The Trouble with London
The trouble with London is that each and every monument and place has been photographed to death. One more picture of Big Ben is probably not going to add to…
Birdcage Walk
We walked from Knightsbridge to Westminster, which took us along Birdcage Walk. Two gents discussing something important as they strolled along the Walk. A nice view of St. James’s Park.…
Tower of London
Wow, they’ve done nice things with the Tower of London since I was last here. In some of the windows they have installed TV’s that project characters as though they…
The Churchill
Our room is a suite — it’s not a big room by U.S. standards, but for Europe it’s gigantic. We have a separate bedroom and living room — here’s Jeff…
Packing it in
We arrived at our hotel around noon and then turned around and left at about 1p. The sun sets at 4:20p, and we had to have lunch so we didn’t…
Hello London!
Weve arrived in London after our four hour flight from Istanbul, and have checked into our suite at The Churchill on Portman Square. The famous picture below, by Canadian photographer…
Last morning in Istanbul
We’re really, really sad to leave here! If you ever had a thought to visit Istanbul and/or Turkey we can highly recommend it. The people are so wonderful, the food…
Outstanding Restaurants!
One surprise in Istanbul has been the array of outstanding restaurants available. Even the street food looks and smells delicious. We’ve had some genuinely wonderful meals here. The following are…
Ferry to Asia
Today we took a ferry to the Asian side — across the Bosporus from the European side — to walk the old streets and maybe do some shopping. The problem…