Okay, I will go to a landmark

It’s not like I’ve struck up conversations with the commoners as I walk around the quiet city, so I might as well go by the royal palace (Buckingham) and walk the gardens. The guards are supposed to be unflappable when people try to talk to them, but this one actually yelled (screamed) at someone I didn’t see, “GET OFF THE FENCE!!” and then went back to being a statue.

I’m not sure who is interested in all this detail from the trip, but my MOM would have loved to hear it all. She liked to hear about everything I did-even about the conflicts and bad actors on the school board. She even wanted them to post videos and speeches I gave on her church website, but they said no, too political. (But she would also be worried about me traveling around the world—even though she spent a year in Communist China.)Read more