• Pamela

    From London, Renoir’s “The Umbrellas”

    This is Post #1 from London and Paris. We land at 11:15 am at Heathrow Airport and, after going through Customs, catch the Heathrow Express train to Paddington Station, a short walk from our hotel.  A huge pot of English Breakfast tea is sent up to our room, which helps revive us after the long flight.  Even so, we look a bit bedraggled, for it is now 4 am in Los Angeles. Too excited to take a nap, we catch a cab to the National Gallery. We’ll see if looking at beautiful paintings helps overcome jet lag. Following a hearty lunch, we actually feel almost normal and set off to…