London

Up at 5:30 because today we were travelling from Dijon to London. This involved a train to Gare de Lyon from Dijon, navigate from there to Gare du Nord on the RER D line then find Hall 2 at Gare du Nord to catch the Eurostar to London. Might sound easy but involved a multitude of escalators between levels following many signs then finally asking “how do we get to Hall 2” To be honest I was quite proud of us only having to ask once. Believe it or not the temperature in London was 26 when we arrived.
We sat opposite a French pharmacist in the train from Dijon to Paris and we had an interesting conversation covering many different subjects, including the effect of social media, climate change, nuclear energy (which France relies on) wind farms and the fact he might give up pharmacy and be a watch maker! Thoroughly enjoyable hour and a half.
Got settled into our hotel which also involved a lot of stairs, then off to find a bar and something to eat. We had the most delightful waitress, Giada, from Italy who said she had fallen in love with a chap from New Zealand but he left her so she was going to pretend we were her NZ in laws 🥰 The restaurant was called Camino and specialised in Spanish Tapas and wine. Giada recommended a red for Neil, it was delicious, we might have to go back today and get the name for future reference!
We also got chatting to an English family, this is what travelling is all about, people. The buildings, history & culture are wonderful to explore but it is interacting with people that brings the most joy.
Adam Lambert is apparently in London today! I will be trying to spot him from the top of the Hop On Hop Off Bus 😂Read more