London, the fun part 1

The trip to London was far from bad, on the whole.
And I still consider we were very lucky to come home so quickly.

I met Amandine at the airport, and Emilie met us at Saint Pancras, since she took the Eurostar to come from Paris. Aren't they lovely?

It was already cold, and snowy. But in fact, I loved that, I miss the bad weather of the North of France, as weird as it can sound :-)

Our main problem on that day was to find a place for lunch. We saw several nice pubs, but they were all holding corporate XMas parties! But at the end, we found one table. 

Look what I found in Carnaby Street! You can't see them, but they have heels.

Frankly, I could not resist those either (but I did not buy the matching bag due to Ryanair luggage restrictions... sigh...)

I think it is Picadilly Circus, not sure though...

We made the most of our first day. Our hotel was at Saint Pancras, just across the road, in Argyle Square. Very nice and cosy, and warm. Amandine and I felt asleep before our head touched the pillow :-) Emilie lasted a bit longer. 

My horoscope said

You may decide that this is the perfect day to spend hibernating -- all cuddled up with a good friend or a sweetheart. Well, why not? Rent some videos, cook some comfort food and make the world go away. You've certainly earned it.

That is what we did on Saturday. Kind of...
This is Amandine, my daughter coming home from a 13-months trip in Australia and Asia. I went to London to welcome her, and bring her a coat and shoes.

This is me. Cuddled...

Yes, this is the floor, the floor of Stansted airport from where we were supposed to fly home that evening.
The good part is that it was nicely warm in the airport, with no video, but live show all the night through.

We were lucky, with the help of Amandine's father, we managed to climb into a Eurostar  to Paris. I was rather eager to see the tunnel but I did not. I don't know why. Amandine thinks this is the reason why...

To make a long story short, it took us two days instead of two hours to reach home. And I think we did it in good conditions. And quickly...

London, end

I'm glad you like my little tour to London. I forgot there are so many things to see and to do there. I was a bit frustrated to have to go home. Now that I know there is a shuttle, I'll go again, but probably not before September: all flights seem to be sold out, at least the one I could take. This is the garden behind the grid on the right of the inn.

This one was taken a few minutes after those of the Tower Bridge...

It is fun to find the same tower as in Barcelona (in the background). I like the mix of the old and new buildings. (the old buildings belong to the Tower of London).

The weather is gorgeous here. And I'm not working today...

Wish you all a happy Monday.

London, continued

Neki told me to look for a bead shop in Neal's Yard. We arrived there too late for the beads, but we enjoyed this little place. It is hidden behind standard "grey" streets.

First pictures from London

This is a few yards away from the Tower bridge. Lovely isn't it?

Covent Garden, and the invisible man

Liberty's

I don't remember what it is...

More very soon!