We are happily in Oxford, after a great day in London.  But getting here was quite the adventure.  We were stopped in our tracks at the airport in Hartford CN by a wicked thunder storm.  The original plan was to fly out of there to Philadelphia and then onward to London.  This was the cheap ticket.  By going this route, I was saving significant money.  But, no, it was not to be.  The storm caused our flight to be cancelled.  We thus scrambled, helped by a friendly airport person, rebooked the flight for the next morning out of Boston.  This required a rental car and a drive, through the terrible thunderstorm, up to Logan airport.  We spent the night there, awoke very early the next morning and flew off to London.