Westminster Cathedral, Breakfast at Dominique Ansel’s Bakery and the Museum of London

December 11, Sunday: London An Early Start:      Ever since I had arrived in London in late-July, I had been promising myself that I would attend Sunday Mass at Westminster Cathedral–the Catholic Church on Victoria Road (not to be confused with the more-famous Anglican Westminster Abbey). This would be the day I would go to…

Packing, Working, Senate House Library, Visiting Museum of London and Dinner with Michelle

Monday, November 7, 2017 London       It was packing, packing, all the way today!       As usual, I arose at 5. 30 am to begin blogging, checking email and responding to it and then without lingering too long in bed, I got cracking. I ate two slices of toast with peanut butter (almost gone now)…

Touring the Tower,the Silver Vaults, Dickens’ London & National Theater

Monday, January 16, 2012LondonAn Early Start for the Tower of London:Our NYU group was initially supposed to take a ride on the London Eye–but, to our bad luck, it remains closed this week for renovation. In lieu of that treat, our local travel agents–Anglo-America–suggested the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London. Never…