Europe 1996

My trip to England and Paris

Introduction First vs. Second European trips and the Drury connection
To London Via Houston Phone calls, Pizza, and Mr. Bean
Gatwick Unremarkable arrival in England
Driving in England Fear & trepidation, mastery of the new and unknown
       Top 10 Peeves about Driving in GB Why can't they drive on the RIGHT side?
Maps Texaco StarMart, bobbie, clerk, and maps galore
Bromley M25, anticlockwise navigation, lunch and luggage
Windsor M25 clockwise, Youth Hostels and showers
Windsor Castle Fire restoration, St. George's Chapel and the Order of the Garter
Lego Land MiniLand as European Trip Planning guide and waffles
Oxford, Woodstock & Blenheim Castle The 11th Earl, Churchill, and school ties
Bath Roman Bath House, Bath Abbey & street musicians
Newbold College SDA worship services and Evensong at St. George's
Ambleside & the Lake Country Flagship Hostel and British "mountains"
Lake Windemere Around England's largest lake
Bowness At the midpoint of Lake Windemere
Lakeside & Haverthwaite 19th century railway access to Windemere
Beatrix Potter Tableux of the famous illustrations
Keswick & the Pencil Museum Natural graphite and pencils for the world
Hampstead Heath and Golders Green Back to London
Portrait Museum & War Museum Museum Hopping
MOMI Museum of the Moving Image
St. Martin in the Fields Concert Prancing Warhorses
Rotherhithe Through London across the Thames
London Transport Museum Horse drawn carriages thru Eurostar
Covent Garden Lunch in the plaza with REAL orange juice
Theatre Museum Opera costumes and sets, and production mechanics
Greenwich The Old Royal Observatory and Longitude Zero
Kew Gardens Botanical Gardens and caramel cake
Reduced Shakespeare Theatre The complete works in 3 hours!
      Interview with Bill Shakespeare (?) Clearly ghostwritten!
Cambridge Trains, buses, and 60s Americana
King's College The historic school and evensong in the famous chapel.
Old Globe Theatre Reconstructing with original materials
St. Paul's Cathedral Largest cathedral in England
Westminster Abbey Most famous cathedral in England
Waterloo Driving back to Gatwick and then to Waterloo International
Eurostar & The Chunnel A very remarkable journey
Paris - Gare du Nord Arrival in in Paris
Paris Metro Wandering beneath Paris with luggage
Disneyland Paris Train to Boissey and a Franco-American spectacle
Festival Disney & Cyber Cafe After hours next door to Disneyland
French Toast An American breakfast and second day at Disneyland
Louvre The mega museum, Giaconna and Venus
Museum Shops Lunch and mega shops to match
Eiffel Tower The City of Lights at night from atop the landmark
Picasso & Pompidou Modern art and a modern museum
Arc de Triomphe The arch from afar, but what was the parade about?
Sacré Cóuer Montparnasse street vendors and the famous church
Notre Dame The famous cathedral, and Token-ring organ
Cité Museum of Science & Industry Science on a grand scale and Omnimax dubbed into French
Paris Flea Market & Conrans More Americana in the rain
Departure from Orly International Train and shuttle and generic mini gates
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