June 3, 2012 - Dover to London

June 3, 2012 - Dover to London

We left the ship at 9am and after collecting our bags we found our car service for the drive to London. It is overcast and raining. Today is a big day in London with the Queens Jubilee Theme's River boating ceremony. Our driver was concerned that the traffic would be a problem, but we got right though to our hotel - London Hilton on Park Lane - in about an hour and a half.

After checking in we found a pub for lunch and then then took a walk. We stopped at a Cafe Nero for coffee and then it started to rain hard. We managed to get back to the hotel but were very wet. We watched the Queen's river flotilla on TV. It was quite a spectacle, but then you probably saw it on TV too.

We had dinner at another pub, I didn't think the food or atmosphere were as good as where we had lunch. We had a long day and decided to turn in. Don and Myrna are flying home tomorrow. It was hard to do much, between the rain and none of us really having cold, wet weather clothes. Between the 4 of us we had 2 umbrellas, a few hats and a couple of lightweight jackets. It was fun to be out with the crowds. The Government called for a 4 day weekend with the banks closed Monday and Tuesday so Sunday had a real holiday feel.

There is a lot of police presents at the hotel. They have a large number outside and some inside. They even had dogs, which I figured were bomb dogs. There was a large ethnic wedding (Indian) and maybe that had something to do with it. The sari's I saw in the lobby were exquisite. All the women wore bindi's and some had henna designs on there hands. Lots of gold.



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