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was fascinated by it. The girls fell in love with the desserts. After we had
been sightseeing the next morning, the girls insisted on returning to the
hotel for lunch and dessert before we drove on.
After returning to London we attended a couple of plays, but the
musical Sunset Boulevard was the highlight. The female lead had a
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rable) and suddenly said, Didnt you used to be Jean Holmes? The
lady proved to be the former Elaine Wood, who had been a friend of
Janets in Ras Tanura. She now lives in California and was visiting Lon-
don with her husband. Coincidences never cease!
Jean had rented an apartment near the British Museum that
turned out to be an absolute delight. We had three bedrooms, a kitchen
for our breakfasts and a living room where we met to discuss our plans
for the day in the morning and the results of our day in the evening each
night. It worked superbly for us. This was our last big trip with four of
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Cindi had joined us for the last week only. She felt that her clients would
not tolerate a two-week trip.
Victoria had missed our family trip to England. I therefore took
her on a one-week cruise to Alaska (from Vancouver) via the Inside Pas-
sage. The glaciers in Alaska were especially impressive. In Glacier Bay
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salmon 18 inches long that had spawned there. Vicki and I had a happy
time enjoying the shipboard entertainment at night.
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number of years at Asilomar, near Monterey. There were opportunities
for fun for all ages, and the conversations in the evenings around the
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