Friday, September 19, 2025 Battersea, London My Last Day Dawns! Revisiting the Victoria and Albert Museum, Lunch at Carluccio’s, Last-Minute Shopping in Clapham and Dinner at Caravella And so it inevitably happened! My last day in London (on this trip) dawned and I recall thinking how much I wanted to cram into it before it…
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Arrival of Llew in London, Bus Ride to See the Sights, A Restful Afternoon and Evening with Sports and Music on the Telly
Arrival of Llew in London, Bus Ride to See the Sights, Walk in Chelsea and Fulham, Restful Afternoon and Evening with Sports and Music on the Telly London Saturday, May 14, 2022 Ah! The day finally dawned when I would see Llew again after five and a half months!! It was also the…
Marching Into Museums: Victoria and Albert and the Fascinating Postal Museum
Monday, August 12, 2019 London Marching Into Museums: Victoria and Albert and the Fascinating Postal Museum Hiya from London! So the days are marching on and given my resolution of seeing something new each time I arrive in this city (while still squeezing in visits to those places I most…
A Super Saturday with Former Students in Former Byculla Haunts
Saturday, July 6, 2019 Bombay A Super Saturday with Former Students in Former Byculla Haunts Namaste from Bombay! After a really hum-drum week, thanks to the conclusion of my field-research and the soggy weather, I had a really terrific day. From start to finish, it was superb. I…
Perusing Favorite Bits and Bobs at the V&A Museum and Afternoon Tea at Home with Friends
Saturday, October 29, 2016 London Morning Preparation for the Rest of the Day: Saturday morning, while the rest of London has a much-deserved lie-in, is a good time to catch up on all things lap-topy: such as writing a blog post, responding to email, reviewing plans for the week, etc. After breakfast (which will…
Mass at Brompton Oratory, Museum-Hopping and Drink with a Colleague
Sunday, August 28, 2016 London Unbelievable that tomorrow will make a month since I arrived in this city! But then I think of how much I have covered, how much has been accomplished and I feel as if I have been here forever. Awaking at 6.30 am, I had the time to write a…
Ambling in Albertopolis
Monday, July 29, 2013 Battersea, London Waking up to the sound of trains is a novel experience but a nice romantic one. There is a railroad line that runs just outside my window here in Battersea and planes on the Heathrow Path, not to mention helicopters ascending and descending over the helipad poised over…