So… we finally left Christmas in Rome to fly to New Year’s in London. We stayed at the Jurys Inn in Croydon, just south of London proper, so we didn’t have to pay the London prices for everything. The hotel was wonderful and just a 20 minute train ride north to London and 20 minutes…
Just a short note to let you all know that we arrived safely in the London area. It’s pretty cold here (literally freezing), but we are settled into our cozy hotel in Croydon, fifteen minutes by rail from Victoria Station in London. Our hotel is called the Jurys Inn, a name that still makes me…
Flying to Spain! We are taking a 1 hour train to London Gatwick Airport; hopefully we can get on the 8:18am train, but another leaves at 8:53am. If you want to track our plane, we are on EasyJet flight EZY8663 that leaves Gatwick at 12:20 pm and arrives in Alicante, Spain at 15:55 pm. (I…
It has been able to keep many of its oldest buildings and has not been over modernized. We traveled there today by train since we had been told that it was a “Miss Marple” kind of town. You’ll see by the photographs that it isn’t so much Miss Marple as perhaps what the various villages…
Today, we made our arrangements for going to Spain! (And, we agreed never to wait until the last minute again.) We will be leaving for Alicante, Spain on Tuesday, 9/26/2017, on the 12:20pm (London time) flight from London Gatwick Airport. The Airport is a 1 hour train ride away from Eastbourne. So, we will be…
Oh, my goodness! It was wonderful. Our train was at least an hour late getting started on Friday because of a horrible accident that we were told happened earlier that morning. We were beginning to worry because of all the bobbies who were gathered around the platform. When I asked if there had been another…
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