London

On October 18th we flew to London from Austin, TX.  We were able to get first class seats for a very reasonable fare so we had sleepers on the trip from Houston to London.  Didn’t help much as neither of us slept.  We arrived in London at 6:45 am and a private driver picked us up and took us to the Grosvenor House. 

We didn’t realize that check out for the people in our room was not until noon so we waited around for a very long time before we were able to get in our room.  Wayne had requested a suite so here is our sitting are.

  

Here is our king sized bed.

From the bedroom looking into the sitting are.

Because we had booked a suite we had access to the Executive Lounge.  There were always goodies out on the tables.

There was a large TV and free internet service in this area.  That’s Wayne with his back to us.

Every evening they put out wine and beer in addition to the snacks.  There was always two hot dishes as well.  We never had to go anywhere else to eat.

We had planned to see the Changing of the Guard on the 19th but they only do it on even days and we had an eleven hour tour scheduled for the 20th.

We got up early on the 20th and caught a bus to Victoria Station for our tour bus.  After we got there we realized that there was no bathroom on the bus and Wayne was not going to be able to as long as they were suggesting without one.

The took us back to the hotel and hired a taxi to take us to Buckingham Palace for the Changing of the Guards. 

  

Next post will be the Changing of the Guard.