Battle of Britain Spitfire
I pulled out this 1/72 Airfix Spitfire I've had at least twenty years to finish this weekend while we were...
Sir Isaac Newton
Shakespeare has company from the adjacent Science shelf tonight. Thanks to Bill Bryson for making this an easy call.
Shakespeare goes up in the library
Every so often I get back to work on the study ceiling. Yesterday I finished thinking through another medallion, and...
Liverpool
Oh did we ever love Liverpool! Our tour guide had a master's degree in the Beatles (you can get that...
Dublin
We apparently didn't see Dublin Castle the last time we were here, so that was new, and we got to...
Cobh (the port for Waterford Crystal)
Yeah, yeah, it's Ireland and very historic and unnaturally green. So how do we get to where they make Waterford...
Windsor Castle
For our last day outside London before boarding the ship we went over to Windsor to tour the palace. As...
The White Cliffs of Dover
When we realized that our ship would be passing through the Channel in the middle of the night, Jamie and...
Stonehenge
If there's a site where there is more made to do about less, I'm not aware of it. I don't...
Stowe Gardens & Byron Proper Burgers
If I have a bucket list, a visit to Stowe Gardens is probably on it. Stowe is one of the...