Category: excursions
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Mom's home! (and Patsy if you're out there..don't you know the first thing she did was hunt for that 5x mirror!) and my first order of business, while she naps..pictures! (and small prayer of thanks for the safe return of beloved digital camera. yes, i did miss you too, Mom). my darling Mike took her…
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just got word from Mom that she has successfully completed her week's women-only sailing course in Maine and is back in familiar lands (Chicago) today..she loved the course! "I've never laughed so hard in my life" she says, sounds like she really hit it off with the captain and crew…there were no other students booked…
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i got a kick out of Bill Bryson's insight, from an American's point of view, into England in Notes from a Small Island, particularly his ditty regarding the vast difference in the Tube map's depiction of London versus the actual geography of the city. i found it to be very true. i am absolutely crazy…
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PROs: the cooler weather, but not so much the spittles of random rain the Tube is convenient the Pubs the Cream and High teas (though we did tea in place of our usual naps..it's a tie) CONs: the rain, though the cooler weather was enjoyable the Tube is really crowded and kinda dirty (is that…
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other notable outings: the yummily morbid Titanic Artefact Exhibition at the Science Museum. we were given boarding passes at entry, told to check at the end if our passenger shown survived or was lost. mom thought it was telling that though we checked for "ourselves", neither Peg nor i checked on the status of our…
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i can't even begin to explain. let's just say it's good way to pass Tube-time..my personal fav, sister Peg's: Woman's Wool Daily. oh, and The Silence of the Lamb was good too.
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organizer-extraordinaire Anna had pre-booked a private pod (there is achampagne and strawberries option, can you believe it?) on the London Eye for Friday afternoon. (thank goodness for that itinerary of hers!). Ryan skipped out, begging height issues, which i completely understand. it moves very slowly, but there were a few moments when i had to…
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we were finally able to meet up with Peg's husband Ryan on Friday night..he's working long, hard hours. we spent alot of time on the the Tube. note little Peg's head turtling up for the picture, that's a classic pose in our family album poor thing. the happy married couple. (i can't even go into…
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"that's pronounced Baahth girls". "thanks Per". gorgeous city, much larger than we all expected and well worth the driving time. it's made entirely of the same golden colored stone..really looks very much like some French towns we toured when i was younger. Anna and Peg take a look at the pool. sorry, i missed the…
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Salisbury Cathedral; a really big church (i'll remember all my life that the spire is 404 ft. high, thanks Per) in a small town. cute shops. great gardens. Peg's question has yet to be answered; something about the origins of the name of a popular American grade school hot lunch. this is one of only…
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