Off to London...

For those of you who don't follow the Facebook Home on the Croft page, here's a link to a sermon I heard the other day called The Dignity and Beauty of Manual Labor. Yes, that's 'Labor' spelled the American way because it was preached in the USA, albeit by a Scot.


And so to today: I'm off to London to see the Queen. Well, the 'to see the Queen part' may not be entirely accurate. When I spoke to HM the other day, I told her I felt she and Prince Philip really needed to rest after their grueling week of events and illness. Her Maj understands, and hopes the next time I come to London, I will be able to have Tea at the Palace. 


In that I visit London frequently, that shouldn't be a problem.


Talking of visiting London, I must go and pack. 

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Okay, I'm back now, having at least gathered my wits my clothes. I am now going to have my second breakfast of the day, the first one having been at ridiculous-o'clock. Remembering that plenty food and plenty fluids is the way to stop myself getting headaches, I feel quite justified in eating Breakfast #2 at the late morning hour of 9am.


And speaking of food ... We are also going to Paris for a day. 


I'm sorry, did you catch what I said?


We. Are. Going. To. Paris.


"Je regret, mai je ne parlez pas Francais."

I really wish I did, but this is one of my only phrases. "I'm sorry, but I do not speak French.". Shame on me.


I was saying to The Girls (oh, did you know that my friends are The Girls. My own girls think this is hilarious, as anyone over 30 is a lady, and anyone of 40 is ... well, next door to being elderly)


Anyway, I was saying to The Girls that as we are in Paris from around 11am, we can begin our French experience with morning coffee at a Parisian coffee shop.


Sound good?


Then we have lunch, afternoon tea and dinner before heading back to London. 


I do believe we may manage a quick glimpse of the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysee, but they cannot be our priorities, right?


This time, I really do have to leave y'all to pack. I do have something of a history when it comes to being late ....


No doubt, I shall post photos a-plenty on Facebook, but I doubt I'll be posting here until I'm back in civilization.


Bon Vogage (that's me talking to myself - a frequent occurrence, so nothing with which to concern yourselves).