It's only one week away from my next great adventure!  I can hardly believe how time's flying and how our plans are quickly falling into place.  Thanks to everybody for all the Paris recommendations and yes we're going to the Pere Lachaise Cemetery.  On Halloween morning we board the Eurostar from Paris to London for part two.  This will take us across, and under, the English Channel in about two hours and twenty minutes.  I did a quick mental review and discovered that this will actually be my 8th visit to the UK, almost a homecoming!  I've always felt a strong connection to our "Mother Country". So, in this post, I thought I'd share with you the things (just a few)  that make Merry Old England so great to me.