How to have fun in the UK while staying safe? Stay outside.
The Tower Bridge and the recently boostered travelers.
The Eurostar from Paris to London delivered us to a world where Omicron was causing worry and rising cases. Our first task was our required COVID test, and our next task was to find a place to get our booster shots. A bit of on line searching led us to Guys St. Thomas hospital, some standing in line and some waiting in chairs, and two hours later we were boosted.
The unassuming site of our boosters. There was no charge even for foreigners, so we went on line and donated money to the hospital.
While we wait the seven days for our immune systems to ramp up their responses we stay out in the fresh, healthy, bracing, clean, cold, brisk outside.
Family! So lucky to have these two to spend time with. Walking the Regents Canal.We visit outdoor beer gardens and order pizza, bundled up.Order your pizza and meet their bicycle delivery person out front.Walking on Hampstead Heath, the view from Parliament Hill.Pint of cider at lunch in another pub garden.Take out dinner in our hotel room. The glamorous side of travel during COVID. This made me feel for everyone who has quarantined in a hotel room during the time of COVID. Masked up, windows open, enjoying the top deck of a London bus.
No lie, it freaks us out to see pubs and restaurants full of unmasked people enjoying themselves in London. We watch the COVID numbers rise and retreat even further into our safe behavior. With our Christmas plans shifting and changing we get on the tube and to the train station to head to Edinburgh.
Early Sunday tube ride. The numbers of transit riders are down again in this new wave of Omicron.At Kings Cross Station to get on a train to Edinburgh.Auld Reekie. Edinburgh. Hello.The Happy Travelers out in the fresh air of Scotland.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and stay safe all.
After decades of living and working in wonderful San Francisco we gave it all up to travel the world. Not owning a car allowed us to save money and live hyper-locally. Now we’re living around the globe. Follow along to see where we are and what cats I manage to pet.
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I see a glimpse of the Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op from the Brunstfield Links!
Less Car, More Life 
I see a glimpse of the Edinburgh Student Housing Co-op from the Brunstfield Links!
Yes, we knew it was somewhere right there but couldn’t remember which building.
It’s the red and tan apartment building just to the left of the kirk.