50th Anniv trip!

Preparing for a 15 day trip to London, Paris along with a 7 day River Cruise down the Seine (Versailles (day of our 50th Anniversary!) , Monet's Giverny, Honfleur, side trip to Normandy for the day,etc). Flying direct out of Charlotte on Sunday night into London on American. Direct out of Paris back to Charlotte on the return. Glad not to be making connections! Going in a day early to East London (near Canary Wharf) and spending a night at an AirBnB where the host (SuperHost) even serves us breakfast in the morning! Then will hop the train over to our regular hotel (Canopy Hotel by Hilton), not far from Tower Bridge to dump our luggage before starting to wander around London. We will spend 3 nights in Central London before heading to Paris via the Chunnel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel). That night we get together in Paris on our River Cruise boat for a welcome dinner.(https://www.gate1travel.com/cruises/ships/monar…). Then the cruising begins. I'll pause here and will fill you in when we get there! After the cruise, we'll be back in Paris for 2 nights but will tack on a 3rd night there at an AirBnB. It's been a busy few weeks trying to gather all the electronic gear, get some Esim cards( onesimcard.com) for our phones, find all the places that we want to visit and create maps in Google maps. Not to mention a visa for England now. Not delighted to hear about a new Covid strain coming to life . We've gotten Covid our last 2 trips - think we'll mask up more this time for whatever good it might do. We did get vaccines a month ago. Hopefully they'll help a bit. Can't sit at home forever! Of course at the last moment, our cat had to start acting weird, so that entailed a trip to the vet and $$$. Weather is looking good for next week in London which is nice to see compared to the downpour we’re having in Winston at the moment. Here’s some interesting comments from a radiation oncologist I follow on Medium regarding meeting folks from other countries and the joy of exploring and being curious - thought it was appropriate - https://medium.com/beingwell/clinic-notes-i-did…Read more