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April 23 Glasgow
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Our last day in Glasgow, a city that easily opens itself in little moments and grand displays to strangers and offers its history and ongoing reformation to strangers like ourselves, we wake and eat a brunch of eggs benedict and… Continue reading
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April 22 Glasgow
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We board the tube for The Huntarian Museum and Mackintosh House on the grounds of Glasgow University, getting to them just before they open at 10 AM. The house is where he and his wife lived for about 10 years… Continue reading
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April 21 Glasgow
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Glasgow is not London but it’s like a smaller, earlier version of London. How do we think of it? Strangely: like John Knox’s passionate, puritanical spirit leavened London’s wilder culture … reformed it (all puns intended) … but gave it… Continue reading
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April 19-20 London to Glasgow
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Our last day in London turns out to be somewhat anticlimactic because we have not fully planned our trip to Scotland: what to see and where to eat and how, exactly, to get to each place during the remainder of… Continue reading
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April 18 London
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After another groaning board breakfast, we bounce on the tube — Cynthia with her preserved Oyster card and David tapping on with his Capital One (because … not to put a finer point on it AGAIN … David lost his… Continue reading
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April 16 London Bankside
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Bankside Walk, Witness, Hunters Moon Lowering skies but not a drop today. Good show, we say, “brill, wizard and hunky dory.” We’re off to London Bridge — not the one with towers, but the modern version of the wooden one… Continue reading
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April 15 London
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Dennis Severs began life in California but escaped to London five days after graduating from high school in 1967. A dozen years later, he bought a derelict house in Spitalfields, the market area in the East End where Jack carved… Continue reading
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April 14 London
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Despite last night’s prayers, we wake to pouring rain and slanting wind but another nice English breakfast after which we are misdirected from street to street by Google Maps, trying to find the wash-and-fold laundry that says “get it tomorrow”… Continue reading
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London April 12
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After we greet the six South Africans who in retrospect must have spent three days in our basement washing clothes — lovely family actually — we take the Silver Line for the first time to Dulles Airport and board an… Continue reading
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October 15-16 London
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We had been seeing a lot of medieval and renaissance art so I googled post-impressionist in London. Up came the Courtauld Gallery and off we went. It’s a pleasant space and MUCH less crowded than the National or V&A. Then… Continue reading
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October 13-14 London
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On the 13th we visited Westminster Abbey. Along with the Churchill War rooms this was the most crowded place we saw. The Queens Chapel has a beautiful ceiling but most of the time we were looking down at the names… Continue reading
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October 12 London
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This trip to Hampton Court went smoothly. We knew exactly how to navigate train to bus and the location of the entrance. The palace was generally very busy and full of school groups. The older groups had entertaining private guides… Continue reading
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October 11 London
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Rick Steves guidebook has a plan to combine a visit to Hampton Court Palace with a visit to Kew Gardens. Both are an hour commute out of town involving a couple of changes (tube, to rail, to bus) and opportunities… Continue reading
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October 10 London
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The Aster House breakfast room is full of light and the whole place is quiet and calm. We hadn’t pinned down our activities for the week so we needed to make some decisions. Theater was at the top of my… Continue reading
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October 9 London
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We left Taormina right after breakfast and shared a taxi with the McInerneys for flights from Catania (ours to London and theirs to Paris). We were staying in South Kensington at Aster House where Leonie runs the show. Per Leonie’s… Continue reading
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October 3-5, Siracusa
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We had two and a half days in Siracusa. While more touristy than Ragusa it has its charms. We had an apartment on the island part of town, Ortiga. It is a mix of old streets, designer shops and lots… Continue reading
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September 25 Fontain-de-Vaucluse to Marseille
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Leaving Vison for Marseille and leaving France. We had planned to stop in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue on our way to Marseille but realized that it was antique market day and would be mobbed – traffic, no parking. So, we decided to go… Continue reading
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September 18 Nice
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David and I took off early for a very full day in Nice. We started with The Promenade des Anglais (the English promenade). On one side is the beach and the other is the main road in front of hotels… Continue reading
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September 17 Villefranche-sur-Mer & Eze
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Drove a couple of hours from Aix to Villefranche-sur-Mer, a hillside town between Nice and Eze. All so close to each other that an Uber is less than $20 to get from one to the other. We booked a hotel… Continue reading
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September 9, Drive from La Roque-Gageac to Aix-en-Provence
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This was probably the longest day of driving I will experience on this whole trip. Over 6 hours on the road. We had breakfast in the hotel which was very nice and were on the road by 10. La Roque-Gageac… Continue reading
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