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DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG
65: time to hit the road
I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.
Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.
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2025 Jan #13: Fortnum&Mason, Tower ofLondon
Destination: Tower of London. Bus got stuck in a jam, we got off in soho. Walking up Piccadilly, hit Fortnum & Mason. Spent an hour...
dougbergh
Jan 221 min read
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2025 Jan #12: Bloomsbury
Random walk through Bloomsbury, around the e British Museum. Starting on Oxford Street: Newman Passage, Store Street, Russell Square:...
dougbergh
Jan 221 min read
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2025 Jan #11: Portobello Road, Nottingham Hill, Chelsea
It’s Sunday, the day of the Portobello Market, so off we go. Market a bit of a bust, but the Road is very cool. Didn’t get the name of...
dougbergh
Jan 191 min read
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2025 Jan #10: Chelsea & Buckingham Palace
Sat 18th: 2nd breakfast at a nice cafe (btw we’ve been ducking into cafes often to thaw): Walk to Sloan Square: Lunch at Ottolenghi: And...
dougbergh
Jan 191 min read
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2025 Jan #9: Marylebone, SoHo, Trafalgar
Friday 17th. Relatively uneventful. Bus to Marylebone, Ottolenghi sighting but lunch at Wagamama: Walk to SoHo: Happened across the...
dougbergh
Jan 191 min read
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2025 Jan #8: SoHo, Southwark
Thursday 16th: bus down to Oxford Street Marylebone: …and walked into SoHo: Then across the Thames in search of the state Modern museum:...
dougbergh
Jan 181 min read
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2025 Jan #7: Victoria & Albert
Today we visited the Victoria & Albert museum. It’s astonishing. More later.. Took a bus back to Kensington & walked the last bit,...
dougbergh
Jan 161 min read
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2025 Jan #6: Hampstead Heath, Kensington
Hampstead Heath is a huge open space; kinda reminiscent of The Presidio. Spent the AM walking. Through West Hampstead and into Hampstead:...
dougbergh
Jan 141 min read
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2025 Jan #5: Kilburn, Willesden
Southwest from the flat today, on foot again. 1st order of business: semi-annual haircut for Doug. David recommended this guy ‘Gas’ in...
dougbergh
Jan 131 min read
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2025 Jan #4: Hampstead, Primrose Hill, St Regents Park, St Johns Wood, Abbey Road
Sun Jan 12: Today we walked south-east, through West Hampstead, South Hampstead and Swiss Cottage, to Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park;...
dougbergh
Jan 121 min read
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2025 Jan #3: Hampstead
Saturday Jan 11: Spent our first afternoon (I slept ‘til 11!) strolling the north-east quadrant of our immediate neighborhood. We’re in...
dougbergh
Jan 111 min read
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2025 Jan #2: London!
Left PandPMartin at 11AM Thu Jan 9 for a 2PM flight to SF; plenty of time, smooth sailing. Transferred to a 5:35PM flight to London....
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Jan 111 min read
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