Paris to London and then South

Monday 2nd April, 2012

We caught the Eurostar train from Paris via the eurotunnel to London.

Leaving St-Nom La Bretèche

The closest station to my Uncle and Aunt's house.

Setting off on the Eurostar.

Still in France on our way to the cost.

They were so busy reading that when we came out the otherside the boys said the 30minutes had only felt like 5minutes.

Now in England.

London, St Pancras Station

Eurostar train.

Olympic Rings welcomed us to London.

We arrived at St. Pancras, London and caught a direct train crossing London to Gatwick Airport (9miles from my sister's house) where we picked up the hire car. We had already planned the hire car so we could drive north to visit more family. It was in Paris when we heard that there was going to be a petrol strike over Easter in England. That was not good news for us as we need at least one tank full to reach our destination up north and then another for the return journey. Luckily for us the tankers delivering the petrol decided to hold off negotiations and any strike until after Easter. So we luckily escaped the Madrid public transport strike and the British petrol strike too.

Passing the Shard expected to be open June 2012.
Southwark Towers a 24-storey office block built in 1976 was knocked down in 2009 to make room for the new iceberg like Skyscraper (clad completely in glass) of 72 habitable floors (95 storeys).

My sister's garden with their goslings who think that humans are their mother and want to follow everywhere.

Still following us.

Dinner at my sister's and Mummy was there since she had arrived back from Vienna.