"Meantime" in London

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  London, Greenwich, England, United Kingdom
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

We caught the Eurostar from Paris under the channel to London.  It is a good way to travel from France to England.  It sure beats the waiting time, with check-in & customs, that's involved with air travel.  There's no baggage limits either.   We caught a taxi from the St Pancras station (all beautifully restored and expanded for the Olympic games) in a traditional black London cab. The taxi driver was a pleasant & helpful chap who even blessed us by capping the cost of the trip when we had trouble finding where we actually were booked to stay.  He was the one who told us that the locals refer to this new development of apartments that has been built by the Thames and up from the O2 arena as "Legoland".  The pictures will explain ...  It's not as swish or as centrally located as our Paris accommodation but it has everything that we need (yet more expensive than Paris!).  

Our first night in London we caught up with Matthew (my nephew) and his girlfriend Marie to have tea out together at the O2 arena.  He recommended another Italian restaurant and it was wonderful again!  The O2 arena certainly is a very large complex.  We've seen nothing like it for size in Australia.  I think our Melbourne & Sydney arenas and possibly Brisbane would all fit inside it together!  It's got a massive street of restaurants tucked in under it's cover that allows people to eat 'alfresco' even when it's cold & rainy.  Very good designing for London weather!  They've also got a huge cinema tucked in there too, which we went to on the Friday.  

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On the Eurostar	France flying by	on the train   Comments!	In the taxi on our way to Greenwich
St Pancras station	Inside St Pancras station	Our Legoland apartments	the sunset from our apartment window
road below mostly for bus traffic	Matt & Marie at the Italian Restaurant	Carielle & Callian with their feast	Our feast - first elderflower drink for 20yrs
In the kitchen/diner/lounge of our apartment   Comments!	see the rain falling down	view from our bedroom window at night	the park by the roadside on the walk to the O2
The first of many daffodil displays we were to see	Spring is here	The O2 arena	Looking up to the apartments
across the central community area to more blocks	Our apartment is top right with balcony

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