London / Paris Here We Come!!! 9/2 - 9/10/11

[MinnieGarden]

Amazing Indian Restaurant close to the Tower of London? Don't we have Lunch on our Own after the Tower of London on Sunday?

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I'm going to check their website and see if they are open for lunch on Sundays......

Another question.... when "The Box" arrives, is a more detailed itinerary included?

 

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I'm going to check their website and see if they are open for lunch on Sundays......

Another question.... when "The Box" arrives, is a more detailed itinerary included?

Yes, there is.

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[mattincanberra]

Just to add to the never ending list of things to do in London we are in town during Proms season. We are in Paris for the most famous Last Night of the Proms, but if classical music is your thing, or you want to know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall they are pretty cheap events.

 

[sayhello]

Just to add to the never ending list of things to do in London we are in town during Proms season. We are in Paris for the most famous Last Night of the Proms, but if classical music is your thing, or you want to know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall they are pretty cheap events.

OK, what are Proms? I've never heard of that. (Well, at least not in this context! Here in the US, a Prom is a fancy Dance that usually coincides with graduation, or something like that...)

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[k5jm]

OK, what are Proms? I've never heard of that. (Well, at least not in this context! Here in the US, a Prom is a fancy Dance that usually coincides with graduation, or something like that...)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/features/history

Looks very interesting!!

 

[mattincanberra]

OK, what are Proms?

The Proms are a series of concerts (usually a season of about 90-100 concerts) that is over 100 years old

The most famous prom event is "the last night of the proms" which features flag waving, horn blowing and 1000's of crazy English people singing Jerusalem and land of hope and glory.

YouTube will provide real life examples of this behavior.

 

[sayhello]

The Proms are a series of concerts (usually a season of about 90-100 concerts) that is over 100 years old

The most famous prom event is "the last night of the proms" which features flag waving, horn blowing and 1000's of crazy English people singing Jerusalem and land of hope and glory.

YouTube will provide real life examples of this behavior.

Oh, that sounds cool. I'm going to check that out. Thanks.

But on re-reading your original post, I also have to ask:

or you want to know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall they are pretty cheap events.

Um, dare I ask what that lovely little colloquialism means?

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[mattincanberra]

Um, dare I ask what that lovely little colloquialism means?

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It not my line, couple of guys called Lennon and McCartney came up with it to fill a space in a song called A Day in the Life which was the final song on the Sgt Peppers Album.

It is apparently an entirely nonsense line written to fill space and maintaining the rhyme and rythum of the song.

 

[sayhello]

It not my line, couple of guys called Lennon and McCartney came up with it to fill a space in a song called A Day in the Life which was the final song on the Sgt Peppers Album.

It is apparently an entirely nonsense line written to fill space and maintaining the rhyme and rythum of the song.

Oh, D'oh!

Thanks!
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[BriarRosie]

I heard Kevin's review of Bistro de Paris, and it inspired me to share my last experience there, a couple years ago. The end of the review also shows what the Yacht/Beach Private Dining can do if you throw a lot of money at them for a custom birthday cake.

And oh yeah...there's a pic of me when I lost a bunch a weight...which I've since gained most of it back. C'est la vie!

I think you might enjoy the unintentional entertainment provided by guests sitting next to my friend and me.

Bistro review with food porn, Oct 2009

 

[*NikkiBell*]

That is an amazing cake!

 

[sayhello]

I heard Kevin's review of Bistro de Paris, and it inspired me to share my last experience there, a couple years ago. The end of the review also shows what the Yacht/Beach Private Dining can do if you throw a lot of money at them for a custom birthday cake.

And oh yeah...there's a pic of me when I lost a bunch a weight...which I've since gained most of it back. C'est la vie!

I think you might enjoy the unintentional entertainment provided by guests sitting next to my friend and me.

Bistro review with food porn, Oct 2009

It's amazing what you can get if you just throw enough money at people!!!

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[BriarRosie]

That is an amazing cake!

I am hoping you were laughing at the old biddies floor show I described.
And yes, the cake was incredible, too. She had chocolate cake with chocolate ganache that was incredible. And the Goofy sculpture was in white chocolate. It met its demise a week or so ago during an earthquake in the St. Louis area.

It's amazing what you can get if you just throw enough money at people!!!

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That pretty much sums up our little group, don't you think?

 

[Chropistopy]

TWO MONTHS!!!!!

 

[BriarRosie]

TWO MONTHS!!!!!

I was thinking about that today! Woohoo!

 

[BlondeViki]

Hey there - I live in London and just wanted to pop on to this thread and wish you all the best, best trip!

I hope we're still having the fantastic weather we've got at the moment when you're here!! I love your itinerary, the Tower of London is one of my favourite places in London, it's so peaceful along the bit right next to the river if you get there early!

I hope you get to see London at it's best

 

[sayhello]

Hey there - I live in London and just wanted to pop on to this thread and wish you all the best, best trip!

I hope we're still having the fantastic weather we've got at the moment when you're here!! I love your itinerary, the Tower of London is one of my favourite places in London, it's so peaceful along the bit right next to the river if you get there early!

I hope you get to see London at it's best

I hope you're right!!! Thanks!

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[sayhello]

TWO MONTHS!!!!!

If I can just make it through the show I'm doing next weekend (Ragtime, yay!) then I'm free & clear to start doing stuff like buying train tickets, and working out currency, etc!

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[DisneyKevin]

61

HRH Princess Anne's age and the number of days until our Adventures commences.

 

[Sarabi's Cubs]

Ok, no one warned me that ABD chat could be dangerous. After all the talk last night about pajamas and shoes, I've done some serious shopping damage in the last 24 hours!

I can't believe we're at the 2 month mark!

Laurie