It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted, during which time I’ve been recovering at home from my pacemaker surgery, and generally taking it easy a bit. It’s been nice being home, and not tied up to so many wires in…

It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted, during which time I’ve been recovering at home from my pacemaker surgery, and generally taking it easy a bit. It’s been nice being home, and not tied up to so many wires in…
Just a quick update for us. We got back home from our Island Princess Norway Cruise and post-stay in London on Friday July 1, after a flight delay caused us to return a day later. It actually allowed us to…
The Steve’s are now aboard the Island Princess, and sailing northbound along the coast of Norway. On the noon ship’s announcement, the Captain informed us we had now crossed the Arctic Circle (link by Wikipedia.) Quite simply put, this imaginary…
On Thursday, Steve (DOS) and I returned to Westminster Abbey for a self-guided tour. We had attempted to tour Westminster Abbey yesterday, but apparently that is the one day a week that it’s closed for tours. While they have daily…
Today was our fourth day in London, and third full day to tour around. I’ll start this post with a London tip, but it’s actually relative to travel in general; even the best (or in our case semi-mediocre plans) are…
We started our first full day in London with a full breakfast at our Hyatt Regency Hotel (aka The Churchill, after Winston Churchill). We had a good night’s sleep, and actually woke up around 9am, which was early for us…
It’s June 5th as I write this, and DOS and I are in the American Airlines Lounge in Orlando, waiting for our short flight to Miami, and then continuing on to London via a British Airways Airbus 380 mega-liner. The…