30 - British Museum, medieval, National Gallery and theatre
31 - Salisbury, Stonehenge, cathedral/churches
January 1 - Tate modern, Wallace collection
2 - to Paris via Eurostar and optional evening tour
3 - Louvre, free time
4 - Musee d'Orsay, Notre Dame, architectural, evening to london

A few details remain to be worked out, like a passport, and Helga's rapid-fire mind is probably busy listing things to do in the next few weeks. But if we could just maintain our focus for a little while longer on research and writing art history, Picasso, the art of Central Africa, elementary French, intro to glassworking, and metals I, then all will be well when it's time for the trip.