How not to start a much anticipated trip to Europe.

[Armybrat 40942]

After a year in the planning for our month long Golden Anniversary trip to England & France, Mrs. Brat & I finally made it to London to meet our Brit friends a week ago. On our first outing Saturday we Ubered from a rented townhouse in the 'burb of Shepherd's Bush down to St. Paul's - a destination must for Mrs. Brat (a devout religious person).

The magnificent old Wren building was simply amazing & impressive, and she even climbed with our Brit lady friend the 279 stairs up  all the way to the "Whispering Gallery" halfway up the rotunda and back down. I & my fellow non-churchgoer buddy sat below just admiring the huge place. Then we went down to the crypt beneath to explore to various tombs of famous English heroes. While rushing from one tomb to find Wellington's resting place, Mrs. Brat totally missed seeing a short staircase outside a large gate and took a violent faceplant fall to the marble floor. I was behind our two Brit friends, but saw her hit face first as hard as a melon on concrete. That's the worst thing I've ever seen in my life and damn near gave me a heart attack - not to mention the stunning pain it caused for my 73 year old wife.

She did break her fall somewhat with her left arm, causing bone fractures. Both her shins & hands were severely bruised  and had some lacerations. Of course she broke her glasses along with her pride, and her face looked like she had gone several rounds with Mike Tyson. Luckily she did not break any of her teeth, but suffered several cuts which left a lot of good Texas blood on the cold marble floor of St. Paul's venerated crypt.

The story of getting her out of the crypt which has no elevators ("lifts", in local parlance) to a hospital is enough fodder for another thread, but suffice to say we did manage to resume a highly cut down London sightseeing itinerary over the next few days and cancelling the remaining two week tour of France & Paris before coming home on a rebooked return flight (British Air), which is an additional story of nuttiness & learning experience with the cold-ass corporate mentality.

After returning yesterday Mrs. Brat is resting comfortably at home and has regained her walking mobility, although very gingerly. I lost 8 pounds just pushing her around in a rented wheelchair through Westminster Abbey, around the Tower Bridge area, on the Thames River Cruise, to the Royal Princess Pub/Gin House (1829) for dinner one evening, and for 5 hours in & around Hampton Court.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Armybrat

[HenryJames 66228]

Well shit.

[Hanrahan 1306]

How was the Brit snatch?

[mdmost 43076]

So no London BBQ? Get well, Mrs. Brat. 

[Native Horn 3516]

Daaaang Brat.  That blows.  Maybe y'all can make up the rest of the trip next year.

[Bigpoppapump 532]

Put this in the 2018 weight loss thread.  But seriously, that's horrible and like others said, hope you can make the trip another time.

[staboner 4988]

sorry to hear that brat. best wishes to you and your wife

[G650 14291]

For fucks sake Brat. Man.

 

Tell Mrs. Brat to heal up. Sorry to hear about the calamity.

[Zepol87 9198]

Damn. Glad she is doing well now. Go back next year

[Js1 85651]

That sucks. Glad she is okay.

Also, 73? I had no idea you were robbing the cradle.

[Brisketexan 105481]

Dammit, Brat, that sucks. Glad y’all were able to salvage something. Hope she feels better soon, and y’all get a do-over.

[kevwun 15938]

There's so much to see in London that you can't do it all in one trip anyway.  Now you have an excuse to go back.

[Huckleberry 33165]

Terrible to hear. She sounds like a tough lady for continuing as much as she did, although being married to you for that long kid of gives away her toughness.

A 73-year old woman taking a faceplant onto marble and not being hospitalized for weeks is impressive.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19178]

I am so sorry that happened. Hopefully Mrs. Brat is 100% soon.  And to echo the others here, now you have a good excuse to go next year.

[Sbbruin 21904]

Damn, thoughts are with Mrs. B.

 

And 73?  Cradle robber you are, AB.

[RollLeft 5045]

Damn, sorry man.  All the best for a speedy recovery.  

 

 

 

 

Any pics of buddy's wife? 

[RDCanecutter 26512]

Damn.

[CooterBrown 18038]

That sucks but thank God for socialized medicine in the UK.

On the bright side, you're free to chase tail now while she's laid up. It's the law in England.  A bit of advice, British chicks love cocaine. 

[52-80 19274]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

 

The story of getting her out of the crypt which has no elevators ("lifts", in local parlance) to a hospital is enough fodder for another thread, but suffice to say we did manage to resume a highly cut down London sightseeing itinerary over the next few days and cancelling the remaining two week tour of France & Paris before coming home on a rebooked return flight (British Air), which is an additional story of nuttiness & learning experience with the cold-ass corporate mentality.

 

Bummer.  Sorry to hear that.  FYI for others, travel insurance would be somewhere between 20-100 USD and typically includes emergency transport with a 1M limit.  Probably couldve booked a first class seat home, no questions asked.

[miguelito 11333]

[dcbc 14562]

That sucks.  But sounds like it could have been worse. 

Did you get the opportunity to tell anyone that the US saved their asses in W-W-2?

[Leeroy Jenkins 2416]

Damn man.  Bitches are always fucking up our plans......

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope she recovers quickly.

[Brisketexan 105481]

That sucks.  But sounds like it could have been worse. 
Did you get the opportunity to tell anyone that the US saved their asses in W-W-2?

He was too busy bragging about how he personally kicked their asses at Yorktown.

[Bernard 879]

Uncle Sam is running a huge deficit right now with no end in sight. Should have stayed there for some free universal healthcare. 

Bernard

[RPM 26380]

Nice cover story. Did she backtalk you again on the trip?

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Damn Brat, that sucks, hope Mrs. Brat gets some good pain meds.

[gecko 1104]

Any plans to sue......could be some coin in it for you.

[Digdogger 1344]

Hopefully your wife enjoys the golden shower you've been planning for your golden anniversary

[Chopper 17318]

Sorry to hear about this. Can relate, as I had my mom trip and fall on a street in eastern europe when she visited us.  Do agree with desirability of travel insurance, esp for international travel. USAA has a good plan.

[Bone3421 716]

Sorry to hear brat...hope wife gets well soon and yall can try again sometime

[Bone3421 716]

Brat doesnt need to remind them...they all remember him

That sucks.  But sounds like it could have been worse. 
Did you get the opportunity to tell anyone that the US saved their asses in W-W-2?

[Armybrat 40942]

Outpatient surgery on her wrist went very well (metal plate installed), but the post-op is very rough. The painkillers didn't work so they had to give her a nerve blocker. Spent three extra hours in recovery.

At home now and she is comfortably asleep.

 

[G650 14291]

Man, hope she heals fast old timer.

[Gil Bang 26069]

Holy shit man. 

 

I was doing an open house a couple of weeks back, and a lovely woman in her 80's came in.  She didn't notice the step down from the entry way and went flying.  Scared the living shit out of me.  Fortunately, she took a bit of a baseball slide into the laundry room and didn't hit the tile too hard.  She ended up OK but it could have been very bad.

I had never met this woman before and I was scared shitless in slo-mo as I watched her fall.  I can only imagine how you must have felt.  

I'll raise a toast to Mrs. Brat's health at 5 PM PDT.

[Player 4576]

I’ll substantiate the rumor that the surly sense of humor is drier than the Texas sand.

Here’s to a speedy recovery for Mrs. AB.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

damn Brat, hope Mrs. Brat mends quickly.

[gsoda3 3284]

yikes i'm glad to hear she's better.