I was so very excited to arrive in London. Since I was a child, I have been an Anglophile. We took our shuttle to the hotel which was located in Central London, right near Trafalgar Square. Our hotel, the Royal Horseguards, was quite nice and backed up to the Thames. It was almost next to the Scotland Yard and appeared to be a hotel for military...

We had so much fun just walking around, shopping, seeing Trafalgar Square, going into the National Gallery. We saw a special exhibit at the National Gallery...Rubens: A Master in the Making. It's quite beautiful in London, with so much history, and everyone is so nice. It was supposed to rain, but didn't at all. It was quite cold though. ...

Entry 7 of a trip titled: When the hurricane hit Cancun in August 2005, DH and I had to change our vacation plans. So instead of heading to the beach, we switched to going to London.

I had bought new bathing suits and new Tommy Bahama resort wear, ready to sip pina coladas and dance the night away in Cancun. However, the hurricane hit and devasted the whole area. So we had to cancel all of our reservations and come up with a new plan. I had never been to Europe and had wanted to go since I was a child. We found a great deal on American Airlines Vacations for London...so my beach clothes would have to wait until next summer!

Got up early and had an English breakfast at the hotel. We had to go over to Victoria Coach Station to catch our Evan Evans full-day tour. The station was ice cold. I nearly froze my butt off. I was never so happy to get on a bus. We finally got on our way and drove through Greenwich on our way to Leeds Castle. The castle was great, alt...

Entry 13 of a trip titled: When the hurricane hit Cancun in August 2005, DH and I had to change our vacation plans. So instead of heading to the beach, we switched to going to London.

I had bought new bathing suits and new Tommy Bahama resort wear, ready to sip pina coladas and dance the night away in Cancun. However, the hurricane hit and devasted the whole area. So we had to cancel all of our reservations and come up with a new plan. I had never been to Europe and had wanted to go since I was a child. We found a great deal on American Airlines Vacations for London...so my beach clothes would have to wait until next summer!

Early this morning was the massive explosion at Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal in Hemel Hempstead. The sky was smoky and people were talking about hearing the boom in the early morn. It was quite the beginning of our day. So we started off again at Victoria Station, and again it was freezing ass cold. Brrrrr. Since another tour to...

We walked around a bit, then as part of our travel package, we had tickets for a boat tour on the Thames. It was a bit chilly, but an interesting tour with a different view and some of the city's history. Got to see some of the sights I hadn't seen yet. Our package also included afternoon tea at the hotel, so we took advantage of that as lunc...