Grindelwald and the Jungfrau

After a long and mostly uneventful journey, we arrived in at our first Swiss Alps chalet mid-day on Tuesday. The “mostly” parts of “uneventful” concerned a one hour delay for lightning storms at Dulles and a nearly aborted journey for me when Emerson (16 week old kitten) failed to appear for our house sitter. As … Read more

Brexit Explained

I have been puzzled by Brexit.  Some of our British friends are pro-Brexit, others are anti-Brexit.  All of them are sensible people –  so what gives?  We were very glad to find a book at the British Library bookstore that made everything clear. If any  friends would like to borrow this book, we are happy … Read more

Inns of Court & The City

Sorry for the delay in completing my trip report. I returned home on May 23rd to a bad cold, much kerfuffle in library-land and the loss of our dear beloved Folly-dog.  I’ve wished myself back on the beach in Broad Haven many times. We decided to spend our last day in London doing guided rambles … Read more

Kew Gardens & Canary Wharf

Tuesday was bright AND sunny – ironic, since we were getting 5 inches of snow back home. We spent the day traversing greater London, traveling west to Kew Gardens, then traveling east across town to Canary Wharf aka the Docklands. Lights and sound in the Hive’s infrastructure are triggered when bees communicate with one another. … Read more

Norfolk: Sheringham Park, Blickling Hall and Norwich

Ozzie started off our Tuesday by taking us on one of his favorite walks, the Sheringham Estate.  Folly & Whimsy would love it. Sadly, galumphy dogs weren’t welcome at our next visit, Blicking Hall.  Blickling’s 17th century library contains more than 12,500 books.  A temporary art installation had fabulous exhibits around the importance of the written word … Read more