Two friend- filled days in Windsor

En route to India we spent two nights in Windsor in England. It's close to Heathrow and we found a lovely bed and breakfast on line called Park Farm. A word of warning- B&B's are no longer 10 pounds a night as they were in the 70's or the spare room in someone's house. I had contacted all our Irish and UK friends that we would be passing through and was thrilled when so many traveled to Windsor to see us. Jill Stewart-Moore (midwifery training fellow student in the 70's) came all the way from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lois Parsons (another midwifery school friend) and her daughter Nell made the trip from Somerset and spent the 4th of June with us touring Legoland. (More about that later.) Pete and Janet Banks and Barbara and Tony Crossley and daughter Lydia joined us for dinner in Windsor at the foot of Windsor Castle. The flag was up so the queen was IN. The aforementioned couples are friends from the 60's when I attended school in London. It was especially interesting to hear from Lydia, a nurse at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, the impact of what the British refer to as "7/7", the London bombings a few summers ago, one of which occurred in Tavistock Square where the hospital is located. Flying high over Iraq the following day en route to India felt surreal as I thought about 9/11 and all the events that have transpired since that fateful day. Although we have satellite radio here including BBC News and my beloved NPR I haven't had much time to listen to the news. I am fearful of what I might hear. For now ignorance is bliss.