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31. Three weeks in UK in 1990.

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Mon Oct 14, 2024, 11:19 AM

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There was a professional conference I was attending in Edinburgh, so I decided to leave two weeks before it and see a bit of the country. 1 wk in London (in a Bloomsbury hotel), 1 week roaming around the West Country and then 1 week in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Worked out just fine, and I timed it so I could attend the second night of the Proms in London, and the last night of the Edinburgh tattoo in Scotland. Also got to eat at Le Gavroche, which was (then) the biggest three-star restaurant in London.

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