YhdysvallatHawaiiMaui County‘Umipa‘aKiowea Beach Park21°5’49” N 157°2’40” W
19. toukokuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The day before. My neighbor gave me a mohair shawl and hat she crocheted because she saw online that London in summer is 20 deg F colder than here! They are so warm and super-soft.
YhdysvallatHawaiiMaui CountyHappy ValleyWailuku Civic Center Historic District20°53’15” N 156°30’19” W 20. toukokuuta 2023, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
I overnighted on Maui, staying in a hostel in the old part of Wailuku. While waiting for check-in time, I discovered that a local youth dance school was putting on an end-of-semester recital at theLue lisää
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In the evening I went to the restaurant up the street, The Empanada Lady, which had a great jazz/blues band playing. The first of many food shots is my Cuban Ropa Vieja Flank Steak dinner.
YhdysvallatCaliforniaLos Angeles CountyWestchesterLos Angeles International Airport33°56’32” N 118°25’17” W
EnglantiHillingdonHeathrowHeathrow Airport Terminal 351°28’4” N 0°27’32” W 22. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Arrived at 6pm to be greeted by my nephew, and had my first ride in a modern London Black Cab.
EnglantiEalingChiswick51°29’32” N 0°15’50” W 23. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
I spent my first day just checking out the neighborhood.
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"Dirty chips" and coffee at the pub opposite the Gunnersbury Tube station near where I was staying. I asked for a cheese toasted sandwich but they don't do those. The cheese sauce was spicy hot and very tasty.
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I never did get to visit Chiswick House and its big gardens, but I thought this kid's illustration on the wall of a building site near where I was staying was really cute!
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The single most useful photo I took! I often struggled with the steps at Tube stations so the bus was my preferred mode of transport. This bus stop was near where I stayed and being able to refer to this photo to know which bus would take me home was a wonderful time-saver. I had the Transport for London app on my phone, which was also a big help, but using apps chewed through battery time.
EnglantiIslingtonFarringdonCentral London51°31’25” N 0°6’20” W 24. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I met up with a friend from high school and we visited some of the (mostly furniture) design stores participating in Clerkenwell Design Week. One company was exhibiting in the St John's museum, whichLue lisää
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My ID card. The QR code was scanned by vendors at the various locations so they could bombard me with emails. LOL One vendor, in his 50s, commented laughingly on "Student". "I guess you're a student of life," he quipped, seeming to think I'd chosen that category as a joke. Ageism is alive and well!
EnglantiGreater LondonTottenham Court RoadSoho Square51°30’48” N 0°7’49” W 24. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After the Clerkenwell outing, I took the Tube into the theatre district to meet up with my nephew and a couple of his friends for dinner and a show--the first London performance of Spitting Image: TheLue lisää
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Bangers and mash at The Three Greyhounds. The nicely burned sausages are seated on a platform of creamy mashed potatoes. I hadn't expected to see so much gravy, but it was all very delicious!
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The plot of the show is that Charles, on the eve of his coronation, must "save the fabric of British society."
EnglantiRichmondRichmond Station51°27’41” N 0°18’12” W 25. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I took the bus down to Richmond to get my hair cut and do some shopping at Marks & Spencers. You get to see much more and meet lovely folk on the bus. Brits are not nearly as reserved as theirLue lisää
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Hair salon mural. The salon owners' son had to have two kidney transplants--one from each of his parents--and they do a lot of fundraising for kidney transplant recipients.
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To get back to the main street of Richmond from the salon, I cut through a lovely churchyard. It lets wild growth run rampant so that insects have lots of habitat.
EnglantiRichmondCorporation Island51°27’32” N 0°18’28” W EnglantiRichmondCorporation Island51°27’32” N 0°18’30” W 26. toukokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
In the evening we met up for drinks at the White Cross, which is a famous riverside pub on the Thames. It was a wonderfully warm evening with no room for us in the garden or even outside on theLue lisää
Matkaaja This is beautiful, what a lovely thing to do.