(May 15, 2015) Portsmouth to Cornwall Our breakfast was lovely — smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for me, and a bacon-cheese croissant for J., accompanied by tasty decaf coffee, toast,…

(May 14, 2015) We were all up early and in a taxi by 8:30am . . . and found out why traffic in London is so very hideous. There was…

(May 13, 2015) Back to London! The trusty Eurostar got us back to London with no problems at all. (TRAVEL TIP: going from london to Paris is chaotic and poorly…

(May 12, 2015) I woke up feel crappy again, so I decided to take it easy all day, reading and relaxing in our apartment, while J. et al went to…

We all slept in a bit today, we didn’t have to be anywhere until noon, and we took advantage of that. We walked from our place to the Eiffel Tower,…

(May 10, 2015) It’s a good thing I rested yesterday, because we covered a LOT today. We started with breakfast at home, then went right out to the newly-opened Picasso…

(May 9, 2015) I needed a break, mostly because my head cold was coming on strong and I was pretty tired even when I first woke up. So everyone else…

(May 8, 2015) We started the day with a lovely breakfast in our hotel — lots of croissants, meat, cheese, toast, yogurt, hot drinks (chocolate, cafe,tea), cereal,  and fresh-squeezed oj…

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(May 6, 2015) This was a long day, full of emotion.