Cornell Botanic Gardens – Ithaca, NY
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Red Tail Ridge Winery – Penn Yan, NY
We were supposed to be in Scotland this week. But, 2024 is apparently the year we weren’t meant to leave the US. Our two previous trips to Canada were scuttled by different events, and Scotland was scuttled by a family emergency over here for the person we were supposed to be visiting. So, we decided
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London 2023: The City and the South Bank
We started the day at the Sky Garden, which is on top of the Walkie Talkie building. You can theoretically walk up for tickets, but it’s probably a good idea to book ahead if you really want to go (it is free). The views are really good. There is a restaurant at the top, or you
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London 2023: Christmas at Kew
We had our second Christmas light show at Kew Gardens. Weirdly, we were a little nervous going into it, because Blenheim was so good. I don’t know why we were worried – it’s Kew. It’s not like they were going to be a disappointment. One thing I did appreciate at Kew was that they clearly highlighted
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London 2023: Ham House, Richmond
Because we were doing the light show at Kew Gardens on Thursday evening, we decided to do something that would get us into the Richmond area ahead of that. This was not something we researched in advance, though I do have Ham House in my London Google maps, because I had mapped all the National
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London 2023: Regent Street at Night
Our next day (still rainy), consisted of the British Museum, which I have already taken enough pictures of I won’t bore anyone with my newest ones, and making our way over to the theatre district for a production of Peter Pan Goes Bad. I have not laughed that much in ages – those guys do
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London 2023: Regent Street, Oxford Street and Covent Garden
We spent the day (one of the two rainiest) around Regent and Oxford Streets, doing the Christmas shopping thing. We’d never made it to Fortnum and Mason before, so pretty much had to do that to see their windows (I came out with tea and jam, and BF got an ornament). We then back tracked to
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London 2023: Out to Oxford and Blenheim
Our first full day was our day trip out of London. Here’s where having a friend at our destination was a plus – we were able to drive. (Why that was helpful will become clear with our second destination for the day.) We started out in Oxford. We had a lovely look at the Ashmolean Museum, which
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London 2023
I guess we’ve got a little case of revenge traveling this year. This is the now the third time I’ve been out of the country in 2023. We booked the trip about two months ago. We decided it would be nice to go to a bigger city for Christmas, and JetBlue is now flying to London,