Monthly Archives: August 2019

We woke this morning to find that the UK is engaged in a bout of sibling rivalry with the US and that Boris Johnson is challenging Donald Trump for craziest behavior from a leader of a democracy.  Asking the queen … Continue reading →

  Getting ready for this trip seemed harder than our norm and included a British Airways strike that necessitated rerouting our return trip four days before we left; damage to Marty’s car by the city of Palo Alto construction that … Continue reading →

I’m time traveling back to the 15th century on my vacation! The longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history took place between 1455 and 1485.  The crown of England changed hands violently seven times as the great … Continue reading →