Trailing Spouses Lands in London

Lulu is teaching a course at the FSU Study Center in London. For the next 7 weeks - this little apartment is our home. Although it is small and spartan - it is a great location right in downtown London near the British Museum (their Smithsonian). Hotels in this area cost $300 a night - so 50 nights in this pad is saving us $15,000! We are in Apartment 2 of the Janet Poole House at 105 Gower Street. It seems like all the houses have names over here - I guess it is so you can tell them apart. Dr. Sandy D'Alembert - former FSU president - is staying in Apartment 4 - he is teaching a course on International Law here.

Our trip over here went from Tallahassee to Atlanta to Syracuse to Cincinnati and finally to London. The last leg of the trip was overnight - it was a very pleasant flight because Lulu got us exit row seats - and they were near the bathrooms. We also made a 3 day stop in Syracuse to see Jack - my grandson.

Lulu's classes are Tuesday and Thursday. So we have 5 days a week for touring - with 4 day weekends. We plan to go to Liverpool - Brighton Beach - and Cornwall. Lulu's grandfather's family came from Cornwall.

Keith is going to visit us the last 2 weeks. He is a fan of the Arsenal Soccer Team. He already bought tickets for a match in Germany against Stuttgart. We will be visiting Tubingen, Germany - where Duke Eberhard lived and founded a university. We might get to see Volkwagens - Porsches - or Mercedes being made.

Once we got to Gatwick Airport in London - we took the express train to downtown - then took a little black London cab to our flat.

As you know - Lulu does the work to earn all this travel. I carry her bags - this time it was a real task - we had 8 different bags and some were very heavy. As usual I am too tight to pay a porter - so the Trailing Spouse was earning his keep. Cheerio.