We’re off today for a rather varied trip to England and Italy: a few days walking along the South West Coast Path in England, a few days in London with Andrew, Emily, Nathaniel, and Alex, and several days in the Langhe in northwestern Italy where we’ll celebrate our 45th anniversary (two years late) with theContinue reading “Europe, ho!”
Category Archives: England and Italy June 2023
A travel day with the odd wrinkle
So maybe taking the day flight from JFK wasn’t the best idea. We started well on Saturday, with an early Father’s Day dinner with Andrew, Emily, and the boys. The restaurant, Flex Mussels on the Upper East Side, was good but frenetic: the usual NY scene: too many tables, too many strollers, etc. To sayContinue reading “A travel day with the odd wrinkle”
Down to the sea in…a BMW
After far too little sleep, we headed down toward Oxford’s town center and soon found a nice small tea and coffee shop, where we had a light bite and some caffein. Our cell phones were still not working, so we struck out even further into the town center: onto the Cornmarket, a large pedestrian shoppingContinue reading “Down to the sea in…a BMW”
Cliffwalking of the very best sort…
After a very nice English breakfast at Chiltern Lodge, our chauffeur Mr. D. was waiting out front. He dropped us down a road leading to a quarry at seaside and headed back to Oxford, ponies calling. After our goodbyes, we walked down an increasingly rustic road to Winspit Quarry. Our walk today was to leadContinue reading “Cliffwalking of the very best sort…”
From hill walkers to beach combers
We had both slept long and well, and, although I woke up with a stiff back (probably from two nights of B&B mattresses), we were soon out the door and in search of some coffee. We found a nice Italian place and had a decent cappuccino and a roll. The logistics of today’s walk wereContinue reading “From hill walkers to beach combers”
Big City, Little Kids…
Well, at least we have them outnumbered! Warning: not a lot of tourism in the next few days, but a lot of kids! Now if only Viv and Ingrid could be with us, too! We got off to a predictably slow start, as the boys slept in after a tough travel day. We had themContinue reading “Big City, Little Kids…”
The Tate Modern is best known…
for its elevators! Or such is the opinion of the young art critic NFJ. The gang actually got going in plenty of time to share the hotel’s wonderful breakfast buffet. Nathaniel even enjoyed their weird idea of an American pancake (think pan-cake). Soon enough it was off to St. Paul’s. After a quick ride onContinue reading “The Tate Modern is best known…”
The Transport Wayback Machine
Today’s activity, chosen by the younger set, was a visit to the London Transport Museum. Nathaniel chose to transport himself to the Transport Museum via Double Decker Bus with his mama, while the rest of the crew strolled with Alex. Here are a couple of generations waiting for the bus crowd. The Transport Museum isContinue reading “The Transport Wayback Machine”
Off to Italy
We got an early start for our 11:20 flight from Gatwick. After our last breakfast at the hotel, we hoofed it down the hill to the Embankment station, tubing it to Victoria, and trying to make the Gatwick Express…which we missed by 30 seconds, after I was already through the turnstile. The woman at theContinue reading “Off to Italy”
La Ciau del Tornevento
Sue and I got up early to find some of the crew already awake. We jumped in the car and drove to the larger, “downhill” village, Castagnole delle Lanze. Sue did a big shop at the local supermarket while I found a bakery and cleaned them out of Cornetti (marmalade, cream, chocolate, Nutella, you nameContinue reading “La Ciau del Tornevento”