Today was our travel day. We had a very nice quiet breakfast at our hotel in London and left about 10 am for the nearby Underground station. It was our "Amazing Race" to Paris.
I would not like to be a disabled person in London because the Underground certainly does not favour people with limited nobility. Not only are there many stairs to climb but even the escalators are hard to manage. We have 2 very large pieces of luggage + our shoulder bags and it was all that we could do to get them from one point to another. At some points, Eric would take both pieces of luggage and I would carry the 2 shoulder bags, We took the Underground from Earl's Court to St. Pancras (Eric kept calling it St. Pancreas in honour of Andrea!). One thing about the Brits is that they know how to move people around. We had quite the marathon walk at St. Pancras in order to get to the Eurostar station. That station is really beautiful with lovely shops and lots of space. We quickly made it through security and immigration. I must say that the British and French immigration is much more pleasant than American immigration.
The trip on the Eurostar was also interesting I had a wonderful sleep and Eric watched the french countryside. It took 20 minutes to go under the English Channel and we had lunch then. We arrived at Gare Norde, which meant we had to take the train to Gare Lyon where our hotel was. It was quite an adventure to find the correct train, but we were impressed with the French people who helped us out. We stepped off the train at Gare Lyon, walked outside the station and literally walked 2 blocks to our hotel. I knew we were close to the hotel when I spotted the wine bar next to it that I had seen on Google Streetview!
We are impressed with our hotel which is a Best Western. The room is the standard small French room, but very clean and with FREE internet!!!
After settling in, we went outside and just walked the streets! So cool!! Love Paris. So much more interesting than London. We found a lovely little French Restaurant (one of about 100 in the local area to choose from) and enjoyed an absolutely gorgeous meal. Le Bistro De Lyon. www,lebistrodelyon,com, The cute little French waitress (a minaiture Francine) gave us the business card when we left I even had desert .... creme brule! The wine was excellent and Eric found a great French beer.
Now I hear Eric snoring ...... goodnight all!
So how was your french?? Did you get to try out the wine bar? Did you have beers in London??? Yes Dad, I have 17 questions left :)
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