Winding down London…Three days and counting…Post #750 today!…Food photos from last night’s dinner at Daquise…
Various ferns look like marine life. We're done sightseeing in London. With the crowds, the daily rain, the waiting in queues...
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An online friend visits us in London!…What a wonderful day!…
Tom took this blurry photo of Liz and me. Sometimes he gets it right and others, not so much. Over the...
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Pouring rain in London…cancelled tour…Regency Hotel, Queen’s Gate review…issues…Five days until the cruise…One year ago,…easy recipe…
You can see Tom's head through the flowers where we sit each morning as I write the daily post. Sitting here gives...
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Everyday life in London…Laundry…Dining…Local Farmer’s Market…Oh, oh…What’s happening in Iceland? We’re scheduled for Iceland on September 7th!
With the high cost of driving in London, most of the cars we see other than taxis are high end vehicles,...
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Part 4 and the last photos of Oxford…Motivated by the right and left brain…
As we prepared to depart Oxford we got this final shot. This may sound odd but, I think I like London...
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Packing day…Eurostar to London tomorrow morning…Goodbye, Paris!…Tomorow post with more photos and final total costs for the past 16 nights…
When we finally had a relatively clear night we got this shot from the balcony in our hotel room. The progression...
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Part 3, the Louvre…What can we say?…It was all we imagined and more…Venus de Milo…Final photos of the Louvre…
Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch, also known as Aphrodite of Milos. It was amazing we got this shot free...
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Part 2…The Louvre…What can we say?…It was all we’d imagined and more…Tomorrow, Part 3, with Venus de Milo!
In taking this photo from a window, I later thought it was a painting. But, it was a photo I took....
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Part 1, the Louvre…What can we say?…It was all we’d imagined and more…
Purse free, with empty pockets, it felt great not to be bulked up when Tom carried our cloth bag with the...
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Part 1…Versailles…A view inside another era…Another kind of life…Today the gardens…Tomorrow the interior…
This is my favorite place in the gardens of Versailles. The visit to Versailles was challenging, not for the faint of heart. It...
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