The 28th day of our second European Adventure
Up early this morning as per plan. Sometime about 5:30, but the birds were singing and the sky was light, grey but light. We had a quick wash and dressed, ready to go. The mom check of the cubicle took only 10 seconds as there was no place to hide/lose anything. Check out was a thank you/hope you enjoyed your stay. The walk to Victoria was quick, bright, and dry. Down into the tube, it is only a little busy at 6:15 am, and a ride to Euston Station. We sat outside cooling off from the ride in the warm tube. We shared a coffee and waited for the Krispie Crème Shop to open. We had promised some Krispie crème donuts for Pete. By about 7:30 the shop opened, we bought a dozen, and moved inside to the 1st class lounge where we had more coffee, juice to take our pills, and a banana. They had coffee, tea, cold pop, Danish pastries, and fruit. At 9:25 our train was given a platform number, and we headed to number five. Car H, was fairly empty as we pulled out right on time.
The first part of the journey was a high speed jaunt through London and its environs. They came by with coffee or tea and took our orders for breakfast which was served on china plates. After breakfast, more tea or coffee, and the first stop, only a few people got on, but the next portion of the trip was much slower, more stops, more passengers, and more built up area to go through. Almost immediately, it was time for lunch. Lunch was a cold drink, a sandwich, crisps (potato chips) and dessert. Lunch was more paper and less china. We picked up speed as we moved through the north of England and the lowlands of Scotland. We also picked up rain—apparently a great deal of rain as the news the next morning reported flooding and later in the week some service North to Scotland was disrupted. We arrived safely at Glasgow Central, and at the last moment—getting off---met a woman and her son from Iowa City—they sat only a few seats down from us for half the trip. We stopped for a coffee in the station as there were too many people or too few cabs immediately after we arrived and we were furthest from the station as we had been closest to the station in London.
We did get a cab and motored out to Cecil Street. We presented Joey with her duck and her bear from Harrodsburg, then we piled our dirty clothes in a corner and decided to order pizza for dinner. Pizza, American style, and a beer then some conversation and some TV before we adjourned to bed .
4133 Neil Steps
Woman Olympic torch runner at one of the stations
Northern England
Our train in Glasgow Central Station
Euston Station in London & Krispie Kreme
Our train Central Station
The train
Cranes in London
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