By Michael Downing Covent Garden Covent Garden: So nice we went twice. Located southeast of Soho, Covent Garden is famous for its central square, shopping, souvenirs, food, and the Royal Opera House (plus about half-a-million people, or so it seemed). We initially wandered over on Wednesday afternoon (it was reasonably crowded) and then again on... Continue Reading →
UK 2023: Chapter One>London: Red Eye to Heathrow, Piccadilly Circus, Soho/45 Broadwick Street
By Michael Downing The Red-Eye to Heathrow We took the red eye out of Newark and landed at Heathrow at 7 am, disoriented and quite a bit depersonalized. A friendly woman on the people-mover noticed our Hokas and modeled hers. "Those are cool," Jackie said. Hers are purple; Jackie’s are pink; mine are black. “I... Continue Reading →