Day 5 - London - Street Guitar Today - Hours After Attack

Crime Scene - Just 10 minutes ago

Day 4 - London - Bletchley Park - Alan Turing

This is the Bombe. That is the name of the computer
that Alan Turing designed to break the
Nazi Enigma code

Alan Turing - The Father of
Moden Computing

This old mansion was the estate before Bletchley Park

This blue sign is on Alan Turing's house

After watching the movie - The Imitation Game - about Alan Turing - and the Netflix series about Bletchley Park - this was one of our top destinations on this trip to London. 

For 6 summers - Lulu taught a course in London for Florida State University. We liked coming here so much - that this year we decided to come over on our own dime. I wanted Lulu to experience England without the obligations of teaching a class. She has 14 days times 24 hours to enjoy her country of ancestory. 

Day 5 - London - Stabbing Just Up The Street

We are in London enjoying a great vacation. Our apartment is on Russell Square. We were in bed from 10PM last night to 8AM this morning. We are sleeping really well over here. Lulu said someone rang our doorbell about 12:30 PM - I did not hear it. Since we were sleeping on the ground floor - we did not go up to answer it.

I did not see the news yet - but it appears there was a stabbing in Russell Square around midnight. Lulu heard the news and said it occurred around midnight. The police caught the culprit.

In the video below - the trees in the background are Russell  Square. -



I guess no one is going to come and visit us now  :-)

Thursday morning will publish day 4 - our trip to Bletchley Park - the Alan During story.

Bletchley Park is a wonderful visit. I am too tired to write now- will do the store in the morning.

Day 3 - London - Today We Took A Walk From Our Apartment Down To The Thames

Lulu at the British Museum after walking 5 miles.

Harry and Big Ben - it is 5 o'clock somewhere

Lulu said just one car a web post - this is Land Rover Defender

Monday night we went to bed at 10 PM after arriving in London at 6 AM by jet. I slept 12 straight hours to 10 AM. That is one way to beat jet lag - just sleep :-)

When we got up Tuesday morning - owe everything in the apartment in its place. It is hard decorating 11 rooms with only 2 roller bags of stuff. We got showered and had a nice breakfast because Lulu got groceries as soon as we arrived. 

I will do a video of the apartment shortly. It is huge - 5 BR - 4 baths - the living room has 5 love seats - there are 12 beds - 2 refrigerators - 2 stoves - dishwasher - washer - dryer.  There are to gigantic steel tubs. It is on the first floor and the ground floor - their term for a basement. The showers have individual tankless water heaters - instant on - very stable hot water. 

Around noon - we walked south to the John Hunter Anatomy Museum (free admission). It is a curious collection of medical samples. I will return there to take secret pictures - they do not allow regular cameras. The museum is on the campus of the London School of Economics.

After a nice sit down lunch - we stopped at a shop to buy sim cards for our iPhones. We bought 2 Lebara cards for our iPhones for 13 pounds each - about $17. For that you get iPhone service for a month - 2 GB of wifi per iPhone - texts messages - 1000 phone minutes - and free calls between the phones. The guy put the card sin our phones and tested each phone. Total bill was 26 pounds including tax. For that small amount - we can use all the features on our iPhones - just like back in the USA where we pay $150 a month for that service. Tell me again how everything in America is better. 

Day 2 - London - At 6AM - We Landed in London For The Olympics

We are spending the next 2 weeks in London.

4 years ago - we spent August in London. Lulu was teaching a course here for Florida State University - so all the family came over and enjoyed the Olympics with us. Lulu spent 6 summers in London teaching - and enjoying their summer weather and entertainment. So with the Olympics in Rio this year - we decided to return to London to watch the games from here. Usually when we were here - Lulu had class during the days. Now she is free to do whatever she wants - 24 hours a day.

Last week - Lulu and I were doing our daily walk in the Governors Square Mall in Tallahassee. I was sweating a bit and said to Lulu - if you wanted to go to London for 2 weeks - I would not protest - just to get away from the humidity. Within hours - she got us 2 plane tickets using frequent flyer miles. She emailed FSU London - and got us the apartment next door to our old London Olympics apartment. We were set.

Day 1 - in the plane for the final leg

We are in a plane with lots of empty seats. Final leg is 6.5 hours.

Lulu and I have a full row so we can stretch out a bit.

They are try to sell long foot room seats for $50 extra. I told lulu I will stand on the back to save $50.

We are in an Airbus A330. We have plugs for iPhones but not CPAPs. We each have our own computer screens.

The land of the midnight sun.

Day 1 - Two Legs Down And One To Go

The lady said to us "first class" - when
we checked into the sky club. I was so excited
until she said that was the wifi password.

We rode this neat indoor monorail from gate to gate.





We just landed on the second of our 3 leg excursion. We had two nice flights - we were upgraded to Comfort Plus on both of the flights. Lulu ended up sitting directly behind me again. Since we bought the tickets with FF miles - we are traveling separately. So both times I arrived 3 feet before her.

A little hint - from where we are now - if we traveled south - we would fly over Canada.

We are relaxing in the Sky Lounge. It is a perk Lulu gets with her Gold Medallion. Of course - I am busy trying to get my money's worth - lots of great food and drinks. There is also free wifi.

We leave here at 5:50 PM tonight.

So far - no chances for bumps. Both of our planes were pretty full.

Day 1 - we are in our second plane

On our second flight. I am in 13E. We were upgraded to comfort plus class. Lulu is directly behind me. She has my back.

We are in an MD90. Each seat has power outlet for 110 ac and usb.

This is the second of three legs today. Where do you think we will land?

Weather is bright and sunny where we are.

Plane is full but no bumps. I have the right side window.

Day 1 - First Stop - Waiting For Our Next Leg

Lulu loves Cocoa Beach. Every year - she goes there with the cousins. Funny - while stopped here - we met John and Michelle Maas. They were changing planes on the away home. They are the couple that every year gifts the Cocoa Beach condo to Lulu. They are also the employers of our Homestead Coal Cracker friend - Doris Hollenbach Meneses.

So --- where are we?

Upgraded to comfort class on first leg.

I am in row 12. Lulu is in row 13 right behind me. We were upgraded to comfort class which gives us like 6 inches of leg room in front of my knees.

Can you guess where our first plane will land?

We have 3 legs of travel today --- unless we are bumped. :-)

We took an uber car to the airport today. $15. It was a red Kia Soul driven by a cool older guy - Leonard. I was surprised at how quiet and smooth it was. He was at our home in less than 5 minutes from our post. We love uber cars.

Lots of family travelers on this flight.

Day 1 - The Magical Mystery Tour Is Coming To Take You Away

Lulu and Harry and their two blue bags

We are at the Tallahassee International Airport  at 9 AM on Sunday morning - the only International Airport that has no planes to other countries. Lulu has planned a spur of the moment trip. It will take two weeks - Sunday to Sunday to Sunday.

I will give you a few clues on where we are going -

1. We each have one carry-on bag with us.

2. We will be flying on 5 separate planes on the trip.

3. Lulu bought each of our tickets with 60,000 free frequent flyer miles on Delta.

4. This is not a work trip for Lulu - it is strictly pleasure.

5. High temperatures at our destination are in the mid 70s.

6. It took Lulu less than an hour to plan the trip - planes - accommodations - etc.

I will be writing stories along the way and include pictures as clues.

Coming to take you away - take you today!

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Donald Trump has been bragging about his wife's degree from the University of Slovenia in Architecture and Design. It turns out she dropped out after one year and took a modeling job. The degree is fake - what else is fake about the Trumps?

Where are those tax returns? They will tell us if he is lying about how rich he is. They will let us know how much he gave to charity when no one was looking. We will see how much business he does in Russia. We would see how much taxes he paid.

Volkswagen Car Tower in Wolfsburg

When we toured the biggest auto plant in the world last April in Wolfsburg Germany - one of the neatest things was this car tower. It was 20 stories tall and held 20 cars on each floor. The computer could retrieve any one of the 400 cars in less than a minute. This is where Volkswagen stores the cars waiting for customers to come and pick them up.

The Wolfsburg Plant is like a Disney theme park. There are museums - pavilions - restaurants - showrooms - and test areas. Wolfsburg is the richest town in the world - $125,000 per capita income. The whole town was built to build the Beetle.

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1951 Peerless Travel Trailer - A Real Project

1951 Peerless Travel Trailer in shed

Today I went about 15 miles west of town to see a camper - a 1951 Peerless Travel Trailer. I fancy finding an antique and fixing it up for the road. This camper is neat - but the repair is way beyond my pay grade. The last time it was on the road was 1971 - the year Lulu and I eloped to Miami. The old rusty license plate is still on the back.

The camper is in a shed - so it has been kept pretty dry. The inside it lines with birch wood. It has 4 tiny rooms - bedroom - bathroom - kitchen - living room. I did not make an offer on it - but someone could make this nice with some carpentry skills. The body is aluminum was several coats of paint on it.

Thesis what it could look like

This is what the bedroom looks like now.

The bathroom has a toilet - sink - shower.

The kitchen is in the middle.

Two entrances - bedroom - living room.

It has 4 wheels.

This is the living room.

It still has the 1971 license plate on it. 

This is an example of a cleaned up Peerless.

It could have a very open living area.

The open floor plan.

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