The Queen Says Hello!

We arrived safe and sound - other than being a bit cramped on the flight - from Toronto to Gatwick. Deplaning and immigration were painless, as was the buying of tickets for the trip into London. For those following the saga of the transportation tickets, we found it was really a waste. Our ticket from the airport was good for all day. We found the hotel and dropped our bags. The work that we did to find a nice place worked out with no surprises. Despite a little renovation work still going on, the hotel was clean and neat. All new tile and floors and a completely new bathroom with modern items. The room was a bit small but very comfortable. We were able to walk from the train station to the hotel.
     We took off downtown to the centre of the city - Big Ben area and decided to do a river

cruise on our London pass. Weather was still good and the slow go was good for tired people. We had also stopped for tickets to Chicago for the next night. After 'napping" a bit on the river cruise we walked to Buckingham palace but the queen forgot we were coming and the guards did not let us in! A stop at Harrods on the way back to the hotel we walked through Hyde Park. We had dinner at the Swan Pub (you can find it on google maps) of fish and chips and of course a "pint" ended the day! Bed at last.
Next post will talk about the rest of London. We are currently on the ship, have visited the buffet; met Bill and Eli already and are waiting to sail.

Off To Toronto

We are pack and really ready to go. We are just waiting for the mail. After 3 phone calls and 4 emails I finally got an answer to Where are our travel passes for London. Th message said that there was no one in the Toronto Office to help us! Go figure. More adventures to come.