Touring the U.K. Drinking Tea All the Way

It’s taken me 3 months to chronicle our one-week vacation from Edinburgh to London.  Thank you for letting me share my pilgrimage to the land of tea.  For a tea lover like me it was the trip of a lifetime!  I’ll summarize it here but click on the links if you’d like to read more…

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Lunch at the Wolseley

The Wolseley is something of a British institution located right in the heart of London.  It is usually packed so reservations are recommended.  However, sometimes you get lucky if you stop in on a whim like we did and get seated right away. The building was originally constructed in 1921 by Wolseley Motors Limited as…

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Time Flies in Cambridge

On our whirlwind visit to Cambridge, we popped into the Copper Kettle for a very, very quick stop.  It was a busy place full of college students and tourists. We ran in, had some delicious cakes, scones, and strudel bites drank some ice water to cool down and a little bit of tea and ran…

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No Smoking Please

St. Andrews in Scotland is known as the home of golf and the place where William met Kate.  We spent most of our time there wandering through the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral dating back to 1158.  It was an appropriately gloomy, drizzly day and we absorbed the ambiance of Scotland. We were hungry and…

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Bettys is the Best!

Have you heard the expression, “total Betty?”  I first saw it years ago when we made a pilgrimage to Graceland, like every red-blooded American must do.  Out on the front rock wall amid all the other graffiti some insightful person wrote, “Elvis is a Total Betty.”  I figured this must be a good thing. As…

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Take Tea in the U.K.

Planning a trip to the U.K.?  If so, check out this link:  http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/  On this page you can discover places to have tea, find specials and make reservations all in one place.  Tea flows abundantly in the U.K. so there are many, many places to choose from.  You can search for a place by name…

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21 Charming Tea Rooms

Here is an article I wanted to share with you:  21 Absolutely Charming Tea Rooms You Have to Visit Before You Die.  Well, o.k.  I’ll do my best. I haven’t been to any of these but it looks like they’re mostly in Great Britain.  They do look absolutely charming.  Have you been to any of…

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