Copenhagen to London

Monday, May 26

Another gloriously warm day in Copenhagen - so much so that we had to keep our drapes closed to stop our room from becoming too hot while we completed our packing ready to leave for London.

The taxi arrived on time but peak hour traffic this morning slowed our trip to the airport. Copenhagen looked wonderful bathed in the sunlight as we drove beside the canal and watched the swans on the water and the Copenhageners on their bikes going about their daily business. It really is "Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen"!

Copenhageners going about their business in glorious sunshine

After the usual check in procedure and Immigration check (where our passport was stamped yet again - it is really filling up now!), we made our way to the gate where our Norwegian Air flight left at 12.35pm. We had great views over Copenhagen and the Danish Islands as we took off. The sea was a beautiful turquoise colour as well so everything looked lovely.

About 15 mins before landing, the pilot informed us that it was a grey, wet and chilly day in London and he wasn't kidding. What a shock to our systems after the weather we have been enjoying. The next shock was the quoted taxi fare from Gatwick to London! Neither of us could justify it, so it was off to buy train tickets and catch the train to St Pancras where we then got a taxi to our hotel at Tavistock Square.

After settling in, we headed out to explore the nearby area, check on tickets for some shows we would like to see and also find something to eat. We caught the Underground at Russell Square and travelled to Leicester Square where we checked out cheap theatre tickets. By then it was raining quite steadily and we could both see the beginning of the end of our nice suntans and wearing summery clothes as we shivered in our jackets under brollies. Oh well, that's England!

We enjoyed a typical English pub meal before heading back to our hotel. We were pleased to find a Fed-Ex store next door so we went in and enquired about prices to send some excess stuff home. We were given a box to fill (and we will have no trouble doing that) and return tomorrow so now our cases will be at least 5 kilos lighter (or, more likely, we now have space for 5kgs more shopping!)

Al, rugged up against London's wind and rain, outside The Rocket Pub (near Euston Station) where we ate tonight.

 

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