Day 28 – London to Paris

We arrived, at Bev’s insistence, early for our travel on Eurostar to London.  When we got to the check-in area there was quite a crowd.  It did not seem to be moving but there was no explanation.  Eventually the queue started moving. Then about 45 minutes after we had lined up, we heard that there were delays.  A few minutes later they asked for a show of hands for who was on the 11:13 train (our one).  Hands shot up all over the place, but it seemed to make no difference in speeding up the process.  We finally got to the border but we were told that we had missed our train and that they were putting us on the next train an hour later.  We were issued with new seat numbers and there was not too much of a delay before we were boarding.  The seats were not the best as the window was obscured.  I noticed that a man in front of us was moving his stuff back a carriage.  I thought I would see what was happening and discovered the carriage was virtually empty.  We quickly decamped and found very nice comfortable seats where you could sit across from each other.  It made for a very pleasant journey.  Before we knew it we were in London and checking into our hotel.

One of the bonuses for going to London was visiting the Ecco shop where I can get shoes for about a third less than in NZ or Australia.  The range they have is great also. I ended up with two pairs of shoes both of which were very comfortable.  I almost got a third just in case but decided there are only so many shoes that a man can wear.

Dinner was had at a local pub.  The food was reasonably nice and Bev was able to enjoy a classic English “bangers and mash” meal.  I had some rather nice hake which was simply done but cooked to perfection.