Category: London
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Deb Does London
Deb Camara has become a very close friend and an adopted daughter. We first met Deb as a childhood friend and running companion of our daughter-in-law Catarina Gomes Cipriani. Deb is a social worker dealing with high risk children in Somerville Massachusetts. It is a very intense, high stress job which she is very adept […]
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More Guests in London
Our last two weeks in London we are double booked at times which requires our houseguests to find alternative accommodations which they all accomplished quite well.
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Philip & Phyllis in London
Jim has three brothers all of whom have been featured in this blog from time to time. The youngest brother Philip and his wife Phyllis last visited us in Seville. They were scheduled to visit us again in Madrid this spring but were unable make the trip due to Covid issues. Given that we missed […]
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Braverman’s in London
Jennifer Ludlum Braverman worked with Jim in the Emergency Department and then with Sandy in the PACU at Lahey Clinic. She then met Igor Braverman while working in the PACU as he was an anesthesiologist. We have watched them through their courtship, marriage, childbirth and parenting of Sophie. Jennifer and Sophie visited us in London […]
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Last few weeks in London
We are leaving London tomorrow, Monday 26 August for a 25 day road trip around England. Our two months in London have been delightful and have increased our love for this city and country. The last weeks in any city are always somewhat bittersweet with an emotional mix of sadness about leaving, anticipation of our […]
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Return to Old Favorites: Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace & The Mute Swan
We start our day at Kew Gardens, one of our favorite places to visit. It is a beautiful sunny day with puffy white clouds in the sky. We heard there is a magnificent Chihuly glass exhibit entitled Reflection on Nature that is not to be missed. We were not disappointed as you can tell from […]
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A Perfect Long Weekend in London
Jill MacAlpine Merrell is the daughter of Jim’s best friend and neighbor since fifth grade, Bob MacAlpine. She and her husband David attended Tufts Dental School in Boston and we grew quite close to them during that time, loaning our cars to them for weekend trips, running the Charles River together and helping Jill climb […]
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Where have all the people gone, less traveled London
This is a compilation of places that are lesser known and not as busy and crowded as the major tourist sights. London can be very busy and crowded in the summer tourist season, but if you know where to go you can avoid a lot of the crowds. Most of these sights are fairly small […]
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Jennifer and Sophie in London
On the evening of July 13 our friend Jennifer Ludlum Braverman arrived with her six year old daughter Sophie. We met Jennifer at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Peabody. She worked as a staff nurse in the Emergency Department with Jim then transferred to the PACU and worked with Sandy. She married Igor Braverman who […]
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A Family Tour of England and The Netherlands
Wednesday June 26 2019 we are off to London with no return flight booked. We have rented a flat in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea until August 26 but have no firm plans after that. Our daughter Jennifer is leaving Boston tonight with her husband Rob and son Jackson to spend a week […]
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London with Geoffrey
James Geoffrey, the youngest of our five offspring flew into London on Sunday 22 July to spend some time in London with us before we all fly to Stockholm Sweden to meet up with the rest of Geoffrey’s family. We had tickets to tour The State Rooms of Buckingham Palace on Monday the 23rd as […]
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London with Andrew & Henry
Our European stalkers, Henry and Andrew moved into our London flat a few short hours after Helen and Sue left on July 16. No time for us to get lonely, just enough time to refresh the guest room for more good friends that we love to have visit us. Andrew Buzzi and Henry Richard Maniace, […]
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London with Sue & Helen
We started writing this several weeks ago but have been much to busy to complete it until now. Jack left us the morning of 7 July and we have 2 ½ weeks left in London which are packed with three different sets of friends coming and going. The first are Sue Rhodes and Helen Fletcher […]
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The Ladies of Wimbledon.
There was Helen & Meech and Sue times two Janine & Sandy – made six total to view Ladies of Wimbledon ready to play Dressed in their outfits, so bright, and so gay! Underground, over ground, adventuring, we Travelled by Uber, Wimbledon tennis to see Making good use of the booze in our packs Bubbles […]
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The British 10K
Sunday morning July 15 we leave our house guests Sue & Helen sleeping and slip out the door at 08:15 to take the tube to Embankment Station and walk to St. James Palace to wait in line with 11,414 other people to participate in the Virgin Sport British 10K. This is the first 10K that […]