Brandon is home from London Central

Football season for Brandon is over.

London Central 24, Bamberg 6.

Brandon made it home from his long trip, arms scratched up and with lots of muscle soreness. He left on Thursday and got home this morning (Sunday) around 0930. They took the English Channel tunnel (Chunnel) on the way there and took a ferry on the way back.

First some info about the English Channel. http://www.answers.com/topic/english-channel

Here is some info about the chunnel.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/channel.html

Brandon said, and some of you know he does this...he had a bout of travel sickness as he was going through the Chunnel, poor kid. Anyway, he said the chunnel is like a train for your vehicle. You drive on it and then it takes off through a tunnel. He said it really rocked the bus and then he got sick (in the bathroom on the bus). He said you could get off the bus and walk around. He said the chunnel trip took around 30 minutes.

Then when they got to the other side...they started driving on the other side of the road. Brandon said it was pretty neat. He said they saw "Big Ben" (http://www.aboutbritain.com/BigBen.htm) which Brandon said he thought it would be bigger. He said they saw 'one' of Tony Blair's homes and a palace where the Queen got married?? Well, that is what he said.

On the way home they took the ferry over the English Channel. He said it was really big and 'nice', with arcades and perfume shops and restaurants and bars. He did complain about the Euro to Pound exchange rate but didn't mention the Dollar to Pound exchange rate (which is worse!). A page on current rates... http://www.x-rates.com/