London, Baby!

Gotta love those trains.

11:00am, standing in Paris' Gare du Nord.
12:30pm, standing in London's St Pancras.

No two hour check in, no long drive to the airport.  Boarding half an hour before leaving, and straight off.  Not even a passport check on the other side. 

Trains are the way to go, folks!

On top of that, after leaving a rather gray and grizzly Paris, we arrived on a rather beautiful London day.  Not warm per se, but beautifully crisp and clear.  So we spent the first afternoon looking around Euston.

At the British Museum!

After quickly getting our bearings we started off by visiting the London Library, where they have the Magna Carta on display, as well as several other important treasures of the UK.  Very cool to see Beethoven's tuning fork and one of Shakespeare's folios.
Then, after that, a trip to the British Museum.  Following the Shakespeare theme through a little further, they had an exhibition about the Bard and London around his time.  Very fascinating to put his works into context.

Oh - also the Rosetta Stone and some ancient Egyptian-ey and Greek-ey goodness.  But we've seen all that before! :)

Then a quick dinner in town, and off to our friend's place to get a good night's sleep.

Further days to come soon, but am very much liking these towns so far.