Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in England, London, RTW 2023, United Kingdom on Jun 1st, 2023
We arrived in London on Sunday very well rested thanks to the late night departure from Tampa and the flat beds in Virgin’s Upper Class. Passport control, luggage collection, train into Paddington — all very easy. Our hotel room wasn’t ready. So, we grabbed a snack and drinks at Vagabond. After that we headed off […]
Posted in England, London, RTW 2023, Virgin Atlantic on May 27th, 2023
Greetings ya’ll! It’s been a while since my last post here. I’m writing this from the sort of sad generic “international lounge” at Tampa International Airport. We’re heading to London tonight in Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class cabin (my Delta SkyPesos still have some value). As some of you know, I started a new (now old) […]
Posted in England, London, United Kingdom on Jul 30th, 2019
Note: I’m actually writing this about 4 months later during our visit to China. Just catching up. Note #2: as mentioned here, I’m only posting this about 4 years later w/ minimal clean up edits. Like last summer (which I didn’t write about), Libby and Emerson flew to the UK for a “long weekend” in […]
Posted in England, London, United Kingdom on Jun 8th, 2019
Note: I’m writing this about six months after we returned from this trip. I find it difficult sometimes to keep up with blogging while also staying busy on vacation. But, I (usually) catch up. Here are the highlights of our last three days in London: Note #2: as mentioned here, I’m only posting this over […]
For breakfast, we walked over to Kensington High Street and grabbed pastries and coffee at Ole & Steen, a Danish bakery chain that’s built a presence in London. On our way, we agreed to visit Windsor Castle today. So, after breakfast I navigated us to Paddington Station (my “home away from home” these days) to […]