From Runcorn, UK

I am blogging to you today from Runcorn, UK. I left Atlanta on Sunday night and arrived in Manchester on Monday morning. It is the same thing I did when I went to Amsterdam a couple of months ago. The good thing about flying over seas with my company is that I get to go first class. You couldn’t ask for a more comfortable (remember we’re talking about an airplane) seat with plenty of leg room.

My prayers go out to all of the people directly (and indirectly) affected by Hurricane Katrina. I am a little out of touch over here, although there has been quite a bit of coverage on Sky News, but the last count I heard was 55 dead with plenty still missing. Please pray for them all.

When I arrived here I was pretty much free the rest of Monday, so I took the train over to Liverpool. I went to a place called The Beatles Story, which is basically a Beatles Museum. It was way too cool!! I was in there for about 3 hours and it felt like it was about 20 minutes. Monday also happened to be a “banker’s holiday” and they were having a 3 day festival in the streets of Liverpool. I didn’t know there was a festival until I left the museum. The streets were empty when I got there, I guess because it was raining. When I got out of the museum, it was sunny and crowded. I could barely walk in the streets without getting pushed or run into. It was quite fun.

My co-workers that I am working with over here took me out to eat in the town of Chester last night. It is an old Roman town which is evident by the wall built around the old part of the city. They gave me a tour, which was wonderfully interesting, and then took me to a quaint little Italian place with good wine, good food and good company.

It is time to get back to work now. I will try to write more tonight if time permits. I am not sure what is on the schedule for this evening, but the day’s schedule is pretty ambitious.