London
1. Mai 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 63 °FGail outside our flat. We’re in the Maida Vale area of London. 1930's Era lift "out of service" - what a surpise! A block to basic shopping, a pub, couple of restaurants, deli, etc. have mainlyWeiterlesen
Gail outside our flat. We’re in the Maida Vale area of London. 1930's Era lift "out of service" - what a surpise! A block to basic shopping, a pub, couple of restaurants, deli, etc. have mainlyWeiterlesen
Bus tour around the Ring of Kerry. Had lovely weather. Bus was small with about 16 passengers. We went on roads that were very narrow. When the driver pointed at a road ww were going to take, iWeiterlesen
Another bus tour. Weather wasn't as good. Still beautiful, but was pretty socked in for half the day. Definitely saw some of the colors that earn Ireland the nicknam the emerald isle.
Some equallyWeiterlesen
We set off on another day trip adventure. This time to the lakes of Killarney and the Gap of Dunloe. We starting out in a 1930’s (?) era bus headed to Ross castle. Then to the boat for a rideWeiterlesen
On returning from Ireland, we both came down with bad colds. Have been pretty much out of it since. Gail’s sister arrived on Friday and we haven’t seen her yet. Got COVID tests to be sure -Weiterlesen
Toby and Kirsten drove us to Kent to see Leeds Castle as a day trip. Nice little fairly modernized castle even though it had been originally built in the 1100’s. Surrounded by a moat. BeautifulWeiterlesen
While Kirsten and Gail went off to tea, I went to the British Museum for a couple of hours. It is overwhelming. Such a display of, at the risk of offending my British friends, looted, confiscated,Weiterlesen
Dena arrived from Portland. We met her at Paddington, zipped over to King’s Cross and caught a 2 hour train to York. On arriving, we were surprised that the boarding passengers gave us almost noWeiterlesen
A bit more of York. We travelled 30 minutes outside of town to see Howard Castle. Nicely kept up castle. Very large. At one time the only private home in the UK with it‘s own dome - - yes, like aWeiterlesen
Back to York to see York Minster, the large cathedral in town. We didn't have a ton of time, and had some difficulty with the ticketing system. So Gail and Dena took a quick look around the mainWeiterlesen