The British Museum had only ever been a lyric in Gershwin’s “A Foggy Day” to me, and I thought it was time to rectify that, so I hopped...

It was time to see a new museum, I thought, so I headed to the Natural History Museum which is across Exhibition Road from the V&A.  I’ve...

The weather had really been quite nice during our stay. Most of the torrential rain and howling winds came at night and the daytime...

I imagine it would seem counterintuitive to visit a botanical garden in the dead of winter, but Kew Gardens at Christmas is a sight to...

A quiet day at home before a trip to London to see Dear England at the Prince Edward Theatre. The theatre itself has a fascinating...

1 January New Year’s Day in England is very quiet, with virtually nothing open except the occasional pub.  Even Mr. Patel’s convenience...

30 December My little feline charge, Gandalf, has been quite restless because he hasn’t been able to go out because he’s been recovering...

The 28th was a quiet day.  Bruce did a pub crawl, of course, but I chose to stay home and relax. Gandalf, the sweet kitty I’m sitting...

After some quiet days at home, we were off to London for a show.  I researched restaurants in the vicinity of the theatre and came up...

25 December We decided to embrace the whole English Christmas experience so we started the day by walking up the road to St. George’s...

23 December We had nothing on the agenda so spent the two days before Christmas around Ashtead.  On the 23rd, we ventured into Epsom,...

We spent a quiet morning at home in preparation for another trip into London for another concert.  Tonight we have tickets for the Family...

Today we ventured out to Guildford which is about an hour away by bus.  It turned out to have a very large, spread out downtown area, a...

When I first booked this sit, I started looking around for Christmas-y experiences.  Music was high on our list of things we wanted to do...

Cat sitting is wonderful both because it saves a fortune on hotels and because I get to hang out with cats.  I earned an advanced...

Our first full day here, we set off to explore Ashtead. There are three parts of town. The closest is the little village near the pub...

Today we’re leaving for our cat sit, so I was up early to pack.  Check out is 10:30am but we weren’t due to leave for Ashtead until about...

We had heard that there was a Christmas market at Trafalgar Square, so we though we’d take the train there to check it out.  Mostly the...

Everyone says that if you’re in London at Christmastime, you have to go to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Who am I to flaunt...

Today we continued the search for decorations and markets by heading to St. Pancras station and a wonderful, novel Christmas tree.  It’s...