My hubby and I are planning for our "trip of a lifetime" for next spring. We have finally come into a little cash so we are going to Wales, to attend the annual "Prisoner" convention in Portmeirion. Our geeky love for the show is one of the things that brought us together in the first place (long story). So, we will be staying in "The Village" for the three days of the convention but wanted to spend an additional week or so traveling around, seeing Wales and England. We have both visited London (waaay long ago, when we were young) so we wanted to check out other places. I already have a list of to-dos: Snowdonia Mountain Railroad, Aberystwyth, Cardiff, etc. I'd also like to see the Cotswolds but I think Hubby would be bored silly there.
I also suggested Cornwall, because hubby likes all the King Arthur stuff. Hubby says that too far south. He wanted to stay central-ish/western side and not have to drive so much. Maybe we could take the trains a bit. So I thought of Stratford & Warwick ( I went to college one summer there, back in the '90s--thought it might be fun to revisit). He didn't seem interested. His only comment was that he didn't want to spend the whole trip looking at castles and museums (and I would be totally cool with doing just that, but OK, fair enough). So I suggested Oxford, Stonehenge, Bath--and all I got was a shrug. I even thought about going up to Liverpool; he's a Beatles fan. His reply was kinda wishy-washy.
The only thing that seemed to interest him was a science museum in Birmingham. I know next to nothing about Birmingham; what's it like? Are there any things to keep a computer & scifi nerd interested? What about Salsbury? Nottingham? (or is that too touristy?) I am interested in, well, almost anything, but hubby's interests are more limited. We'll have seven or eight days to wander around and I want to make the most of it but I also want hubby to enjoy it, too.
Any recommendations for two old geeks visiting Wales and England?
I also suggested Cornwall, because hubby likes all the King Arthur stuff. Hubby says that too far south. He wanted to stay central-ish/western side and not have to drive so much. Maybe we could take the trains a bit. So I thought of Stratford & Warwick ( I went to college one summer there, back in the '90s--thought it might be fun to revisit). He didn't seem interested. His only comment was that he didn't want to spend the whole trip looking at castles and museums (and I would be totally cool with doing just that, but OK, fair enough). So I suggested Oxford, Stonehenge, Bath--and all I got was a shrug. I even thought about going up to Liverpool; he's a Beatles fan. His reply was kinda wishy-washy.
The only thing that seemed to interest him was a science museum in Birmingham. I know next to nothing about Birmingham; what's it like? Are there any things to keep a computer & scifi nerd interested? What about Salsbury? Nottingham? (or is that too touristy?) I am interested in, well, almost anything, but hubby's interests are more limited. We'll have seven or eight days to wander around and I want to make the most of it but I also want hubby to enjoy it, too.
Any recommendations for two old geeks visiting Wales and England?
That looks very cool. I'm very interested but I'm not sure hubby would be. Well, he might--it's free. 
