On our way!
2023年7月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Left the Hoppe house at 6:25 p.m. in the rental car. (Kyle had given Karl a ride to the Rochester airport at 12:30 p.m. to pick up the rental car.)
Wal-Mart in Janesville
2023年7月17日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Also stopped at KT for food.
Hotel in Elgin, IL
2023年7月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lori got up to take a shower at 4:30 a.m. as we are leaving for the airport af 5:00 a.m. After she gets out of the shower, Karl tells her our flight departure has been delayed until 4:35 p.m.!
Karl,もっと詳しく
At the airport!
2023年7月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
On the flight and next stop: London
2023年7月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Boarded the flight a little before 4pm in Chicago, current arrival time is estimated to be 6:12am BST, which would be about midnight at home.
Hopefully we will be able to sleep.
Changed flights!
2023年7月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
While trying to figure out if our plane was going to actually take off or if they would get another plane or what, we ended up being able to get switched to the place boarding at the gate across theもっと詳しく
And we've landed
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We actually made it! Landed at about 8:23 local time, so 2:23 CDT. No idea where our bags are, the app is giving conflicting information. Hoping it can get delivered to our hotel.
CitizenM hotel
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
After taking the Elizabeth Line to Liverpool Street and then transferring to Circle for two stops we arrived at Tower Hill station which is literally in the basement of the CitizenM Hotel we areもっと詳しく
St. Paul's Cathedral
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Purchased the London pass online. This allowed us to get in at St. Paul's a little bit faster since we didn't have to buy a ticket.
The Whispering Gallery was closed, but we walked all the way up theもっと詳しく
Ye Old Cheshire Cheese Pub
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Fish and chips and an incredibly cool historical building. Rebuilt in 1667 we ended up eating in the basement but it was like you were from another time.
Shakespeares Globe Theater
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Toured Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and learned some of the history of theater in the 1600s in Britain. They have one of about 250 copies of "the first folio" on display which is going to turn 400もっと詳しく
Checked in at hotel
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Tiny room but we knew that coming in. We absolutely love the location and the common spaces, though losing one night (and a night of sleep) will mean we miss out on some common space time. Definitelyもっと詳しく
Swingers (for food and mini-golf)
2023年7月19日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Had a discount from the London Pass at a mini golf place that ended up being a trendy bar and restaurant with mini golf and drinks. Also the discount was only good until 5pm so we missed that, butもっと詳しく
Luggage arrived!
2023年7月20日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
They called at midnight, indicating our luggage was delivered! After Karl went and picked up the luggage, he had no problem getting back to sleep.
Tower of London
2023年7月20日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Spent the morning touring the Tower of London, going to the Crown Jewels display first. The displays and exhibits seemed to have changed a lot in layout since Lori and Karl were here last.
Had lunchもっと詳しく
Afternoon Tea
2023年7月20日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The Afternoon Tea in the Drawing Room was delicious! See photos for the menu.
Leicester Square
2023年7月20日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We then walked through Picadilly Circus to get to Leicester Square. Karl and Lori went to the LEGO Store, the world's largest LEGO Store. (We didn't purchase any LEGO as we want to buy some inもっと詳しく
Les Mis
2023年7月20日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We saw Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre (which had been known as the Queen's Theatre).
Breakfast at Bonne Bouche
2023年7月21日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After realizing we couldn't ride the Thames Clipper with our City Pass until 10 a.m., we took the Circle Line train to St. James's Park and walked to Bonne Bouche, which Karl thought was Bonne BRIOCHEもっと詳しく
St. James's Park
2023年7月21日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Wandered through St. James's Park on the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk and then walked past Buckingham Palace.
Camden Market
2023年7月21日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
The British Museum
2023年7月21日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We saw the Rosetta Stone, stone carvings from the Parthenon, etc. While there, Karl & Kyle ordered tickets for Hamilton so we weren't at the Museum for long before we had to head to the theater!
On the ship!
2023年7月22日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Alfredo's for lunch
2023年7月22日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Pizza for lunch, Karl had pepperoni, Lori had Hawaiian.
Day at Sea
2023年7月22日, North Sea ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Woke up on time to shower, grab breakfast at the buffet, and go down to dinner talks about the ports we will be visiting. After the presentations in the theater, Karl took a power nap while Lori didもっと詳しく




















































