I had never heard of Salisbury Cathedral before arriving at Grasmere House and looking out our window to see this beautiful structure only a short distance away. The next day, we drove through the town (another harrowing driving experience) and into a full carpark to walk through an outdoor mall […]
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Buckingham Palace was not nearly as opulent (or well guarded) as I expected. I was thinking there would be soldiers in big fuzzy hats looking stern, but no, just some fellas with machine guns behind big gates. It’s not that I expected them to meet me at the gate and […]
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You know, where Harry, Kate, William, and the fam live… Later that day, we were bound for Kensington. We were still finding our way through the London Underground, but Eric was a pro by the time we left. It still looked like a Gordian knot of lines to me so […]
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There are no words to describe not only the beauty but the feel of Westminster Abbey. Built by Edward the Confessor in 1042 and expanded or changed by many monarchs since then, the air is thick with history and meaning. It is also quite haunted. All except two (Edward V […]
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We decided to fly out of Sacramento instead of San Francisco due to the normally heavy traffic and not wanting to risk missing a flight. First stop was Chicago’s O’hare and then on to Heathrow in London. The first flight was four hours and the second was seven. Eleven to […]
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I am writing this (Katrina), but Eric shared all of this with me, so even though this is from my perspective, just know he was in there too. I met Eric in 1996 in Mountain Home, Idaho – one of my least favorite places on earth. I was coming off […]
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