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Lots of luggage with us as we wait
for our flight to Europe. (9/2/25)
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Checking out the in-flight
entertainment options while waiting for takeoff. (9/2/25)
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A
couple of us coordinated watching the same movies on our seperate
screens, but Lee mostly played games and tried unsuccessfully to sleep
on the interminably long flight. (9/2/25)
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Sleeping
on the London tubes as we frantically try to make it from the airport
to our AirBnB before we all fall apart from exhaustion.
(9/3/25)
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Everything is hilarious when you're
this tired. (9/3/25)
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Waiting for a double-decker bus to
take us to Westminster Abbey. (9/4/25)
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London! After years of
planning, we finally made it here! (9/4/25)
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Westminster
Abbey is an incredibly fractal building -- every corner filled with
memorials; every detail filled with more details. (9/4/25)
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In the land of ancient buildings and
impressive cathedrals. (9/4/25)
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The bees in London are different
from ours but also very, very cute. (9/4/25)
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Uh oh, one of our number may have
turned into a gargoyle. (9/4/25)
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The oldest door in Britain and the
youngest gargoyle at Westminster Abbey. (9/4/25)
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Lee is frustrated in his desired to
chase the birds as we walk to a restaurant in this park.
(9/4/25)
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Getting our audio guides set up at
St. Paul's Cathedral. (9/5/25)
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A truly awe-inspiring space.
(9/5/25)
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Lee ponders and then demonstrates
how a bishop might move on a chess board with squares like these.
(9/5/25)
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Above and below the same grill.
(9/5/25)
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Treats and cartwheels in front of
St. Paul's. (9/5/25)
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After St. Paul's, we strolled
towards the Thames. (9/5/25)
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Noodles in the shadow of St. Paul's.
(9/5/25)
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After
crossing the Millenium Bridge over the Thames, we ran into the Globe
Theater and decided we should stick around to watch a play.
(9/5/25)
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Feasting on Greek food and running
circles by the Thames while waiting to watch The Merry Wives of Windsor.
(9/5/25)
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A lovely way to while away an hour
or so. (9/5/25)
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Lane in the Globe Theatre and Lee
with the dagger he got there. (9/5/25)
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Picking up some frozen pizza from
the corner store for breakfast. (9/5/25)
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Heading into the incredibly crowded
Paddington Station to catch our train to Bath. (9/6/25)
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The English countryside rolls by
outside... (9/6/25)
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In Jane Austen's day, this two-hour
trip would have taken two days. (9/6/25)
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A pleasant and beautiful place.
(9/6/25)
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The 2,000-year old Roman Baths.
(9/6/25)
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They would have looked a little
different in Jane Austen's time, but she was here. (9/6/25)
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Sushi and coffee drinks.
(9/6/25)
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More treats in the streets of Bath.
(9/6/25)
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Heading out to enjoy our last day in
London. (9/7/25)
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Chilling in the London underground
as we zip around at high speed. (9/7/25)
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The Tower Bridge is not falling
down. (9/7/25)
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After looking at the crown jewels,
we walked past floors and floors of armor and weoponry.
(9/7/25)
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At the top of the White Tower, there
were artillery games teaching how to fight with a bow, rifle, and
sword. (9/7/25)
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Taking a ferry down the Thames to
Greenwich. (9/7/25)
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A view of the Queen's House and the
London skyline from Greenwich. (9/7/25)
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The octagon room and the Prime
Meridian. (9/7/25)
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As we walked up the big hill to the
observatory, we passed these delightful slopes... (9/7/25)
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So, of course, we had to come back
to them... (9/7/25)
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And let Lee run up and down, and up
and down them. (9/7/25)
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Then it was time for throwing
chestnuts. (9/7/25)
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Riding home from Greenwich in the
top deck of a double-decker bus. (9/7/25)
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After
a hectic morning, long train ride, and a cab-driver who scammed us, we
finally settle in to this beautiful, ancient cellar apartment.
(9/8/25)
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Dinner at an authentic French
restaurant in Paris, France. (9/8/25)
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Lane accidentally ordered the
octopus, but once we got everything sorted out, it was all delicious.
(9/8/25)
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Pondering
a pile of French pastries that included a croissant, pain au chocolat,
gigantic meringue, and several other treats. (9/8/25)
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Back to our cellar after a very,
very long day. (9/8/25)
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Exploring the Montmartre district of
Paris. (9/9/25)
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There
were restaurants on every corner. And in the middle of every
street. And basically just everywhere. (9/9/25)
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Monuments
and cathedrals everywhere... this one seems to have turned the children
into cannibals, fighting over who gets to eat whom. (9/9/25)
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Throwing chestnuts in the Seine.
(9/9/25)
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Coffee and breakfast at a cafe right
outside of Notre Dame. (9/9/25)
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Quietly contemplating the stained
glass. (9/9/25)
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In the tourist jam, round the Notre
Dame. (9/9/25)
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A shop known for its cakes, one of
which is cleverly disguised as an apple. (9/9/25)
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A true delight to eat.
(9/9/25)
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The Eiffel Tower. (9/9/25)
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Lane tries Thai iced tea while Lee
and I have fancy sodas at a stunningly good Thai restaurant.
(9/9/25)
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We
wandered through the night and found this random cathedral, a street
performer singing and playing guitar, and a giant underground mall.
(9/9/25)
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