St. Martin in the Fields

One of our favorite places to worship we registered last time as regular visitors. It is St. Martin in the Fields at Trafalgar Square, London. Great music, excellent preaching and a nice cafe in the crypt (a real one) in the basement. Would not miss a visit while in London.

My Favorite Pub

Pakenham Arms Pub near the Royal mail facility and King Cross Station, London, England. After being there a few times, then being gone for several weeks, the barkeep recognized me and wanted to know where we had been. (Scotland was the answer.) I felt like Norm walking into Cheers, Boston.

Harrods London/Heathrow

Harrods Department Store is Disneyland for shoppers. They also have an outlet in Heathrow so we Yanks can spend our pounds before flying home. On our last trip we carefully figured out what we could purchase to end up with zero and took them to the counter. We were way over. No matter, we got to count the excess as a gift from Harrods. Nice lady and look at the free advertising here for the store.

Amish Food

INCREDIBLE MEALS: There is a restaurant between Lancaster and Intercourse Pennsylvania run by the Amish. We had asked at the B&B (where we were staying several nights) about a place for dinner and they pointed us that way. This is simple, wholesome food which was amazing. It was not expensive and the shoofly pie was killer.

Beefeater stories

Conversation with a Beefeater – Everywhere I go I like to stop and find out about the stories of people. At the Tower of London, I stopped to visit one of the Beefeaters who act and guides and guards at the tower. All of them are military or retired military and most live with their families in the Tower. This particular one was sharing his story and how special it is to do his job. There is great pride in being a symbol of a nation.

French Postcards

The following pictures all have one thing in common.



In Europe we have the uncanny ability to find French people – no matter the English speaking country. We often ask people to take our pictures in front of places of interest. Almost without exception the person turns out to be French and we have to use our hands to ask them to take our photo.



Travel Details

Often the details make the biggest difference in a trip. Speed does not make for pleasant memories. Five countries in five days is a blur. Stopping and looking makes the difference. Here are some details.