Good bye to Leah’s group as they departed early!

We traveled to the train station this morning in pouring rains. The Eurostar took us from Paris into London in about 2.5 hours. It was a pretty quiet trip as we all caught a little nap. Upon arriving, we grabbed a quick lunch and headed to Westminster Abbey. After being amazed by the poppies around the tomb of the unknown soldier and of the nameplates for Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton, Jens took us for a walking tour of Downing Atreet, Trafalgar Square and down to Piccadilly Circus for a little shopping.

Our tour director, Jens Koberstein, has made this trip incredibly memorable. His professionalism for his job is very evident as he is always organized and efficient, but his true strength comes from his personality. We have got to know him fairly well and we have achieved a comfortable balance where we can tell when he is full of BS. 🙄 he enjoyed teasing the kids and acting silly by pantomiming that he was the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He is a truly a treat to have as a tour director as he is so fun.

A delicious meal of chicken pot pie and mashed potatoes rivalled the lasagna and beef meal from earlier this week.

We enjoyed a Jack the Ripper tour tonight. Whoever did the crimes was a gruesome, sick person.

We took a double decker bus back to our new and last hotel of this tour. The bed will feel good tonight. We had another adventure getting to the right train. Jens told us that our sprint across the train station was “spectacular”! We may be a little delirious with tiredness at this point. Our train ride is long to the hotel. Robyn became the new voice for train announcing each station.

Overall, a great day but we are missing our travel mates from YG who we hear have arrived safely in Calgary.

Over 25000 steps today or 17km.