by Kevin Spencer | Jun 19, 2008 | TOUR JOURNAL 2008
We thought today would be uneventful – just another day in Paris. We were wrong; but I digress. Let’s start from the beginning. It was not a pretty day – cold, cloudy and rainy. We left the hotel around 12noon is search of sustenance. We walked down...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 18, 2008 | TOUR JOURNAL 2008
We caught the Eurostar train to Paris this morning. It was a fairly easy experience – easier than I had imagined. And the train is a very smooth and scenic ride through the English countryside and into France. The food on the train was very “French”...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 17, 2008 | TOUR JOURNAL 2008
We slept in this morning after such a big day yesterday. We left the hotel around 11am and took the Tube up to Portobello Road. This is the world’s largest antique market – and it’s right here in London. Cindy has a favorite place in Lynchburg also...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 17, 2008 | TOUR JOURNAL 2008
We were up fairly early this morning so that we could head over to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards ceremony. We had breakfast at our hotel, which was wonderful, and then off to the Underground to catch the Tube to St. James’s Park. It was...
by Kevin Spencer | Jun 15, 2008 | TOUR JOURNAL 2008
It was about an hours drive from Gatwick airport to the Kensington area of London where our hotel is located. The first thing we noticed driving through the countryside is the similarity between here and home – rolling hills, pastures, and lots of trees. It was...
