We woke up reasonably late this morning, took care of a bit of business involving the in-room safe, and headed out to the breakfast buffet. Suitably sated we repaired to the room to change into more appropriate clothing and went for a walk on the beach. The tide was coming in and the waves were […]
This is a “good news/bad news” thing. Because we only recently retuned from Christmas in Oklahoma there wasn’t really a need to clean house for the dog sitter. That was the good news. The bad news is that we were booked on the 6:00 AM flight to Seattle. Which means that the alarm was set
It seems we always arrange to arrive in Malad for September bank meeting and are greeted by the annual Homecoming parade. So, here are some shots of this year’s parade. But first we took photos with the bank dragon: Now the Parade: Fun parade. Lots of candy peppered the crowd. Following the parade we
After a leisurly fairwell to Francesco’s Full English Breakfast We said good by to our friends at the Alhambra and toddled off to the tube stop. An hour later we were deposited at Hethrow where we did the airport thing. We had allowed ourselves 3 1/2 hours for that process so when it took less
Today was Tower of London day. We tubed over, picked up our “skip the line” tickets. (Of course, at that hour there was no line, but, hey. And made the recommended bee-line to the Crown Jewels These are the real jewels so they take guarding them very seriously. They also take a dim view of
The day started (after breakfast, of course) with a trip to Westminster Abbey. It’s interesting to view the Parliament/Abbey complex right now. We were told that this is a 3 year restoration effort necessitated by the fact that the buildings are currently sinking. Between the tube stop and the Abbey we crossed Parliament Park. Here
The museum doesn’t open till 10:00 so we had a nice relaxing morning. Rather than taking the underground (There isn’t an underground station closer to the museum than the closest bus stop.) we took the bus – and walked a few blocks from the stop to the museum. Once inside we got maps, agreed on
Early morning this morning so we snarled a quick breakfast and hit the tube down to Victoria Station to meet our tour bus. Once on board we headed out on a very pleasant 2 1/2 hour journey to Bath. Along the way we enjoyed the lush rolling hills of the downs and southern Cotswolds. Along
First a note. Cheryl has posted comments on days 6-11. Much information that I left out. They make for interesting reading. Now, on with the story: What better way to start the day at the Alhambra hotel than with one of their Full English breakfasts? Filled with English Goodness we headed out to meet our
Today was transit day. We were up, breakfasted, packed, and on the bus to the airport in good time – so good that we arrived at our gate 2 hours early. Oh well, better that then… The flight was mercifully short and uneventful. Arriving at Heathrow we used the Steve Smith Airport Trick and found