Meri does Europe - Dec 2019 edition

[Richard Hakluyt]

Looking forward to showing you the wonders of...........drumroll........Preston 

I'm dragging Tonitrus with me, so we'll all have a wonderful time, I'm sure.

Oh right, that sounds good 

[merithyn]

Looking forward to showing you the wonders of...........drumroll........Preston 

I'm dragging Tonitrus with me, so we'll all have a wonderful time, I'm sure.

Oh right, that sounds good 

Do you have a preference of date? You said after Boxing Day. So, Dec 27, 28, 29, or 30?

[Richard Hakluyt]

No preferences as such; I'm not sure when various family members are up or down south or whatever. I'm staying up north so whatever fits with your itinerary will be fine for me 

[merithyn]

Looks like we'll be adding Edinburgh to the itinerary.

[Syt]

Make sure to pronounce it correctly. It's EE-din-boork.

[Malthus]

Looks like we'll be adding Edinburgh to the itinerary.

I went there when I was twelve, with my dad. I remember it being a very beautiful city, and in particular, I remember the castle there - it's on a towering height overlooking the city.

We also went to Glasgow, mostly from that I remember how the entire city seemed grey and glowering. He got his Doctorate of Science degree from the university there, the reason for the trip. He sure stood out - in a graduation ceremony (in a vast grey stone hall), where everyone else was wearing black robes - he was wearing crimson and yellow. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Yes, Edinburgh is a great city for tourists; relatively small but still a capital and very scenic. Not much daylight in December though.

[Malthus]

Yes, Edinburgh is a great city for tourists; relatively small but still a capital and very scenic. Not much daylight in December though.

It always freaks me out how far north the UK, and particularly of course Scotland, actually is.

People think of Canada as "the north". But by comparison, Canadians are southerners.

[Syt]

I grew up slightly North of Edmonton.

[Grey Fox]

I wish we could have Lyon weather here. (Another city on the 45th north).

[Maximus]

I grew up at a similar latitude as Edinburgh and Copenhagen

[Barrister]

Yes, Edinburgh is a great city for tourists; relatively small but still a capital and very scenic. Not much daylight in December though.

It always freaks me out how far north the UK, and particularly of course Scotland, actually is.

People think of Canada as "the north". But by comparison, Canadians are southerners.

Southern Ontario are southerners.  Toronto is south of the 49th parallel even - apparently down at 43 degrees latitude.

Edmonton is about the same latitude as Edinburgh.

And of course there's much much more of Canada further north than that.

[Valmy]

Whitehorse and St. Petersburg are about on the same latitude yes?

[Barrister]

Whitehorse and St. Petersburg are about on the same latitude yes?

They're about 1 degree apart (Whitehorse being further north).

[ulmont]

Southern Ontario are southerners.  Toronto is south of the 49th parallel even - apparently down at 43 degrees latitude.

Meanwhile, down here at just below 30 degrees I'm a bit below where Marrakesh sits.