Category: London
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June in London
They say that June is the best month to be in London and we would have to agree as we had a really great month, in fact it has been so busy that we had no chance to document our activities of the first two weeks. This is a catch up blog covering June 2-18. […]
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Two weeks in London with Jack or Jack’s Honeymoon.
After The Regal Wedding we get the privilege of taking our grandson Jackson back to London for two weeks while his parents honeymoon in Rome, The Amalfi Coast and Santorini. We left for Logan International Airport an hour before Rob and Jenn but they met up with us in the Norwegian Air Lounge. We are […]
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London with Donna
How many girlfriends do you have that would spend 20+ hours getting from Boston to London to spend five days with you? Well I can proudly say that my friend Donna Quirk did just that. While at work on the day she was to depart for what should be a 6.5 hour flight to London […]
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After the Royal Wedding, a week of London Theatre
We have been silent for two weeks but not inactive. The day after the wedding, we toured Kensington Palace which sits at the west end of Hyde Park. It’s open to the public as a museum but it is also the official residence for a number of select royals, 15 to be exact. The most […]
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The Royal Wedding
May 19, 2018: Today we will go to Windsor England and try to catch a glimpse of one of the most controversial weddings in the long history of the British Royal Family. Our guests this week are Caitlyn Conley and Pierre Moretti. Caitlyn is the daughter of our friend Ed Conley whose wife is Andrea. […]
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A week of museums
We took a down day or two after Andrew & Henry left us. Our down days usually involve running a few miles in the morning and then doing New York Times crosswords, working on our pictures and this blog, reading or watching a movie. It has been difficult to watch movies or TV shows as […]
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Hampton Court Palace
We are being stalked, Andrew & Henry followed us to Prague and now they suddenly show up in London four days later. Henry used to be Dick, his name is Henry Richard Maniace, Jr. known as Dick all his life but now reverting to Henry as his passport and all other legal documents refer to Henry. […]
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Kew Gardens
While spending last week in Prague with our Boston neighbor Peggy Scott she strongly urged us to see Kew Gardens while we are in London. We arrived back in London on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning we decided to walk the five miles to Kew Gardens. We walked directly to the Thames and then followed the […]
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First week in London
We are so excited to be here. While all of our previous destinations have been fantastic, fulfilling, exciting, educational and fun filled, London is even more. Jim really feels as if he has returned to his roots as everything just synchs with his psyche. The people, the language and accent, the courtesy, the civility, the culture, […]
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On to London
On April 13 we were up at 05:00 and in a taxi on the way to Ben Gurion International Airport by 06:30. Our Airbnb host Guy insisted on being there to help us carry our luggage down 30 stairs to the ground floor and he had a taxi waiting for us. Getting out of Israel […]