4 Countries in 14 Days….Part II: Even Soggier English Summer

We arrived right on time at the airport, grabbed some quick eats, and then realized that our plane was delayed. Ouch! We got into London about 11pm and finally got to our very nice hotel by midnight. We got a super cheap rate at a very nice hotel since we made the reservations hours before arriving. After a hectic day we all slept well, but then sadly we woke up to rain. Now, when I say rain, I don’t mean rain, I mean sheets and buckets of water gushing down all over London. We held out most of the time under a bridge, but inevitably just got drenched. We made our way to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels, at which point the sun came out and shined for the rest of the day. We then moved on to see London Bridge and we went up into the London Eye. After the birds eye view we continued on to see the Parliament building, Big Ben, as well as Buckingham Palace. Many miles were covered in one day to see most of the important sites while soaking wet. We did eventually dry out though. I was in denial that it could rain during our Holiday.

As we headed back to the hotel we realized that the Underground Subway was not functioning all that well due to the drastic amounts of rain that had been falling. Mike and Ben’s great sense of directions and understating of the Underground got us eventually back to the hotel to rest our tired feet and get some good food. We were to find out later, this was just a start of the floods that plagued England in the following wells. As we boarded the Chunnel the following morning, we were so happy to being taking the train since with all the rain, the airport was completely swamped with flights delayed or cancelled. As I closed my eyes for a quickly little catnap, we left London and were to soon arrive in Paris.