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Tag Archives: England

The Honeymoon, Part 3, or, when not to visit a major city

After a delicious breakfast1with our B&B host, who turned out to be a furniture and clock restorer in his spare time and an all-around swell chap, we packed up our Astra and headed off to York. That’s about the time my day started to go downhill. Have I mentioned that just about every breakfast we [...]

The Honeymoon, Part 2, or, Recurring Sensations of Impending Death

I learn about driving in England, with all its attendant horrors, and we discover the heart of the Beast in a York-area Tesco.

The Honeymoon, Part 1, or, How Not to Spend Your First Day in London

An overnight flight, train ride, city hike, and ride on the Tube with all our luggage behind us, we eventually end up at our hotel in London.