Burgh House Hampstead

Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.

Wicked The Musical

Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens

London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.

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Family Fun

Family Fun

What a nice day. It started with snuggles, and just hanging out together. There was a foray out into the cold that involved some of Nana’s hand knit caps. In the afternoon more grandparents arrived, gifts were exchanged, and a fine dinner prepared. And as a fine...

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Christmas Eve Chill

Christmas Eve Chill

It's been a day to just enjoy being together.  With floor time play with Linus, jumper playtime for Miles, old movie time with Greg and Rachel, and some of Greg's mixology. It's been a delightfully chilled day.

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Urban Nutcracker

Urban Nutcracker

Today presented a couple of rare opportunities. The two of us had the chance to get our younger grandson all to ourselves and his older brother got both of his parents all to himself! A group of preschoolers and parents made plans to see Boston's The Urban Nutcracker...

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Oh So Worth It!

Oh So Worth It!

The long train ride was oh, so worth it when Linus saw us through the front door and excitedly ran to greet us! A bit of homemade cranberry bread and a cup of tea and the two of us were ready for fun with grandsons. Miles has grown so much since our last visit when he...

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Almost There!

Almost There!

At 2:38 this morning we boarded Amtrak Train 66 bound for Boston, found coach seats across the aisle from each other and proceeded to do as all our fellow passengers were doing, attempt to sleep. After the New Haven stop we enjoyed seats together and continued to...

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Penn Station at Midnight

Penn Station at Midnight

It's a major transportation hub in the middle of the city that never sleeps. We arrived just before 11PM, more than nine hours later than scheduled and we now have more than three and a half hours to wait until the last northbound Northeast Regional of the "day" on...

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Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

This year we are celebrating Winter Solstice traveling north. We climbed aboard The Crescent in darkness at 5:30AM and had breakfast in the Dining Car as dawn broke over the landscape. Twelve hours later we are underground at Washington DC's Union Station as darkness...

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Aboard Amtrak

Aboard Amtrak

We finally boarded The Crescent at 5:30AM and we're now slowly making progress toward NYC. We're ensconced in our little roomette, too keyed up to sleep quite yet. The Dining Car will begin breakfast service in half an hour so we'll probably just go get some food then...

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Amtrak Delays

Amtrak Delays

It's not surprising but our train is late. Scheduled to depart the Greenville, South Carolina Station at 10:58 PM, it's running three and a half hours behind! We've been aware of this fact all evening. We've been watching the status on the Amtrak app. Then again, we...

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