London 2025

 When James turned 21 we went to Paris for his birthday.

This year turning 41- London!

Monday March 24,,2025

We have an evening flight from Boston to Newark.

delay departure from Boston because of fog. Had to shuttle to anotherbterminal and we were held on the tarmac over 15 min.  We get to the terminal and James sprints to the gate. I arrive by cart but too late. Jsmescsaid they closed the gate 30 seconds before he got there. 

Plan B- we ride on the cart a long way and then have to walk a long way to the next plane leaving for London. 

Long night.

Tuesday 

9am arrival

Tube to Russell square

Air bnb

Walked around Bloomsbury

Waterstone Bookstore- I get an orange juice. Sure feeling dehydration and sleep deprivation. 

Nap- out two hours-hard crash.

Bookstore visit

Chinese dinner- packed restaurant 

Crashed hard and slept ten hours. 

Wednesday 

Coffee shop. Bus to Trafalgar square

Churchill war room- 2hrs visit 

Pizza for lunch, coffee St James park and a nice stroll on a warm afternoon 

Bookstore and fancy tea store

Rest time 

Italian dinner. Tried to call the Gomes but no answer.

A nice sunny warm afternoon. 

Thursday

Breakfast at local cafe.Authentic London spot by our apartment. 

Going to, national portrait gallery for a lecture on king James I.

Browsing Bookstores in theatre district 

Chinatown for lunch.

British museum tour-rosetta stone and more (but lousy coffee)

Bookstore by our air bnb neighborhood. Dad bought two paperbacks 

Leftovers and pizza for dinner while watching the old daredevil film 

A cool morning but pleasant afternoon for weather. 

Friday

Croissants and coffee in the apt.

We traveled to many, many bookstores today. 

Visited a dealer in antique arms- swords, daggers, samurai, flintlocks. So cool 

Fun at Covent garden with hot chocolate and music.

Accidentally traveled over the Thames in the way back to our flat, getting on the bus the wrong way.  We must have walked 8-9 miles today.  

James is fitting in.  A lady asked him for directions. 

Dinner was Korean food.

Had a nice talk with Sara, leni and spencey

Linda called too!

Saturday 

Tower of london!  Took the bus across the Thames.  Great view of the tower bridge.  We walked along the river and across the impressive tower bridge. We strolled into the tower of London for our tour, we started with the crown jewels and then toured the armory.  Great place to visit.

We had Chinese food for lunch and then took the tube down by the eye.  We had a coffee with James friend at the film institute. We took the tube back to our flat where we rested. I am pretty tired from the jet lag and a lot of walking from yesterday.  James went to a locsl bookstore to pickup a book.  When he returned we walked to an old pub called the lamb. A very old tavern. Leftovers for me, fish and chips for James. 

Sunday

Happy Birthday James!  Another great adventure. 

Breakfast at our local favorite coffee cafe. Tube to big ben and parliament. So great to be by these iconic sites. We walked a litle and got a little sidetracked pastnpsrliament.  Lunch and the back to the national museum. We had plenty of walking.  Great history in this place. I am tired!

We took a break back to the flat to recharge. Dinner at 

Walk back to the flat and a beautiful birthday video from the Gomes kids.  Touching. 

Monday 

Headed home

Noon flight. 7.5 hrs to dulles. 2 hr layover turned into 4. We are dead tired.  1.5 hrs to Boston. Breezed thru customs. Shuttle to framingham and picked up by cioci jean. In bed soon, 5am London time.

Another great adventure with my boy.


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