London - Part Two

Thanks to a variety of reasons – lack of extra time, battery power, or anything else – I have given up in my quest to bring a daily update to my blog. And that’s ok, considering our journey is almost over. So I’m using this last post to update where we are. Right now, we’re on a train from Bern to Geneva, where tomorrow we’ll be flying out to Dublin, where our last two days of Europe will be spent.

Our last two days in London were some of our best. We went to Hyde Park, saw bits of Westminster Abbey, and went to see the Lion King on the West End. All three were quite brilliant. The weather finally turned nice, giving us a chance to sit under the sun, and not have to run for cover from the rains. The show on Wednesday night was a brilliant way to end what had been a successful first trip (for me at least) to one of the world’s most famous cities.

Thursday was an early morning, as our Eurostar train was leaving London at 6:30 AM. Our tickets were purchased, and I thought we would simply buy, get on the train, and be off. That was no the case. We go to St. Pancras station with 20 minutes to spare, got our tickets, a snack, and went through security. Unfortunately, the French guy manning the X-ray machine decided it would be fun to take all my electronics out of my bag and scan it for explosives. I was a bit panicked, and the guy wasn’t the nicest about my urgency. The scan seemed to take forever, and when it was done I jammed everything in my bag and headed towards Passport control. We were through that quickly, and had to have a train official hold our train for us – but we made it with probably seconds to spare.

The journey was quiet and the two of us slept practically the whole time. Up next: Paris.