london calling
We've heard from lots of Vikings fans who will be watching the team in London on Sunday. We'll run some of their stories this week.
Tom Carothers, RICHFIELD
What size is your group? I'm going with my wife and about 10 friends. My purple kilt — purchased in Scotland three years ago — is packed. All told, our group just kept on growing. It initially started as four people with a plan on going to Oktoberfest in Munich — then the Vikes announced the London game. Of the four of us, two are Vikes fans and two are Steelers fans, who rank the Vikes as their second-favorite team.
Who's your favorite current Vikings player? Even though he's a Hawkeye (I went to ISU), Chad Greenway … although Blair Walsh is a solid No. 2.
How big a hole is this going to blow in your budget? It's a major expenditure. I worked a lot of freelance, and we used up a good bit of the wife's signing bonus at her new job. But, not really anything more than what we had planned to spend on this year's vacation.
What London landmarks are you going to try to see? The wife and I are driving out to Stonehenge before the rest of the group arrives. We're going to see Fulham FC play on Saturday and seeing "Phantom of the Opera" on Friday.
Dayna Myos, Brooklyn Center
Why are you going to the game? A couple of years ago a group of us decided we wanted to go to a Vikings away game each year. It start in Kansas City, then Seattle and this year London (and Dallas, too). Of the group, only Carrie Ginder will be able to make this trip to London.
Who's your favorite Vikings player? AP, Jared Allen and Blair Walsh.
What London landmarks are you going to try to see? Both of us have been to London before so we've done most of the touristy stuff already. We are both obsessed with Princess Kate and want to go back to Westminster after watching the wedding. We are going to go to the Downtown Abbey house and hopefully get to a soccer game
