Well it’s been a crazy summer. I had a project at work that was supposed to be a 30 day project. But ended up extending two calendar months because of trips to DC, London and Niagara Falls.
We originally planned to go to London a week earlier than we did. We found out that Lionel Ritchie was performing at the O2 the next week. We changed our flight to coincide.
It was a direct flight on Virgin Airways and we stayed at the Westminster London. It was centrally located and walkable to most of the iconic sites.
We took a day trip to Paris, France on the Chunnel. There were delays all of the way between mechanical issues before we got on and an unfortunate fatality on the track.
Then it took another hour on the tour bus to get to our destination and there was really nothing great to see on our way. Once we got there, we had a three hour boat ride on the river, ate at a local restaurant and walked around until returning home.
Of course we did a food tour with the slight difference that it was a bus ride through the city while having a five course meal.
Most of the rest of the time, we walked around London, hung out at Leicester Square. Funny enough we watched the latest Mission Impossible while we were there and saw many of the iconic landmarks on film that we had just walked by including Trafalgar Square.
Overall, it was relaxing. We didn’t plan every minute and we set aside the first day just to recover from the 9 hour flight.