Bev Murphy's Law

On this adventure, I seemed to have the kiss of death: If I wanted to see something, it wouldn't work out. When we first got to London, we set out for Trafalgar Square. I'd promised the kids they could eat lunch in the crypt at St. Martin's in the Fields. When we got there, it had a sign saying,
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.
And that was just the beginning.
I'd wanted to see the Cutty Sark and the worlds largest collection of mast figureheads.
CLOSED DUE TO FIRE.
I wanted to eat pies at Goddards, one of the oldest running pubs in all of England.
NOW A HAMBURGER JOINT.
(See what I mean?)
So, in Paris, when I wanted to hit a restaurant I'd read about, Cafe Vavin, I was hardly surprised to find it
CLOSED DUE TO PRIVATE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
But then it got silly. We trucked off early one morning to visit the catacombs.
CLOSED DUE TO RENOVATIONS.
Wha..? Catacombs have renovations?
On the bright side, some of these excursions have led us to interesting surroundings, such as this cemetery, below.

All of these individual family crypts were works of art in and of themselves. There were thousands of them. This particular cemetery was in the Montparnasse area of Paris.
In St. Louis-en-I'lle, we never found the recommended restaurant but we did see this very cool church!
But finally, my doggedness was rewarded. And handsomely. I'd read on The Lonely Planet website to go to Baker and Spice in London "to eat a meringue the size of your head."
And it was there.

And it was good.
Very good. (My new fave - Bread and Butter pudding, pictured above)

Mmmmmmm.