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...

Essentially, I’m retired.  I have a couple of side hustles, though. I make jewelry, purses and clay animal ornaments.  I also do...

After our wonderful concert last night we stayed up pretty late and so had a very lazy morning. After brunch at the flat, Bruce went out...

As predicted, I awakened very early, my internal clock not yet adjusted to the eight hour time difference.  I lay awake for a while...

When we got back from England on November 2, we started thinking about when we could go back. Our usual vacation time is autumn; the...

While I was traveling, my dear friend Brenda celebrated her birthday. Since we missed it, Bruce & I wanted to take Brenda out for dinner...

One thing I have always appreciated about the British is their whimsy and sense of humor, especially when it comes to advertisements....

It’s Halloween. According to Wikipedia “From at least the 18th century, ‘imitating malignant spirits’ led to playing pranks in Ireland...

It’s the last gasp – we’re flying out in 3 days, so there’s a kind of desperation in the air. There’s so much more to do! There’s so much...

I joined the Royal Oak Association a few years ago after visiting a couple of National Trust sights. Royal Oak supports the work of the...

Note to self: don’t always pay attention to notes to self. Fabian had sent all the folks on his tour a list of great markets in London. ...

If yesterday was about the offbeat, today was about a true tourist experience: a visit to Shakespeare’s New Globe Theatre. I hadn’t even...

We’re staying in an Airbnb and, as you may know, when you confirm a booking you’re sent lots of recommendations of things to do in town. ...

We ate at Bibendum in 2018 at the recommendation of our friend RJ. It was wonderful. The evening before we had done the ultimate...

We enjoyed the Paris Brest pastry so much that we decided to go to the bakery for a carb-loaded breakfast. Chai Latte for me, cappuccino...