Julie, Andy and I said goodbye to Sue and Brenda at the end of our cruise and the next morning cabbed it to the train station to catch our train from Paris to London, also known as the Chunnel. Brenda and Sue are heading back to the states, and we still have another week of excitement.
Everything is going well, this time we really do have first class reservations (see previous post from first train ride in coach) and it is wonderful. Nice relaxing 2.5 hour ride, we visit, watch the sights when not in the tunnel, and read our books. I highly recommend train travel. They have it down in Europe. Trains are super fast, it's really quite a rush when your train passes another one going the opposite direction.
We arrive at the station and grab another cab to the Best Western Victoria hotel. The hotel could not have been in a better location. Very near the Victoria Station which has trains, buses, underground and tons of shopping and restaurants. The only problem is that our rooms are actually in the annex portion which is around the corner from the main hotel and doesn't have a lift. Yes we have to lug our ginormous suitcases down a long stairway. (See many previous references to our huge bags.) Julie and I are lucky, the hotel worker carries mine down for me and Julie is on a different level so she only has a few stairs to go down. Andy carries his own. This is to be our home for the next 5 nights. Next up: City tour, Stonehenge and Bath.
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