Day 8: Versailles, Seine River

Woke up 9:15. Breakfast in lounge. Metro and RER to Versailles. Bought tour tickets for the palace, then ate at a McDonalds. Then went to the palace. It was enormous! We took the guided tour through the chateau (the actual palace) then explored the huge gardens. Pictures will come soon. Then RER and Metro to the Seine close to the Eiffel Tower, where we had a nice dinner and a river cruise. Back to hotel.

Day 7: Eiffel Tower, Arc du Triomphe, Champs-Elysses, Louvre, Notre Dame

We did a lot today!

Wake-up around 9:00
Breakfast in lounge
Metro to Eiffel Tower (plenty of pictures!)
Walk to Arc du Triomphe
Walk along Champs-Elysses. Ate lunch at a sandwich place there. Julia and I had ice cream
Walk to the pyramid outside the Louvre. Pictures!
Went under the pyramid. Pictures, souvenir shopping, snack at food court, and Apple Store (iPad!)
Metro to Notre Dame cathedral. Mass (in French, but the readings were in English).
Crepes from a nearby place. Ate in front of the Notre Dame.
Notre Dame night show

Diego

Day 6: Paris, Louvre

No free wi-fi at our hotel. Pictures will have to wait until we come back :(

Woke up early (6:00-ish?), breakfast at hotel, then cab to St. Pancras Station. 10:25 departure from London on Eurostar train. Very smooth ride. Lunch service. Arrival in Paris around 1:00. Rode the Metro to hotel. Settled in, break at lounge, then off to Louvre. Saw a lot (incl. Mona Lisa)! Back to hotel late.

Day 5: Tower, Tower Bridge, St. Paul's, British Museum

Running out of time - using a shared computer and people are waiting. Here's the brief outline of what happened today. Multimedia coming tomorrow when we can get wi-fi in Paris.

Wake-up 9:00-ish
Tower of London. Excellent tour guide "Beefeater"
Tower Bridge, pictures and gun salute for Duke of Edinburgh's birthday
St. Paul's Cathedral, pictures outside
"Ye Olde Cheschire Cheese" pub lunch
British Museum, excellent but a bit rushed
Dinner at Pret-A-Manger
Vivaldi concert at St. Martin

Paris tomorrow!

Day 4: Windsor, Bath, Stonehenge

Late update, we were very tired yesterday! Here's what happened:

Day trip! Woke up early (6:30-ish), breakfast upstairs, and then wated at the lobby for the transport bus from the tour company to pick us up. Dropped us off at the coach station, where our tour bus took us to Windsor. Our tour guide was very informative and funny and told us about the sites we were visiting. Excellent country views (pictures--and videos!--coming when we arrive in Paris tomorrow!). At Windsor we toured Windsor Castle. Then bought souvenirs and lunch to eat on the bus. Then back on the bus, headed to Bath. Toured the Roman baths there, then the city a little. Had cream tea, which looks and tastes like (and probably is) just tea with cream. Biscuits were good, though. Then off to Stonehenge. Excellent pictures and audio tour. Then back to London. Dinner at the hotel (room service).

Day 3 (Julia's birthday!): Buckingham, Westminster Abbey, V&A, Oliver

Julia's birthday today! Woke up 9:00, breakfast at hotel (downstairs because the lounge upstairs was full). Then Buckingham Palace, shot some nice pictures but the Changing of the Guard was canceled. Back to hotel to rest. Surprise birthday cake for Julia in our hotel room! (Pictures coming soon.) Then Westminster Abbey. Did audio tour. Then to Museum of Victoria and Albert, only for an hour as it was about to close. Dinner at Covent Garden, then watched Oliver, a retelling of Dickens' Oliver Twist. Still can't upload pictures yet :(

Diego

Day 2: Trafalgar, National Gallery, Covent Garden

We woke up at 9:30 this morning, a bit late because we were very tired yesterday. Breakfast at the hotel. Then walking, picture-taking around the Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, and Trafalgar Square. Organ lunchtime concert at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Snack at the crypt cafe, then National Gallery. Guided tour was very nice. Bought tickets for Oliver then went to Covent Garden. Saw some musical performers. Ate paella. Souvenir shopping, then back to hotel.

Pictures will come later. Hotel computer restarts if I connect my iPhone to it.

Diego