2020 was the year I had to do some personal business in Portugal and England, unfortunately it was also the year of COVID-19! In February of 2020 I arranged to do some paperwork at the Portuguese Consulate in Boston and in March due to the
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Category: London
Liverpool Street Station – London, England
Liverpool Street station is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London. It is one of the busiest railway stations in London, serving as the terminus of: the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge;
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Cleopatra’s Needle – London, England
Cleopatra’s Needle in London is one of three similarly named Egyptian obelisks and is located in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the Embankment underground station. It was presented to the United Kingdom in
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Kinder Transport Statue – London, England
Nazi authorities staged a violent program in Germany on November 9–10, 1938, known as Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). Afterwards the British government eased immigration restrictions for certain categories of Jewish refugees. British authorities agreed to allow an unspecified number of children under the age
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River Thames Cruise – London, England
We decided to get a nice overview of the city by taking a small boat tour on the River Thames. The hop on hop off boat was a very convenient method to see all the top sites along the river. We hopped on the boat
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