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11/24/2010

Bloody, Hell! What do you Mean we have Only 8 Hours in London?

A London Taxi
A British Taxi
Big Ben
The Tower of London

Kensington Park
Kensington Park
David purposely booked our flight into London so that we would have a few hours to see some famous British landmarks.  His original plan was to fly into London, take a train to Bordeaux to buy some wine, and then take another train to Madrid and then possibly fly into Lisboa, Portugal and then rent a car to drive to Cadiz.  Beings this travel would have taken up our entire week, we came to a compromise to spend several hours in London and then fly into Lisboa to spend the weekend and then drive on to Cadiz.
I had never really been interested in traveling to London before – not exactly sure as to why.  However, now it is towards the top of my list of places I NEED to spend time in.  Our 8 hour “layover” in London consisted of a train ride to Paddington, a walk through Kensington Park, and then a tour of the city on one of those site-seeing buses.  It was drizzly (which I hear is quite common in London), so the bus ride was a warm welcome (especially since I left my only pair of close-toed shoes in Bangkok and my tootsies were freezing).  We saw some great sites including St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, The London Eye and the House of Parliament to name a few.  After a very busy day, we boarded a plane and head off to our next destination:  Lisboa, Portugal.

















Europe, Here We Come!



For our October break, David and I headed to Spain to visit our niece, Blayne, as she studies abroad in Cadiz.  We had a fabulous trip, with many diversions along the way.  We will be sharing these adventures with you in the next several blogs.