Wine, complements of the Hotel Baltimore Pizza from a local pizza shop (it was late Sunday evening and most restaurants are closed on Sunday), Cafe Kleber on Place de Tracadero – Shrimp salad, French Onion Soup, Duck Breast with gravy, fried potatoes, green beans, Smothered steak with Pomme de Terre Frite, Chocolate crepe, and fruit …
After getting off the Chunnel Train and making our way to the Hotel Baltimore near the Tracadero. When we checked in the night before, the hotel receptionist said that in addition to arriving the day after the general elections, the weather forecast called for some of the most inclement, rainy weather Paris had seen all …
As part of our travel package we booked via Costco Travel, we got Premier class train tickets on the Chunnel Train/Eurostar from London to Paris. We checked out of The Rubens and hit The Tube from Victoria Station, exiting at King’s Cross/St Pancras Station. After picking up our boarding passes, we passed through the automated …
Major highlights: Our Room at The Rubens, complementary cake from the Rubens on our wedding anniversary, Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (Royal Gibraltar Guards), St Paul’s Cathedral,, Tower of London, Shopping along Oxford St (Hamely’s toy store and M&M World), Seeing Rock of Ages at the Shaftsbury, the British Museum, walking in Covent Garden …
A pint of Old Golden Hen with some English baked pudding/pie and Bangers and Mash at the Prince Albert Pub near Victoria Station. Breakfast buffet at the Rubens includes sausage (regular and blood), bacon, eggs any style (including freshly poached and fried), hash browns, various baked breads, fresh fruits, cold cuts and cheeses, yogurts and …
Went to the world famous Harrod’s department store in London, where Theresa instantly bonded with the Harrod’s mascot bear. This place is massive, with rooms upon rooms of luxury merchandise covering multiple floors and spanning the entire interior of the building. They even have a small area dedicated to Princess Diana. Besides durable goods, Harrod …
Belgo Restaurant in London, famous for their mussel dishes, is located in the Covent Garden area of London. After ordering a pint of beer, we decided to get two types of mussels, the traditional ones cooked with wine and herbs and a spicy one cooked with a chorizo and tomato broth. Restaurant was really busy …
Our visit to Hogg Island Oyster in the SF Ferry Building in July Freshly shucked oysters from the HI farm as well as some smaller ones from the east coast. We sampled the four types on the menu that day and ordered a dozen more of the smaller oysters because we liked it so much …
This year was the summer of overflowing fruit trees. Peaches from the Fischers and Plums from Han and Larry’s tree
Went to Chicago this June for Marla and Scott’s wedding. Took some additional time off before to wander around the city. As you can probably tell from the marque above Conan O’ Brian was in town to tape his show. Conan folks were all over downtown, particularly the Magnificient Mile. They set up vending machine …