Sunday, January 8th 2017 – almost two and a half years since last anything was posted here. There have been a few attempts, but nothing got as far as being published. Here are a couple of samples: ‘But I have travelled. Immediately after America there were short visits to Paris and Florence. Then there wasContinue reading “To BA on BA”
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Disasters and delights
D-Day had arrived. I was to drive on the right-hand side of the road for the first time since 1978 when I was in Israel and seemed to follow or be followed by bombs…what would happen here? I had been pretty apprehensive until I got behind the steering wheel, but then it felt manageable –Continue reading “Disasters and delights”
City of Brotherly Love – and the Founding Fathers
We had planned a couple of days in Philadelphia as we thought it might be fun to be there on July 4th. Arriving early afternoon gave us an excuse to be lazy and we didn’t set out to explore until the hunger pangs set in and we wanted to fine somewhere to eat! That wasContinue reading “City of Brotherly Love – and the Founding Fathers”
A Tale of Two Cities
I wonder if there are two more different cities so close together anywhere else in the world? An interesting journey south from New York aboard a spacious, clean, AMTRACK train and in just over three hours we were alighting in Washington DC. What a contrast – wide tree-lined avenues, Buildings of classical proportions – andContinue reading “A Tale of Two Cities”
Farewell, New York. Hello, Washington
A late night with stage door crowds at the theatre, followed by a fairly early breakfast to spend a little time with the others and we were preparing to leave New York. Just one last visit to Central Park…. What an interesting place it is – something for everyone: shady trees for shelter, a bowlsContinue reading “Farewell, New York. Hello, Washington”
NYC keeps us occupied again
On reflection, we should have visited Ground Zero to see the 9/11 memorial on the way to Lady Liberty but having hop-on, hop-off tickets made it easy (if somewhat time-consuming!) to take the same route a second time in order to get there the next day. We all had reservations about the museum which offersContinue reading “NYC keeps us occupied again”
Being a tourist in NYC
We had decided in advance to buy Grayline hop-on, hop-off tickets to cover the three days we were in New York together. They gave us access to all routes and included the night tour which we thought would be fun as well as admission to a couple of attractions and to the Statue of LibertyContinue reading “Being a tourist in NYC”
Broadway!
Holly was soon calling to say that they had arrived at the hotel and were ready to explore. Hannah was excited to discover Broadway was so near the hotel, so that’s where we went and before long, after stopping to watch the street artists who reminded us of Chinese skills and doing a painting speciallyContinue reading “Broadway!”
Old and new
What an amazing day! Up tolerably early after a second late night, driven to the airport by a friend who’s as happy (maybe happier!) in the front right seat of an airbus as he is behind the wheel of his car, experienced the Terminal 5 transit system for the first time having spent some timeContinue reading “Old and new”
On the Road Again
Sitting in my comfortable home looking back on the three years since last I posted here I find it difficult to imagine how I let things pass me by and failed to record them. The prospect of a first visit to the US has changed that and, once again, the challenge of recording a longContinue reading “On the Road Again”
Living the Journey 