slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: London
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This morning, after our coffee and pastries downstairs, we headed to the Natural History Museum. The geology and rock rooms were the most fascinating to me, although I guess my vertigo distracted me and I didn’t take any photos. The room in the back of the rock and mineral hall had a vial of stardust…
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On Wednesday, we decided to do a hop-on hop-off bus tour. We generally rode on the top deck at the front of the bus and it was a little like being in front of a roller coaster at times. Lots of fun! Since we were coming up to the Trafalgar Square, we decided to do…
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We knew that we weren’t going to have time to see much in London – there is SO MUCH to see, so we decided beforehand what we would focus on seeing. The biggest consensus was the Victoria and Albert Museum, so we slept a little late (at least, I did), had coffee and a pastry…
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On May 12, 2024, my sister Lisa and my friend Susan and I traveled from Raleigh Durham airport to London, via Boston and on Jet Blue. I just want to mention briefly that the Jet Blue experience was great for the three of us. We were surprised at how good the food was, and that…
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^^^Back in Trafalgar Square On Thursday we slept late and had a light breakfast at a local coffee shop, where we learned about the English condiment brown sauce. I think that the jury is still out on brown sauce. Since we missed much of the National Gallery of Art, we went back just to see…
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It poured rain on Wednesday. We ate breakfast with a young Australian couple who lived in the Outback. They said that it cost more for them to travel to a city with an airport in Australia than the plane ticket from there to the UK cost. And I thought that I grew up in the…
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^^^Trafalgar Square from the steps of the National Gallery. I was eager to see this contemporary tapestry exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. The tapestry, “The Caged Bird,” was designed by Chris Ofili, and woven by weavers at the Dovecot Tapestry Studio in Scotland. Loosely based on the book “And I Know Why the…
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After breakfast at our guest house, we decide to hit the Tower of London first. It was a sunny, breezy day, perfect temperature to stroll around the ramparts of an ancient fortification beside the Thames. As you can see, the Tower of London is not just one tower. ^^^See that guard in the background? We…
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The rest of Monday was a bit of a wash. We spent a long time reading in Dublin airport, with me fiddling with my phone obsessing over wifi connection and it not working for calls and texts despite having my phone company turn on international calling. At Heathrow I tried to buy a sim card…
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