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I’ve collected a few favorite photos that I took during 2007 and built a slide show using Flickr. (Here are favorites from 2005 and 2006).

The highlight of my 2007 year had to be our 2 week family vacation in England this past July. We stayed in the same seaside town of Deal in Kent where my family had lived 35 years ago when my father took a sabbatical leave from teaching. We’ve been back to visit a few times but this time both my sister and I and got to show our sons the town and all the places we visited all those years ago. In that spirit and because I’m wishing to go back as soon as possible, I offer some Deal and UK-centric links:

Of course we need to start with a some Deal Pubs! (I visited 5 of those listed this past summer…)

Here’s a site about the classic cafes in the UK. Deal has several of these. This link was found via the excellent Crying All The Way To The Chip Shop.

How about this photo set from John Londei of small English shops. You can order the book from Amazon.

Of course you can also check out my own photos from the trip on flickr.

[Photo credit above: bluberd]

Looking over a log of dreams I’ve had since 2002, the following are places I’ve “traveled” in dreamland. I’ve been to all of them in real life (well except the “non-earth” planet, underground prison, space shuttle, and Australia…)

Philadelphia, PA
Vermont
The Main Line, PA
England
Some large European city
Germany or Amsterdam
Media, PA
A planet (not earth)
Atlantic City, NJ
A suburban town
Florida
New York City
Deal, England
South Philadelphia
A small American city past it’s prime
Toronto, CA
Under the earth in a series of caves and rooms
Switzerland
West Philly
Boston MA - (Newton or the suburbs really)
Upper Darby, PA
In an underground prison
North Philly
Austin, TX
Los Angeles, CA
A shore town
Berlin Germany
Boston, MA
On the space shuttle
Connecticut
The midwest
An international city
In the South Pacific region - possibly Australia?
Northern Ohio
In Vermont, only it looks more like Pacific Northwest with more evergreen trees and a thicker forest
At a party in NYC
A seaside town
The rural country-side of England
Fishtown/Northern Liberties (Philly neighborhoods)
West Philly
Davis, CA
A small Italian town