Good Morning all my followers! I bid a fond farewell to NYC on Sunday night and woke up this morning in

LONDON!

Ella Quinn and I left JFK after sharing an Uber to the airport and we spent time together in the Delta Sky Lounge until her flight was called. Hers left NY around noon and mine didn’t leave until 6:00 pm.

After Ella left, I continued to enjoy the perks of the Lounge with Lulu.

and met an interesting guy named Eric who used to live in Gloucester and knew a lot of the people and places I did.

Small World Moment!

Once I got on the plane, I had a very nice surprise: the seat next to mine remained vacant.

So I got to stretch out quite a lot and used the other tray table as well as mine. Very smooth flight, very smooth landing, although I only dozed a bit here and there. And despite all my trepidation, I sailed through customs and was met by my taxi driver who was very chatty as we wound our way through London as it woke up on a Monday.

Arrived at my lodgings, The Charlotte Guest House, in Hampstead way too early for check-in, but they offered to give me breakfast (it comes with the room each morning) and will hold my luggage until my room is ready, sometime after noon. So I’m ensconced in the back garden of the Charlotte until my room is ready. It’s so nice out here, and so perfect a day, I could just camp out here for the 3 days of my stay!

Today I plan to reset my internal clock, so not much activity other than going out to eat and getting my bearings. Maybe writing some if I don’t fall asleep at 4:00 pm!

Tomorrow I take the tube into London to see as many Regency sites as I can.

Stay tuned!