Certainly one needs to have tea in England, but how was I to choose?  There were so many choices.  I had seen pictures of tea at the Orangery at Kensington Palace, and I had read reviews that were favorable.   Kensington Palace is one of the Royal Residences.  It had its beginnings in the late […]

Reason number 3,764 to return to England.  I didn’t get to visit all the museums. (There are probably more than 3,764 museums in England, but… that number will do for a start.)  We missed The British Museum and the National Portrait Gallery just to mention two.  We did not even get to see all the […]

For some of the sites we visited in England we had special guides.   They were knowledgeable and entertaining. A “Professor” guided us through the ancient ruins of Glastonbury Abbey.  Notice the lime green socks.  This man was funny -“King Arthur is buried twice at Glastonbury Abbey”.  “What do monks do when they need to […]

I am going to move along faster.  I will have other things to blog about, but at this time I am still so taken with our trip to England. Here are a few of my other favorites in London. The Eye: Before we left for England, Ann made me promise to ride The Eye.  I […]

The Royal Mews was directly across from our hotel, The Rubens at the Palace (I just like to write that).  The Royal Mews furnishes transportation for The Queen and members of The Royal Family.  Sweet Mother of Pearl.  It was unbelievable.  I loved seeing the Royal Coaches.  The working stable is one of the finest […]

Be still my heart.  We went to England, and it was, beautiful, astounding, quaint, wonderful, educational, and so very much more. I did miss you – really.  I wanted to be sharing what I was experiencing.  I know many of you have been there and done that, but for me it was an amazing journey. […]