London - October 2010

Well friends, here's the final six postings on my 2010 Around the World Adventure. It includes London, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Bosnia-Herzogovina, Island Tour near Dubrovnik, Montenegro and Split (Croatia).

I arrived in London after four days in Tel Aviv. As usual, the BA flight was great. My friend Norman picked me up and we headed to his manor and sipped champagne well into the evening.

On Monday, October 11, Norman raised the American flag in honor of Columbus Day.

Here's an old mailbox that Norman and Ann placed near the flagpole. It is only for decoration, but weekly they must empty it of letters that people have inserted, and take them to the post office.

As usual, Ann's gardens are magnificent. There were many new additions as you wander the many acres of plantings.

Here's the backyard.

Dinner was at The East for Chinese and we had my favorite crispy duck. Alex and Tamsin joined us. As usual, we ordered too much food. The latest news was Mark's proposal to their daughter Amber. She wants here wedding in Las Vegas but I vote on London.

The next night I had dinner at Alex and Tamsin's house. Norman and Ann were off to a formal dinner in town.

While there, I spent two days working on my blog, and was able to post my trips to Shanghai, Sydney, Cairns, Melbourne and Israel.