It was a month packed with activities - I had wanted to go to New York and on the Queen Mary 2 again but also to attend the last concert of the 2024 Canterbury Festival with my four nephews and nieces.
Highlights
- Staying at the Yale Club in New York City
- Attending the tales of Hoffman at the Metropolitan Opera
- Two plays - the Roommate and McNeal
- Visiting Newport and the Sailing museum
- Visiting Cambridge Colleague Heather in Boston
- Crossing the Atlantic on the QMII
- A bridge lesson and duplicate game each day
- Two days in Hampshire with nephew Phillip
- Three days in London at the Reform Club
- Meeting up with colleague Tom also from Cambridge days
- Attending the Phantom of the Opera
- Eight days in Lisbon.
- The Maritime museum in Lisbon
- The Guggenheim museum in Lisbon
- Staying on the farm for a week in Littlebourne
- Attending Monteverdi's 2010 Vespers with my four nephews and neices in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral in memory of my sister.
Lowlights
- Loosing my laptop in Calgary airport (later recovered)
- Catching a respiratory virus on the QMII that lasted about three weeks.
- Having my wallet pickpocketed in Lisbon.
- Having to manage only with cash for more than a week.
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