Friday, September 9, 2016 Edinburgh-Glasgow Today seemed like a whirlwind—so much happened. But to begin at the beginning: I awoke at 6. 30 am with enough time to go over my paper once more and make sure I edited some bits of it in the interest of time. I showered, got dressed, packed up…
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In Exciting Edinburgh–Attending a Conference, Sightseeing and Dinner with New Friends
Thursday, September 8, 2016 Edinburgh, Scotland I surprisingly had far more sleep on the red eye coach than I had imagined. It was 6. 30 am when we arrived in Edinburgh. The city was barely stirring but as the Coach Station is right in the heart of it, I was able to follow directions…
An Easter Sunday with a Difference–including a Royal Sighting!
Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009London It was an Easter with a difference for both of us! How delighted I was to have my dear Llew here with me in London during this Holy Week and to have him share Easter Sunday with me was a treat indeed. Of course, we both missed Chrissie as well…
Harry Potter’s Platform 9 3/4, Treasures of the British Library and Holiday Concert at St. Paul’s
December 16, 2008Tuesday Antony Andrews is still as gorgeous as ever. Ask me how I know that Lord Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited is still as cute as a button and I’ll tell you that I had the good fortune of seeing him today at a star-studded gala Holiday Concert at St. Paul’s…
Thrice in Three Months! More Glimpses of the Queen!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008London & Harrow There are a few lines of an English nursery rhyme that I learned as a kid and have never forgotten. They go: Pussycat, Pussy Cat, where have you been?I’ve been to London to see the Queen…” And that’s what I did. I became that feline this morning–I went to…
The Graciousness of Greenwich
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘Greenwich? For me, it’s always been Greenwich Mean Time. Coming close on it’s heels is the Prime Meridian. All those geography lessons in grade eight or nine come back so vividly. So, when Freshmen Orientation included a visit to Greenwich on a Thames…
Our Highland Fling–Travels in Scotland and Northern England
More Medieval Wonders in YorkshireWednesday, August 27, 2008, Yorkshire, England We awoke on our 14th wedding anniversary in Alan Bowyer’s B&B to partake of the last full English breakfast of the heart-clogging kind. Tomorrow, we will awake in our flat in High Holborn and will eat sensibly again. I took a turn around his lovely…