Gare du Nord Station Paris

From London to Paris by Rail

Today we traveled by rail on the Eurostar from London to Paris. Passing under the English Channel in less than 20 minutes. We purchased “Standard Premier” class seats which offered us two, opposing seats with a table between them. We were served breakfast, tea, juice and coffee at our seats on the train. We were …

The Tower of London

The Tower of London

Today was our trip to the Tower of London. It started out beautiful! Sunny with white, puffy clouds in the sky. We took the London Underground (please mind the gap) to the tower. We arrived just in time to join a free tour guide as he walked a group of about 50 people around the …

Buckingham Palace

Parks and Palaces

Most of the star attractions for tourists in London are all reachable by foot covering a fairly short distance.  This walk covers great sights including Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye to name just a few.  If you just walked this without stopping you could probably do it in about two …

The Audley entrance sign

British Invasion

Today we landed in jolly ol’ Great Britain and were greeted with cloudy skies and drizzle (as expected). Our overnight flight from Raleigh-Durham International to Heathrow International was long but uneventful. We checked in to our 5-star luxury accommodations at the Hilton Park Lane hotel and were assigned a wonderful room overlooking the famous Hyde …