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Have you been wondering about my walk with our next door neighbor David and his friend? I found myself strangely excited and a bit nervous about it. Silly me. David picked me up by knocking on our door promptly at 10:15. He was carrying a shopping bag and I had a small bunch of flowersContinue reading “Pins and Needles?”

When you watch as much HHI as we do, you learn to moderate your expectations of housing abroad. There are no “Texas” sized kitchens in the British Airbnb system…unless you are renting a manor house with a butler. We are not. Here are a couple shots of our downstairs and mind you, it is plentyContinue reading “House Hunters International”

Part 1 – The DAY I was feeling a bit of melancholy on this morning’s wander. Today is the final day of the British Open. It is the most prestigious golf tournament in the world. This is particularly so if you view from any place other than the US. Most simply refer to it asContinue reading “Weirdo!”

As promised, I went back to St. Martin’s when it was open so that I could go inside. If possible, it’s an even lovelier day than when I was there a few days ago. St. Martin’s is a UNESCO SITE and is said to be the oldest church in continuous use in all of theContinue reading “St Martin’s”

At the risk of being a nosy neighbor or a voyeur… 8:00 am on a Friday: mom with 4 kids walking toward town center – 6 year old in school uniform leading the group, followed by mom pushing a stroller with an infant AND carrying a 3 year old on her shoulders, with a 4Continue reading “window watching”

I don’t know where to start so I’ll start at the beginning. (Isn’t that a song from The Sound of Music?). As Glen said, we’ve been here in Canterbury since Friday and it already feels like an old friend. And by old, I mean olde! Canterbury is a mid-sized city so it’s really manageable toContinue reading “The Davids and Gilders of Travel”

We arrived last Friday evening. Today is Wednesday. I went out for my first wander this morning. The neighborhood we are in is adjacent to Town Center. Town center is circled by a couple of main thoroughfares. And to get across these thoroughfares and into Town Center are a labyrinth of tunnels. The photo belowContinue reading “Maybe Not?”

We love our Two Sawyers pub (circa 1796) and Phoebe’s coffee shop right across the way (15 steps to be exact). We enjoyed coffee yesterday morning and in the evening we popped over for a gin and tonic and dinner. The pub had quite a few “young” people in it so Glen asked the drinkingContinue reading “We were once young and dumb, too…”

You all know I’m a baseball fan and I love using baseball’s language for life and life’s language for baseball. The above title is my way of saying JDT “hit it out of the yard” with the first two selections of our latest adventure! Hooray!!! I felt compelled to write a few times while upContinue reading “Batting 1000; Slugging 4000”

When we started planning this trip, I was stuck on spending a month or two in Dublin. Ireland has long been on my “must see/do/dwell list. I had a hard time finding a place to rent so then I switched to Edinburgh. Glen loved Scotland and especially the Highlands so as I said in myContinue reading “Good Byes are Hard”