Today Daniel and I traveled from Edinburgh, Scotland to Paris, France aboard two trains. The first train left at 8am from Edinburgh Waverly station. It took us a little over four hours to get to London Kings Cross Station. The only thing notable was the fact there was this guy who looked a lot like Dick Cheney who kept walking up and down the aisle.…
November 6, 2007Today I got up early to return our beloved Mercedes B150. I cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed driving this car with its comfortable seats. I think it could have used a turbo or a slightly larger engine to tackle all of the hills that we drove over, but overall it is a great car. Just the fact we were able to fit…
November 5, 2007Determined to get to the breakfast buffet, it was up again with the alarm and quick showers to get downstairs. Not too impressed with the buffet at the Palace Hotel, but it was neat that they made toast and delivered it to the table in this neat little holder. The rest of the buffet was the usual assortment of fried and scrambled eggs, back bacon,…
November 4, 2007It was a cold night in the hotel room and we woke up with the alarm ready to have breakfast. Last night, the receptionist told us breakfast would end at 10:30am so we decided to take the opportunity to sleep in just a bit and head down around 10 am. When we showed up, breakfast was already over. The greeter at the hotel restaurant told…
November 3, 2007Time to hit the road again. After another interesting English Breakfast (this time with haggis!), we headed out of town towards Inverness. It is a 350 plus mile road trip, but thanks to the plush interior of our Mercedes B150, we were ready for the challenge. Of course it wouldn’t be a day on the road without taking the wrong exit on a roundabout and…
November 2, 2007Today it was drive time. Up with the alarm, we got dressed and headed down to the buffet breakfast that the check in team at the Future Inn pimped on us. It was OK – more of a British breakfast and not as good as the one in Norway. Our cab showed up and with some nervousness I stepped in. Thankfully, this cabbie was not…
November 1, 2007Today we were back up with the alarm clock with a lot to squeeze in before heading to Cardiff. First thing was to clean up Phillipe’s apartment and then we needed to head out to the British Museum. Before leaving we decided to fire up the toaster in the kitchen and toast some crumpets we had bought the other night. Halfway through, the fire alarm…
October 31, 2007Today was a good sleep in day. Daniel and I enjoyed a nice leisurely morning with breakfast before we headed out on the town. First up, we headed to London Euston station to get rail reservations for tomorrow’s trip to Cardiff. The guy behind the counter stated that we needed our Rail Passes to make the reservation so we decided to go out on the…
October 30, 2007Today Daniel and I set off early to take in some of the free things London has to offer. Our first stop was Parliament and Big Ben. After taking some free photos, we headed over to Westminster Abbey and noticed the large queue to get in the place. I guess I am used to seeing the place as part of the tour because I never…
October 29, 2007After a busy day yesterday, we decided to sleep in late. The clocks rolled back so it was actually 12 (before the time change) but since it did, it was only 11 so I didn’t feel as bad. We got ready and headed out the door. Nathan had said he would be done by 1:30 so we walked around our neighborhood a bit and then…
October 28, 2007