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  • The Fantastic Flaneuses Ride Again

    At our ‘Paris Cafe Writing’ sessions, our group came up with a name for ourselves. First, it was the “Fantastic Flaneurs.” This was because we walked everywhere around Paris, and one writer, Julia, said we should use ‘Flaneur.’ So we did. When I got home, I did some research, and the feminine Flaneur was a Read more

  • Day 11: The National Gallery, and Fortnum & Mason

    Day 11: The National Gallery, and Fortnum & Mason

    APRIL 25, 2013 It was an adjustment going from a king bed in Paris to a queen in London. Where do you put your limbs so they’re not touching your partner’s? The answer is above your head. But then your arms fall asleep and you wake yourself up. Negotiations happened (with the limbs) and we Read more

  • Day 12: Bobbies, Whitehall, and No. 10

    Day 12: Bobbies, Whitehall, and No. 10

    APRIL 26, 2023 Today we didn’t have anything planned, so we decided to visit areas we hadn’t been able to on the last trip to London in 2017. It meant a lot of walking, because as I mentioned in the last post, “Chuck” is taking up a lot of the airwaves. Many of the sites Read more

  • Day 12: The Great Fire of London?

    Day 12: The Great Fire of London?

    Uhhhhhh…. Shit! Did I leave the iron on again? Or maybe it’s the fact that I’ve got the air conditioning turned down to 65 degrees, trying to de-humidify the room. Oh no! Is it the Nespresso machine? Came back from dinner (less than 200 feet away) to a full-scale evacuation from the hotel for a Read more

  • Day 13: Bath

    Day 13: Bath

    Part II: Bath I’ve always loved seeing pictures and reading about the town of Bath; because it looks so Georgian and stately, but also because my favorite Jane Austen novel, Persuasion, is set there. I could imagine the dashing Captain Wentworth giving up his umbrella as I went to exit the candy store… I wish Read more

  • Day 13: Stonehenge & Lacock

    Day 13: Stonehenge & Lacock

    Part I: Stonehenge and Lacock Only about an hour and a half away from London, Stonehenge has been on the bucket list for a while. I booked a tour through Viator that was a special access tour, which meant we could get beyond the ropes and get up close to the stones. It also meant Read more