Rainy day London was the reason I was walking through Kensington Park toward Kensington Palace to finally visit the Diana Her Fashion Story exhibit. I still remember watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Diana Spencer on television before leaving for school. It was when a young girl emerged […]
If you drove past my house this holiday season, you’d never know that I love the Christmas (holiday) lights as the house is dark. While I would love to go all “Christmas Vacation” with lights, the technical difficulties are my downfall, that, and no outside electrical outlets. Seeing the twinkling […]
In all of my visits to London over the past twenty plus years, I’ve only ventured into two museums – the British Museum on a rainy day and the Tate Modern along South Bank at the end of the Millennium Bridge. I’ve been woefully ignorant of the many wonderful museum […]
The Crown Jewels, the White Tower, the Beefeaters (Yeoman Warders) and the Ravens were all part of our Tower of London tour. Each has a fascinating story to tell about the history of royalty, tradition and London and no first visit to London is complete without visiting the Tower of […]
Of course on my first visit to London the itinerary included a visit to the mysterious Stonehenge. Long a World Heritage site, the theories of the stones have abounded for the ages. Religious, Spiritual, Astrological, Mystical, etc. From “This is Spinal Tap” to a variety of documentaries many have wondered […]
The Harry Potter Studio tour opened to the public in 2012 in Leavesden, about eighteen miles outside of London and since then I’ve wanted to visit with each trip to London. Sadly, my boss has had other ideas, namely meetings, dinners and such leaving little “free” time to explore the city. So […]
Last November on a visit to London, I attended the Taste of London and happily discovered so many great food and drink vendors in the U.K., that this year, I decided to check out The Spirit of Christmas fair in association with House & Garden, held the first week of […]
Last year when I visited London, I tortured my niece on the Shoreditch Street Art tour so this year, I decided to revisit the street art scene in London, this time with the other vendor, Alternative London, which offers a pay what you want pricing led by a current street […]
Last summer in London, my niece will tell you I tortured her with art. If I tell the story, while I’m sure I should say it was an educational experience (which it was), it was actually a bit of revenge for her shopping torture I endured in Paris. At eleven, […]
Apparently, I was spending too much time at the museum display as the quiet was interrupted by the words “Aunt Sue let’s go!” as my niece had stamped her ticket at this attraction and was ready to move on. Me? Not so much, I was quickly realizing that the London […]