I like to joke that little boys who tell fibs grow up to be marketeers or weathermen.*** In this case though, the English weatherman said Saturday would be lousy, and he was right. It teemed down. It was just as well we had gone on our jaunt down the Thames the day before! So we … Continue reading Rambling around Richmond
London
A Day on the Thames
"Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: `messing--about--in--boats; messing----" (Water Rat to Mole, Wind in the Willows, Chapter 1, Kenneth Grahame). So it is for Bill and I, as we make our way down to Richmond pier … Continue reading A Day on the Thames
Hungarian Parliament Building
Hungarians consider that their civilisation dates to 896. In the next 1000 years the Magyars went from being a nomadic Central Asian tribe rampaging through the Continent, to a legitimate power, helping the Habsburgs rule one of the mightiest empires Europe had ever seen (according to Rick Steve's guidebook). The millennium celebrations of 1896 were … Continue reading Hungarian Parliament Building
The Reluctant Retiree 