First and foremost, Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you have a great day. Also, Happy Birthday Doug! (who probably isn't even reading this.) Today brought the nonstop drizzle and dreary weather for which London is so well known. However, it isn't cold, so I'm not going to complain. I started the day at the Tower of London and did a tour with a Beefeater, which was fun. A bunch of gory stories, but it was neat to see something 900 years old. After that I went to...

Happy Remembrance (Armistice) Day! I'm wearing a red poppy on my lapel; it is the thing to do. At 11am, the city literally stops for two minutes of silences...buses stop, the tube (subway) trains stop, etc. I was mid-tour at Wimbledon and we stopped for the 2 minutes. Well all of us except for 2 people who didn't seem to notice that everyone else was quiet and standing still until about a minute into it. I can't remember where they were from; there were abou...

The day started with the Lord Mayor's Parade, an annual event that is basically a big parade. It was neat...a lot of marching bands, military, and unions. Not many for profit companies or politicians! I have some good video, but my internet connection must be weak becuase they are taking forever to upload. The parade was very 'well done' as the Brits like to say. After the parade I stopped in for about 3 minutes to the British Museum followed by the National...

Cheers Mates! It is 8:00pm London time, and I'm beyond exhaused but determined to keep up with this blog. Flight was fine, just soooo long. I slept off and on for about 4 hours, not nearly as well as I had hoped. I arrived at the hotel around 2, chlled out for an hour, then headed out to explore the neighborhood. Hyde Park is nearby and absolutely goregous. It reminds me of Central Park. Kensington Palace is in Hyde Park, and it is unimpressive from the ex...

Flying out tonight at 7:25, CMH to Detroit to Heathrow Nov 9-14 London Leave London the 14th and spend 2 nights in the Meuse region of France Nov 16-23 Paris Back in Columbus the night of the 23rd. If you don't know the background, Mark and I had a trip planned for France in September 2011, then came cancer. I've adjusted the itinerary a little bit, and I'm going solo. I don't have much of a plan; I'm just going to go and do what I want, when I want. Ne...