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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Part 3…Oxford…Home of 38 colleges in this famous village…
The front entrance to the Ashmolean Museum. Commencing with our first stop on the 13 hour tour we stopped in Oxford, the world renowned...
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Part 2…The village of Bampton, where many scenes from Downton Abbey are filmed…Tomorrow…Part 3, Oxford…
This is St. Mary's church in Bampton, known as Church of St. Michael of All Angels, as shown on the series, Downton...
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Part 1…Downton Abbey Tour, Secret Garden, exquisite grounds…More tomorrow…
We held our breath as we approached Highclare Castle, home of the famed BBC Downton Abbey TV series. No interior photos...
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London doesn’t disappoint…Victoria and Albert…
Tom is really getting used to visiting museums. In this case, we were at the Victoria and Albert Museum on London,...
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Living in the moment when thinking of the future is unavoidable…Photos from walks in South Kensington…
We walked past Christie's location, the world-famous auction house, that occupies almost the entire block. Living in the moment is a...
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