Category: London

Why London in October? Because I got invited.  Now, Reader, I don’t give much life advice because I don’t have much figured out. However, one thing I have done my entire adult life is keep an emergency travel fund. You never know when you may need to bolt from a bad roommate situation or a…

Yep, you read that right. In this blog, we’re not taking tea in a fancy dining room but rather down in a thousand-year-old crypt. Novel.  Londoners love tea. And, apparently, Londoners love church, judging by the city’s staggering number of churches. There are 47 churches within London’s square mile. And a few of them offer…

Welcome back, tea enthusiasts. And London enthusiasts. And gin enthusiast? My High-Tea Crawl through London continues. However, in this blog, we’re not sipping tea in a stuffy tea room but rather onboard a double-decker bus. And not just any old double-decker bus, but a retrofitted, vintage one. Oh yeah, and we’re not sipping tea.   In my search for high…

Tea at Hotel Cafe Royal (the second stop on my afternoon tea crawl through London) is a very opulent affair. Unlike Fortnum and Mason’s bright and airy tearoom, Cafe Royals’ tearoom is dark and heavy, dripping in gold and velvet. Walking in feels like stepping into a jewelry box. And I felt a bit like…

I don’t mean to brag, but I was on the “non-traveling” tennis team in high school. The “non-traveling” members of the team were so far down the roster that our matches didn’t count, and therefore, our attendance was not required. Because my experience with tennis lies in the distant past and is less than spectacular,…

Lately, I’ve been spending my layovers on an afternoon tea tour through London. Sitting and sipping tea is just about the right speed for this tired flight attendant. It doesn’t take much effort to put on a pretty dress, sit in an opulent setting, and indulge myself with scones and sweets. Perhaps, reader, you would…

  European layovers are rough for flight attendants based on the west coast. No matter how you play it, you’ll miss one night of sleep each week. With a short 24-hour layover, you have two strategies:  When you get to the hotel, you can nap for a few hours. Then, draggg yourself out of bed and go…

Yesterday on the news, an expert (he wasn’t a scientist, maybe a historian, definitely an author) said, “Pandemics don’t last forever. This pandemic will end.” I was pleased to hear this because I’ve been feeling like we’re never going to get past this. It’s been 18 months, and I still don’t see an exit. Sure,…