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Eurostar, Chunnel, London
We got up. I sent R. over to Liberte bakery. We ate, packed up and got an Uber Van to Gare Du Nord shortly after 11 (checkout time). No traffic to speak of, so we got there in plenty of time, so we found a place to sit until it was time to check and go through pass control. A. was pretty distressed by the crowds and it was still kind of warm.
We had a table on the train, and our 4th was a Texan who was very low key, from Houston, and fun to chat with. The train ride was enjoyable and uneventful and going through the Chunnel was just a long tunnel and honestly not even that long. Altho you do feel the pressure change coming out, for sure.
St. Pancras was crowded and it was Pride in London, so the taxi took as close as he could but a lot of streets were closed. Which was fine, because we walked and the crowds were fun. Citadines is nice — a little bit of damp but not too bad. I did some laundry and started the dryer, and we went to dinner at Ochre. The steak was marinated and the burger was spiced so A. got the chicken schnitzel and apparently that was fantastic. I got the vegan minestrone and the curried cauliflower. I was still pretty hungry, because while I had breakfast and snacked on baguette and pave du chocolate, I hadn’t really had a meal until it was dinner time. I had the Nikka “from the bottle” not as good as the Nikka coffey from Fugue, but good.
After we dropped A. back at the hotel and retrieved the (mostly) dry laundry, R. and I went to Sibin at the Hyatt where we had a lot of whisky — some Indian, a Taiwanese, Scandinavian. I had a vieux carre which was really wonderful. We had the charcuterie, nuts and the valrhona house chocolate bar with pecans. I had too much to eat and drink, but was able to sleep, altho A. went to bed really, really late. I bought tickets for R. and me to see Operation Mincement, and adjusted the 40 Elephants reservation earlier, so that we could be done in plenty of time for the show. It’ll be a busy but fun last day in London.
We had a table on the train, and our 4th was a Texan who was very low key, from Houston, and fun to chat with. The train ride was enjoyable and uneventful and going through the Chunnel was just a long tunnel and honestly not even that long. Altho you do feel the pressure change coming out, for sure.
St. Pancras was crowded and it was Pride in London, so the taxi took as close as he could but a lot of streets were closed. Which was fine, because we walked and the crowds were fun. Citadines is nice — a little bit of damp but not too bad. I did some laundry and started the dryer, and we went to dinner at Ochre. The steak was marinated and the burger was spiced so A. got the chicken schnitzel and apparently that was fantastic. I got the vegan minestrone and the curried cauliflower. I was still pretty hungry, because while I had breakfast and snacked on baguette and pave du chocolate, I hadn’t really had a meal until it was dinner time. I had the Nikka “from the bottle” not as good as the Nikka coffey from Fugue, but good.
After we dropped A. back at the hotel and retrieved the (mostly) dry laundry, R. and I went to Sibin at the Hyatt where we had a lot of whisky — some Indian, a Taiwanese, Scandinavian. I had a vieux carre which was really wonderful. We had the charcuterie, nuts and the valrhona house chocolate bar with pecans. I had too much to eat and drink, but was able to sleep, altho A. went to bed really, really late. I bought tickets for R. and me to see Operation Mincement, and adjusted the 40 Elephants reservation earlier, so that we could be done in plenty of time for the show. It’ll be a busy but fun last day in London.