tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865821477788010457.post3454297208661832543..comments2016-06-07T09:21:37.911-06:00Comments on A Roving We Will Go: Sabbatical Take TwoAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04183821631585672805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865821477788010457.post-32347128897686061762016-06-03T07:30:46.904-06:002016-06-03T07:30:46.904-06:00London is one of my favorite places! If you can, s...London is one of my favorite places! If you can, stand right beside Big Ben as it chimes the hour, an incredible experience, especially when you consider how far the sound carries naturally and how it is heard on radios all over the world. If you go to see Shakespeare's Globe--really close by you can see the Golden Hinde II, a full-sized reconstruction of the ship Sir Francis Drake used to circumnavigate the globe between 1577-80. And it's summer--so, look for 99 ice cream! (Anything Cadbury's actually since the true British versions are not allowed to be imported to the US anymore!)<br />A 99 Flake ice cream, or more commonly a 99 or ninety-nine, is an ice cream cone, usually made with soft serve ice cream, into which a Flake bar has been inserted. The ice cream is usually vanilla flavoured. Variations include a 99 with two flakes - often referred to as a double 99 or "bunny's ears" - and a 99 with strawberry or raspberry syrup on top, sometimes known as monkey's blood.<br />The Flake chocolate bar itself was first developed in the UK in 1920. An employee of Cadbury's noted that when the excess from the moulds used to create other chocolate bars was drained off, it fell off in a stream and created folded chocolate with flaking properties. In 1930, Cadbury started producing a smaller version of the standard Flake bar especially for ice cream cones. <br />Have fun and don't forget to "mind the gap!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226473955506419040noreply@blogger.com