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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City June 27th 2009

Wow! What a day! Started with a full English breakfast at the hotel. Sausages were great and the strawberries were awesome! They are way better than back home. Left the hotel @ 7:30 and headed for the Big Bus double decker tour. It is a hop on hop off tour.We must have completed 3 laps of London in the total process. Got off at Buckingham palace and watched the changing of the guard. And yes we brought the hot weather with us. Temp's were around 29C and few clouds. Very difficult to get close enough to get good pictures. Huge crowds of course! Left there and went for lunch at the Bag O' Nails pub (couldn't resist a pub with that name) and they had fantastic fish and chips. Made our way back to the bus ... read more
Big Ben
Buckingham
Bag O Nails

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City June 26th 2009

Oy!!! We made it! The flight got out late but was really smooth. Really hard to sleep sitting straight up. Cleared customs no problem. 1 1/2 hours later we were in our room after a roundabout drive on the shuttle. Maniacs on the roads. They are all going the wrong way!! Well most of them. An amazing thing here that I noticed right away is the constant smell of burning brake lining anytime you are near the roads. Dropped the luggage and we were out the door, a small 4 hour hike straight down woburn place to the river. Found the Temple Church made famous in the Da Vinci Code. (well Elke did) Also the Royal Courts and pubs every 20 feet. Turned around and headed back. Grabbed some beer, wine and crisps and went back ... read more
Knight
Royal Court

North America » Canada » Ontario » Pickering May 23rd 2009

Just getting packed and ready to explore the highlands and the inner depths of London and Paris. We will try to update y'all when we get some spare time but for those of us who have travelled using Elke's itinerary...well you know, the updates may be short. Stand by. Don & Elke... read more
Hilton Euston
Knight




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