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Denver
We have chosen to spend four weeks in Denver in order to get better acquainted with grandchild number 6 and to meet number 8 for the first time. Mae Louise is the daughter of our son Matt and his wife Claire. She was born on September 11, 2015 while we were in Tuscany with Sue…
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Coming to America
On Wednesday August 15 we left our Stockholm Airbnb taking an Uber to the nearby Södra train station and headed to Arlanda for our 14:10 flight to London. We have pared down to three suitcases for this trip which made us more mobile. Check in went smoothly and we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and did…
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On our own in Stockholm
We are finally alone in Stockholm after having had a great time traveling around a bit with family, meeting more of our extended family and touring with Andrew and Henry. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic Countries with about 2.3 million people in its metropolitan area. The city…
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The stalkers are in Stockholm
They’re back! Honestly we are seeing more of these guys now in Europe than we ever did when they lived upstairs from us in Boston. Our one bedroom Airbnb’s are within a mile of each other here in Södermalm making it easy to meet up. Of course we are talking about Andrew and Henry, our…
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Sweden with family
Caution, this is longer than usual as it involves children and grandchildren. Wednesday 25 July we fly out of Gatwick with son Geoffrey on Norwegian Air headed for Stockholm Sweden. This is our first time ever in Sweden and we are looking forward to both a new country and to meeting new relatives. Geoffrey married Sofi…
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Stockholm Urban Trail
We just finished such a fun running experience that we want to document it before we forget any details. On 1 July while in London we were researching runs in Stockholm when we came across the Stockholm Urban Trail which was billed as a unique running experience in the centre of Stockholm City and they…
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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…
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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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The Regal Wedding
Saturday June 23 is a very big day for us. Our oldest daughter Jennifer is getting married to the love of her life, Rob McMahan in Newport Rhode Island. We left London Monday evening and arrived home in Boston about 10pm. Our week was the usual Boston busy with medical and dental appointments and catching…
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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…