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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 256166, member: 44"]Now.. that's a thought. Gee, wish I could call your bluff on that invitation. The first time I was in London, 1963/4, was on a college trip. The last full day there, I was on my own in London. Most of the others had already flown home a week earlier. I had decided to take a side trip to Spain, return to London, and sail home. On that last full day I wanted to see and do a few things that weren't covered in the main itinerary. The old saying was if you haven't had lunch ar Harrod's you haven't been to London. So on I went to H's. It was crowded. The only seat available was at a counter. This didn't impress me for I could sit at a counter at home. When the bill came, I sat there a few minutes trying to figure it out. A woman sitting next to me realized I was having trouble and that I was a "green," "wet behind the years," American. She asked if she could help. I showed her what I thought was the amount and she agreed. We got to talking. She introduced herself and I to her. She was excited by my surname saying her neighbors and very good friends had the same last name. By the time we had to go, she had invited me to her home on the weekend to meet her friends. I can't remember where she lived, it was not London. It may have been Sheffield? This was a Wednesday or Thursday and I was leaving the next day. Boy, I hated turning down that invitation. --- Susan[/QUOTE]