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Friday. No rain forecasted and a bit warmer. St. Martins in the Field organ concert. A visit and rejection at the National Gallery, and a picnic dinner in the room. The concert: The organ playing was excellent of course. The … Continue reading →

Wednesday. rain day Exhibit day while QB takes “me” time. Hearty breakfast at the hotel and then off to Design Center to see it and the Kubrick exhibit. Not a fan of either mid century modern design or exhibits of … Continue reading →

Whereas the question of the type of plant raised in the previous post is revealed in conjunction with a trip to the famed Chelsea Physick garden. But that comes later in the post. —– Monday, cool, no rain. St. Martins … Continue reading →

Saturday Cool, very cool, barely hit 50 degrees F. Intermittent rain. Breakfast, again, at Fishers. Great Grosti. Bobby indicates I must remind him to get this dish at next sitting. Another and now we interrupt our regular programming with a … Continue reading →

Thursday some rain promised and delivered in the afternoon and especially on the way to dinner. Another wandering day with good breakfast at Gail’s and a trip to St. Martin in the Fields to get some tickets. At Gail’s a … Continue reading →

Tuesday First and important correction: no truffle cheese eggies yesterday. We arrived far too early for France to allow eating eggs. No eggs before noon it seems, at least at Galleries Lafayette. Second, here are some photos from Notre Dame … Continue reading →

Sunday, continued cool. Intermittent rain. Lots of walking again. All lit up, after dinner walk back to the hotel. First, after a hearty hotel breakfast up the Champs to see it and the new hip Galleries L. A stroll back … Continue reading →

Saturday: another cool day. Forecast was for a much cooler day with showers. Got very windy. Our original plan was to visit Chartres today. Seeing how many areas of Paris we have not explored decided to stay in town. Stopped … Continue reading →

Friday, another cool day but not raining. Train to Giverny via St. Lazare then shuttle to Monet’s garden. Well, the train was planned but then when looking at the schedule and how to go from Vernon to the gardens could … Continue reading →

Wednesday, last exceptionally nice day in Amsterdam before the weather turns cooler and rainy. Direct from Amsterdam CS to Paris Gare du Nord. Easy trip. Arrived in the rain which subsided by the time we got to our hotel. Two … Continue reading →