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We had walked by the Chanel windows a hundred times.  The boutique was right next door.  Katherine and I often paused to admire the beautiful and occasionally outrageous outfits.  Then one day in early December, we saw something which took our breath away:  there amidst the winter white ensembles and holiday decorations were scores of […]

How to celebrate Christmas on the road?  It was a question Russ and I hadn’t really considered when we started planning this trip but it loomed large as the end of December approached. We had initially planned to spend the holidays in Vienna in order to explore the famous Christmas markets.  However, due to visa […]

When the day finally arrived to leave Paris, we dried our tears and left home four hours early for the train station.  We knew there would be some sort of weather delay because heavy snows had already cancelled most of the Eurostar trains from Paris to London the day before.  We stumbled out of the […]

We checked in at the Athenaeum Hotel and wanted to go to a quick place for dinner. We went over to the concierge and asked if there were any good and quick restaurants. As he told us of some we learned that he was quite funny and had a great personality! I waited for my […]

Piggy was in London and she was having a hard time getting across the river to see the crown jewels. Which bridge did she use? UPDATE:   Piggy saw a Welsh Guard at the Tower

This week we met up with the Seattle Wilcoxes and the Newton Wilcoxes for a grand reunion in London. A few highlights: The Athenaeum – a superb, stylish hotel just across the park from Buckginham Palace and walking distance to the West End that loves kids – wow! The focus on children includes a special […]

My cousins Laura and Eleanor and their family were staying in London with us. Laura had been saying that she wanted to go on a Double Decker bus, so Mom and Grandma talked to the concierge and soon we had our own. We didn’t believe we had our own Double Decker bus at first, but they […]

      REVIEW OF SHAKESPEARE’S KING HENRY VIII My family and I went to this production on our very first night in London, so it was only my parents, my sister and me. The play was shown in an exact reproduction of the 16th century Globe Theater. The theater was about the size of a small […]