Traveling to London

As I write this we are traveling in the chunnel at over 100 miles per hour on the Eurostar. The train has been exciting aside from the difficult luggage problems that we had. But we are enjoying the ride. We’re glad we decided not to fly as that experience would have taken us much longer to complete and the Eurostar station is less than a mile from our hotel.

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We arrived in London at about 1pm GMT, and checked into our hotel after having some Fish 'n' Chips. We are are staying at the London Bridge Hotel, which is located next to the London Bridge. Its very 'fanc' and about 100 yards from a tube station which will no doubt be very convenient for us.

We headed into the city last night and visited Leicester Square. It seems to be a happening place, with all kinds of shopping, restaurants and entertainment options. There are large video screens, much like Times Square. We had a terrific dinner at a local eatery and took in the sights of a carnavil. We took in a movie, Children of Men and check out the discount ticket booth (similiar to the one in Times Square in NYC). The movie was great, and the experience was interesting as you buy a movie ticket for a reserved seat here. There was also an usher that showed us to our seat after we arrived. It was a small theater, only about 50 seats - quite different from the megaplexes in the US.

That was about the extent of our travel day. We plan to hit some of the touristy sites tomorrow.

Cheers!

Dave and Brian