tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34408404031385853282024-02-21T14:16:06.491+00:00Finding my way...in EnglandBy Jeanne HenriquesJeanne Henriqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440840403138585328.post-9080961022953467672016-10-05T10:35:00.000+01:002016-10-06T10:26:16.575+01:00Sissinghurst Gardens...one room at a time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I want to tell you all about the Elizabehtan house set in fields and meadows</div>
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in the beautiful Kent landscape. I want to tell you about the owners, </div>
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Vita Sackville-West, poet, novelist, gardener and her husband, Harold Nicolson, </div>
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writer and diplomat. There is more to their story than you can imagine. </div>
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waiting for my words. I think a cold winter's day with time</div>
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Sissinghurst gardens....one room at a time.</div>
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and then their are the fields and meadows....</div>
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<i>Best wishes my green thumbed friends,</i></div>
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I set off into London with a list.</div>
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A list of stores where I could potentially buy a new sofa.</div>
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I had done my research, had a few suggestions and was raring to go.</div>
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I had one store in mind when I hopped off the Parsons Green tube stop in London.</div>
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I have my A-Z London App. on my iphone...it always gets me where I need to go.</div>
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I got lost and that was ok. </div>
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I always tell my kids the fun doesn't begin until you get lost.</div>
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That is when the true adventure begins.</div>
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As I wandered the streets, I spotted a bicycle. </div>
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what happens when I spot a bicycle...a photo is usually involved.</div>
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It is sort of like the children' story, <i>If You Give a Pig a Pancake,</i></div>
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So..I saw the bicycle and thought I would investigate. </div>
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<a href="http://www.thefrenchhouse.co.uk/">The French House</a> is hard to describe...you have to enter to truly appreciate it.</div>
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we say, look no further than Fortnum and Mason.We have tried them all...from America, to Australia, to New Zealand and back again. Mr. and Mr. H have declared that no one does it as well as Fortnum and Mason. With each visit to London, Mr. H has a simple assignment, buy as much Forthum and Mason marmalade as you can fit into your luggage. The man never ceases to amaze me with what he can get into his luggage. If their is a will..there is a way. </div>
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and orange is your flavour of choice...here are a few to tempt you. Even better...pick up a few as a Christmas gift with a few tins of Fortnum and Mason tea...you will be the best gift give ever..promise!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><i>Vice Admiral Nelson's victory over the French at Trafalgar. </i></span></div>
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One thing I have learned in my 18 years as an expat is that you open a lot of <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-door-closes.html"><i>doors</i></a>. Throw in a few <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/02/from-my-kitchen-window.html"><i>windows</i></a> and you keep yourself pretty busy trying to keep your expat world in order. This thought came to me today as I assembled all my <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/03/making-friends.html"><i>'expat england'</i></a> photos into one file. I admit there were quite a few heart strings that were pulled as I went along. Photos of <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowy-night-london-lights-and-kings.html"><i>family gatherings</i></a>, <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/04/perfect-haven.html"><i>expeditions</i></a> into the <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/04/beautiful-english-landscapes.html"><i>English countryside</i></a> and <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/09/secret-places-dennis-severs-house.html"><i>quiet sojourns</i></a> into <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/09/fondness-for-pimlico.html"><i>London</i></a> are now collected into one file. I had to pinch myself, it's surreal to think of a time when I walked to the local <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-night-in-london.html"><i>train</i></a> station to catch a 20 minute ride into <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/09/millions-miles-away-in-little-venice.html"><i>London</i></a>.<br />
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When we boarded the plane for Vietnam, leaving England behind, I found the easiest way to make the transition was to <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2012/11/finding-my-way-in-vietnam.html"><i>shut the door</i></a> until I was ready to open it again. If I had made the transition from a Southeast Asian city to Saigon I would probably have left the door ajar. The differences would not have been so extreme. To move from <a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/04/springtime-in-surrey.html"><i>Surrey</i></a> to <a href="http://jeanneexpatdiary.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-new-friendcalotes-bachae.html"><i>Saigon</i></a> was a jolt to the senses, I knew I would need time to decompress, if I hadn't closed that door for a time I would have sat on the fence with one foot in each country unable to embrace what was in front of me.<br />
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I see it often in Vietnam, that dazed look in a new expats eyes, wondering where they are going, how they will cope and steady themselves for the new experiences ahead of them. I want to tell them it's a matter of doors and windows. You have to know when to shut and open them until you set yourself right.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">As for me, the doors are open, the windows are up and I am once again moving through my expat world with greater ease. I know, because it brought me here, to the house below. I would pass it nearly every day on my </span><a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-pashley-and-joni-mitchell.html" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">bike</span></i></a><span style="text-align: left;"> ride into the </span><i style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://jeanne-findingmyway.blogspot.com/2010/04/drive-by-photography.html">local village</a></i><span style="text-align: left;">. Every once in a while, just before I turned the corner from our street, I would slow down...stop..and snap a photo. I captured it in all seasons, my favorite being summer and winter.</span></div>
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My <a href="http://jeanneexpatdiary.blogspot.com/"><i>view</i></a> today is very different as I ramble along the streets of Saigon but I feel so very fortunate to have had those days where I imagined the life beyond the garden, the windows and doors that graced this beautiful home. I still wonder...but from further afar...and am so very thankful for the time we had in England.<br />
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Jeanne Henriqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440840403138585328.post-81188752811701036062013-09-23T05:49:00.001+01:002013-09-23T05:49:50.144+01:00A Bloomsbury pause....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>I was born at 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. </i></div>
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<i>The doors of No. 45, No. 47, </i><br />
<i>and indeed of all the other houses in the square, </i></div>
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<i>The door of No. 46 was a startling bright vermilion. </i></div>
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<i>The colour had been chosen by my mother, Vanessa; </i></div>
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<i>she also decorated the interior of the house, </i></div>
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<i>making use of equally startling colours. </i></div>
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<i>My father, Clive Bell, was in those days a left-wing radical. </i></div>
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<i>From an early age I knew that we were odd. </i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>Written by Quentin Bell </i><br />
<i>author of 'Elders and Betters'</i><br />
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His words reminded me<br />
of a bright vermillion door I captured in London...<br />
and I smiled again.<br />
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Vanessa was the mother to Quentin Bell<br />
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the 'startling bright vermillion' door in Bloomsbury.<br />
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Vanessa Bell was the elder sister to Virginal Woolf<br />
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A Britsish painter and interior designer, she is best known for<br />
her work at <span style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.charleston.org.uk/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Charleston</span></a> </span>in Sussex where<br />
she lived with the artist Duncan Grant. Vanessa was married<br />
to Clive Bell with whom she had two children, Julian and Quentin.<br />
As in all the relationships with the Bloomsbury Group...it was complicted.<br />
You can read more about Vanessa Bell <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/vanessa-bell">here</a></div>
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Do not miss this wonderful collection<br />
of paintings by Vanessa Bell,<br />
with a touch of vermillion<br />
and a fantastic jazz beat.<br />
A must see...<br />
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The paragraph above took me in the most interesting direction.<br />
I am loving the journey with still a ways to go...<br />
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Jeanne Henriqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440840403138585328.post-51693072071684351142013-09-21T06:00:00.000+01:002014-05-16T23:06:04.418+01:00Poets Corner: William and Dorothy Wordsworth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of my favourite spots in the English Lakes District </div>
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home for several years to William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy. </div>
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They both wrote about life in and around</div>
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this quintessential English village.</div>
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I highly recommend a visit..if only to step back in time.</div>
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I think it will be perfect for the rainy season in Saigon.</div>
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I have had trouble locating Christmas wrapping paper </div>
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It is a great read, interesting, beautifully presented...</div>
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created by the late Peter Campbell.</div>
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If you are not familiar with the <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/"><i><span style="color: red;">London Review of Books</span></i></a>...</div>
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I highly recommend it. </div>
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Some may wonder where I have been....my last post was some months ago.</div>
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Some will know that I have moved, one week after my last post<br />
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I had plans...I was planning to write on this blog from afar.</div>
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Then something happened, I had hoped it wouldn't.</div>
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I felt homesick...for England.</div>
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Silly thing that, I am not English, and we only lived in Surrey</div>
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for two and a half years. The shortest expat experience for us yet.</div>
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But it happened...not the first time and surely not the last.</div>
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I found it hard to even visit the blog....I did not want to mix emotions.</div>
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When you move to a new home, a new country...you need to stay focused.</div>
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Staying stuck in the past never did anyone any good, surely not for me.</div>
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You learn to look at life as a series of layers...beautiful travel layers.</div>
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Our time in England was one of them...wonderful people and experiences.</div>
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Our lives are richer for each and every one.</div>
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I feel better about it now...I have hit the three month stretch.</div>
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I separate the first year into three, six and twelve month increments.</div>
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Then...one day it hits you...it is not over.<br />
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In an expat world...you never say never.</div>
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I could be walking the streets of London once again.</div>
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That's the moment when you accept your move</div>
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that's the moment when you come back to a blog you missed, </div>
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to say... I am not far away...just Vietnam. Even better, I am</div>
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a 'click' away to where I write more frequently @ <a href="http://www.collageoflife-henrqs.blogspot.com/">Collage of Life</a>.</div>
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I know many of you join me there already...and I thank you immensely for that!<br />
If others have wondered where I have been<br />
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You can meet me in Ho Chi Minh City...<a href="http://www.collageoflife-henrqs.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</div>
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I will not close this blog down...because you never know...</div>
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I could be finding my way around England once again...<br />
fingers crossed. :)</div>
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Until then, you can find me at <a href="http://collageoflife-henrqs.blogspot.com/2012/07/jeanne-and-giant-mangoin-vietnam.html">Chateau Mango</a>..<br />
writing away... <a href="http://collageoflife-henrqs.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br />
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I have had my eye on a few of his books and was delighted to read about yet another. </div>
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</span>Château de Chambord is one of the most magnificent buildings I have ever seen. If you are planning a trip to the Loire Valley, I recommend putting this château at the top of your list. Chambord dates back to 1518 and owes it's conception to François I. Leonardo da Vinci is said to have drawn up plans that were ultimately made into a model by Le Boccador. Many famous masters of their trade had a hand in the creations of Chambord over the centuries. The château is a masterpiece of the Renaissance period and is rich in history. </div>
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Love, war and much more breathed thru it's walls until it was sold to the State in 1932 for 11 million francs. Every portrait tells a story and there are plenty of them with 440 rooms to fill. I could go on and on but I will stop there and let the photos do the talking for me. It was a challenge to get it all into a single frame, both inside and out, but I had fun trying. You can read more about Château de Chambord,<a href="http://www.chambord.org/"> here</a>.</div>
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I have never been one for the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj2y">BBC Antiques Roadshows</a></div>
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Last night, I was ironing my new pile of vintage English linen,</div>
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The show has that English humour which I have grown to love.</div>
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If only I had watched this show last week.</div>
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It could have saved me a pretty penny.</div>
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This is only because they do. I happened upon <a href="http://www.loseleypark.co.uk/"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Loseley Park</span></i></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>after a call from a friend who said that I was not to miss the May Fair on the grounds of <i>Loseley Park</i>. She is one of those woman who has a keen eye for shopping opportunities and whose judgement I trust explicitly. Imagine my surprise when I drove up to find this estate as well. I was delighted!</div>
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After filling my market basket with a few treats, I ventured over to the property for a little 'look see'.</div>
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<i> Loseley Park</i> was built in the time of Elizabeth I and is still the home of the More-Molyneux family.</div>
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It is said to have changed little since 1562 when Sir William More put his hands to the first stones.</div>
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Calm, grace and subtle beauty are used to describe <i>Loseley Park </i>and I would have to agree.</div>
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I did not have time to go into the house and will save that for another day/post. What I did manage to venture into were the beautiful gardens, all five of them. The Rose Garden, Herb Garden, Flower Garden, White Garden and the Organic Vegetable Garden. They are so immense and so beautiful that it was almost too much to take in on one visit. I can see that several trips will be required to truly appreciated this stately home.</div>
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At the end of this extensive wander, this was the most welcoming sight of all :)</div>
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The Queen is a woman after my own heart.</div>
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She is the most travelled head of state in the world and by many</div>
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Surely that would make her the most travelled woman in the world?</div>
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I recently picked up the book, 'The Royal Tour',</div>
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a Royal Collection Publication. It details tours and visits</div>
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of Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book available via The Royal Collection <a href="http://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/books-media/the-royal-tour-a-souvenir-album-hardback.html">here</a></td></tr>
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Today marks 60 years on the throne and</div>
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261 official overseas visits and 96 state visits to 116 countries.</div>
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The Queen has never stood in a queue at Heathrow Airport</div>
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only because she does not have one. </div>
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Her first trip abroad was to South Africa in 1947.</div>
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In her 60 years as Queen, she has travelled to:</div>
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<i>Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua, <b>Australia</b>, <b>Austria</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Botswana</b>, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei</i><br />
<i><i><b>Canada</b>, Cayman Islands, Chile, <b>China</b>, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, </i></i><br />
<i>Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep., </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>Denmark</b>, Dominica</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Estonia, Ethiopia, </i><i><b>Fiji</b>, Finland, <b>France</b></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Gambia, <b>Germany</b>, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>Hong Kong</b>, Hungary, </i><i>Iceland, <b>India</b>, Indonesia, Iran, <b>Ireland</b>, <b>Italy</b></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>Jamaica</b>, Japan, Jordan, </i><i>Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Montserrat, <b>Morocco</b>, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Mozambique, </i><i>Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, <b>New Zealand</b>, Nigeria, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Norfolk Island, Norway, </i><i>Oman, </i><i>Pakistan, Panama, <b>Papua New Guinea</b>, Poland, Portugal</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Qatar,</i><i> Russia , </i><i>Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, <b>South Africa</b>, South Korea, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>Spain</b>, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Sweden, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>Switzerland, </b></i><i>Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i>Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, </i><i>United Arab Emirates, Uganda, </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><i><b>United States of America, </b></i><i>Vanuatu (New Hebrides), <b>Vatican City</b></i></span><br />
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There are a few missing for me and even then I could not imagine</div>
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travelling to so many countries. I secretly love the thought!<br />
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My hat goes off to possibly the most travelled woman in the world.</div>
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A Royal Globetrotter in her Diamond Jubilee year.</div>
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It has stood it's ground for 900 years.</div>
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If you go, be sure to see: the <a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle/what-to-see-and-do/the-state-apartments">State Apartments</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle/what-to-see-and-do/queen-marys-dolls-house">Queen Mary's Doll House</a> and <a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle/what-to-see-and-do/st-georges-chapel">St George's Chapel</a>.</div>
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On exhibition now, a must see..</div>
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<a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/3%2C28">The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years</a></div>
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You can visit Windsor Castle via video <a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle/what-to-see-and-do/windsor-castle-video">here</a>.</div>
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The castle is so rich in history, it requires a good read and visit to take it all in.</div>
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Interior shots are not allowed...so I had to make due with what I discovered outside.</div>
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If you would like to explore Windsor Castle in more detail...start <a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/visit/windsorcastle">here</a>.</div>
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I promise you, the interior is most definitely worth a visit.</div>
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<i>This official range of English fine bone china celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and has been commissioned by the Royal Collection. The Royal Coat of Arms has been specially painted for the occasion. The border decoration is based on the famous Rockingham Service, made between 1830 and 1837 for William IV who was a great patron of English porcelain. It was first used at Queen Victoria’s coronation banquet in 1838.</i></div>
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For the best views of the Chelsea Flower Show, visit <a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/2012">here</a>.</div>
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If you love flowers, particularly flowers in art.</div>
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Visit Caroline <a href="http://www.caroline-weihrauch.de/Caroline_Weihrauch/eaktuell.html">here</a>.</div>
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This post is for my Aussie friend, Anne, who arrived this rainy morning in London looking very chic in an orange felt hat, pulling a <a href="http://www.thetrolleyrevolution.com/">Rolser </a>shopping trolley. Behind her followed another and another. I instantly felt like the girl who showed up at a party without a gift. This got me thinking....if I were to pick up a Rolser, which one would it be? Can you help me?<br />
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Made in Spain, <a href="http://www.thetrolleyrevolution.com/">Rolser</a> shopping trolleys are described as the 'Rolls Royce' of the shopping trolley market. They have over 70 different colours and combinations..it is quite exciting!<br />
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<i>"Go dotty for your newest range of dazzling delights from Rolser. </i></div>
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<i>Yes, your style antenna are spot-on with this one. New to the British market,</i></div>
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</div>Jeanne Henriqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440840403138585328.post-50661105810068444012012-05-14T23:46:00.000+01:002012-05-14T23:46:09.326+01:00Cafe reflections...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Jeanne Henriqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440840403138585328.post-68713709111485452162012-05-05T10:36:00.000+01:002013-02-20T11:03:24.481+00:00Andrew Martin and Gong... London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.gong.co.uk/">Gong</a>...do you know it?</div>
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Belgian Interior designer, Jo Plismy and French Interior designer Guillaume Evrard</div>
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joined forces, combining their love for travel and craftsmanship. The result is exciting.</div>
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They say their showroom is 'eclectically harmonious', it most definitely is and is worth a visit.</div>
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Better yet, you can start by looking <a href="http://www.gong.co.uk/">here</a>.</div>
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Happy Browsing!</div>
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The coolest kind of store...filled to the brim with possibilities.</div>
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They kindly let me take a few photos...they could tell I was smitten.</div>
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We are upholstering some furniture in anticipation of our move to Vietnam. </div>
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To which I said...'When in Vietnam, do as the Vietnamese do.</div>
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I am saving the photo of the ottoman above for another country. </div>
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Patchwork Ottomans...very clever!</div>
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I was very excited to see the chairs below. </div>
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We picked up similar cloths in Africa and Samoa.</div>
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They have had many uses, I think this one is a good idea.</div>
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I have my eye on this striped fabric below for Mr. H's favourite chair.</div>
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I showed it to him and he came back to me with his preference, below.</div>
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