Materfamilias Writes

Blue Skies London. . . And Blue Skies Bordeaux

Blue Skies London. . . And Blue Skies Bordeaux

We were very pleased to have dinner with Alyson of That’s Not My Age our last evening in London (yes, she’s every bit as understatedly stylish, bright, and funny as you would guess from reading…

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Bye-bye London, Thanks for the Happy!

Bye-bye London, Thanks for the Happy!

I’m writing this on the TGV to Bordeaux and will post it once we arrive chez nous, as I like to think of the little house we will be renting for the third time. Train…

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Waterloo Sunset. . . After the Theatre

Waterloo Sunset. . . After the Theatre

The view from Waterloo Bridge as we walked home after a powerful and moving performance by Kevin Spacey of Clarence Darrow at the Old Vic Theatre. Rousing and inspiring, a reminder of the dark side…

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Travel Maths, Saving and Spending in London

Travel Maths, Saving and Spending in London

We rejected Heathrow Express train from the airport to downtown yesterday in favour of the considerably slower but much cheaper Underground ( a savings of about 40 pounds between us). We questioned our budget when…

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Countdown…pre-travel anxieties to take-off adventure

Countdown…pre-travel anxieties to take-off adventure

I am so very bad at the days before flying. It doesn’t help at all that, at 18, I misremembered the dates for a trip home from England, ensuring that both my younger sister and…

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