Winging over The Pond (Part 1)

(UPDATE: I have updated this article to get the most recent schedule for flights and to add multi-leg journeys. The original article only considered non-stop flights.) Let's take a look at the subject of flights from the US to London. We live near the Washington, DC area so the focus will be on that area as we know it pretty…
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  • On July 26, 2018
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Not every trip to England is all about London. Don’t miss an opportunity to get outside of London to visit some fantastic sights: Windsor Castle, Winchester for the cathedral; Portsmouth for the D-Day Tapestry; Bath for the Roman Baths, the Abbey, the Royal Crescent and Jane Austen Museum; the city of York for Yorkminster and the Shambles; the Yorkshire Downs,…
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  • On July 25, 2018
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Taking Tea

A love affair is what you might call Marsha’s relationship with English Tea, the delicious elixir brewed, sipped and enjoyed through the ages.  It began while we lived in England where she learned not only the proper method for brewing tea but all about the ritual of “Taking Tea.” With the resurgence in the 1990s of teashops and tearooms all…
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Baggage

Now that you have your brand new passport in hand, you are ready to begin the search for airline reservations. But before you do, if you are flying to the UK, check with the airlines about baggage limits for both checked-bags, carry-on bags, and quantity and weight limits.  You don’t want to be repacking at the airport (we’ve seen that…
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  • On July 17, 2018
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Shopping in England

One of the things we love to do in England (and Wales and Scotland) is to shop. We rummage through antique shops, boot sales, vintage shops, just about anywhere items unique to the UK are sold. We have been in bookstores, pottery shops, souvenir shops, cathedral shops, castle shops, manor shops, city shops, village shops, large stores, small stores and…
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