But I'm afraid I didn't appreciate it. I didn't catch a wink on the flight from Chicago, so I've been up 36 hours now.
It was just a quick twelve hours on the island. I'm London now, checked into my hotel in what looks to be a nice section, called Earl's Court, and just laid down on an actual bed. Ahhhhhhh.
I can't wait to close my eyes.
Dublin was beautiful, despite the sleepwalking. I did two BBC national Ireland radio shows--The Gerry Ryan Show and The Last Word with Matt Cooper--and they were both really good. Knew their stuff.
I also spent an hour with a very bright woman from Hot Press magazine, which will be out next month.
Then I strolled around central Dublin for a few hours, laid on the quad at Trinity College, and signed a bunch of books at several local stores. Very nice people, the Irish. Makes me proud to call it my mother country.
Tomorrow we've got a lot of radio planned in London, and more of the same Thursday. I think I'll be able to appreciate it more.
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Links to the Irish shows: Gerry Ryan. Matt Cooper.
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Also, I signed a ton of books at the Hudson stores in all three concourses at DIA. Looked for autographed copies if you're going through that airport.
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We're going to try to arrange a place for me to be tomorrow or Thurs at a bookstore if anyone wants to meet me.
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Wednesday Update:
It was a really nice day. Great interviews, and I had two hours off to stroll around Houses of Parliment and lie in the grass in St. James Park and contemplate the whole experience. That made me giddy.
Then dinner with publisher, late-night radio and got home to hotel to news that the book will be #5 on NY Times list next week.
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Saturday Update:
Home! Back in Denver, body on UK time. It's confused.
More coming. SO much to get done now that I'm back. Some of it will wait till my luggage gets back. It's still in Chicago. Ugh.
Yesterday was the travel day from hell: 25 hours from hotel to apartment. Three flights, three countries, four cities, lots of delays. I'm pooped.
Will I make it to dancing tonight?
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I mean that in the most worshipful way, of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE06uy4mCXA
London is great fun as I have no doubt that you have been to this fabulous of cities. This is a nice time of year to be in London but take heed, try to plan your outdoor activities for the morning. Seemed like mornings would be lovely and sunny and then by 2 PM the skies would darken and it would begin to drizzle.
You are likely to be seeing a host of spring time flowers in London right now with magnificent displays of red and gold colored tulips in front of Buckingham palace to vivid as to take one's breath away.
Hope you have the opportunity for lots of free time there. If you have the option of extending your trip and you wanted to spend some more time in London without breaking the back the NYT just did a feature on a few hostels that have undergone multimillion dollar renovations. They are very, very nice and rooms for only about $120 a night (private rooms, own loo), and all the amenities you'd expect from a much more expensive hotel.
Have fun!
Sorry for the bad analogy, it was the best I could do.
Now 'night night.'
Oh, and I'm so glad the tour is going so well. :)
Got to run. Lots of appointments today.
radio is very last minute, subject to change, but a few things planned:
today/wed:
12:15p BBC Radio Shropshire
1:15p The Radio Cafe, BBC Radio Scotland
(tonight, i guess: pre-recorded) Up All Night, Radio FiveLive (with Rhod Sharp)
Th
11a BBC Radio Bristol
3p Radio: The thirld "I' i105-107
i' not sure what all that means.
dinner in a sec, then one late radio interview.
then bed.
Then dinner with publisher, late-night radio and got home to hotel to news that the book will be #5 on NY Times list next week.
More coming.