{"id":7874,"date":"2017-05-01T07:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2017-10-01T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T00:32:11","slug":"london-england-part-one-british-isles-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/2017\/05\/01\/london-england-part-one-british-isles-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"London England Part One &#8211; British Isles Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The cruise was over and now it was time for our visit to London and Paris. The trip to London would be from Southampton by bus after getting off the cruise ship. Long story short, Princess found yet another way to screw something up. We arrived at our hotel at 2:34 pm which was too late for our planned visit that day. So we had to wing and find a new site to visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Night view of the London Library and the St. Pancras Renaissande Hotel from the top floor our hotel the Pullman London St. Pancras Hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7875\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-01.jpg\" alt=\"Night time view of London from the Pullman London St Pancras Hotel\" width=\"938\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-01.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-01-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-01-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hyde park and the 190 foot tall Albert Memorial. \u00a0Not a bad photo considering it was taken through the window of our bus traveling at 25 kph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7876\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-02.jpg\" alt=\"The Albert Memorial - Hyde Park - London\" width=\"938\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-02.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-02-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-02-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another bus window photo. This photo shows the distinctive London cab zooming along the park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7877\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-03.jpg\" alt=\"Distinctive black London cab zoom by\" width=\"938\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-03.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-03-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-03-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The White walls of the Somerset house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7878\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-04.jpg\" alt=\"Somerset House London England\" width=\"938\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-04.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-04-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you are going to visit a tourist attraction, you must include your shoes in the photo, like this winding staircase in the Somerset House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7879\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-05.jpg\" alt=\"Circular staircase and view of my shoes\" width=\"938\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-05.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-05-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-05-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The line to enter the London Eye weaves back and forth. It wasn&#8217;t too bad. Just a 15 minute wait. Better than most rides at Disneyland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7880\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-06.jpg\" alt=\"The winding pathway that leads visitors to the London Eye - London England\" width=\"938\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-06.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-06-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-06-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">View of the Jubilee Gardens and Southbank Place from the London Eye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7881\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-07.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Jubilee Gardens from the London Eye\" width=\"938\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-07.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-07-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-07-768x517.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The height of the London Eye didn&#8217;t bother me until top when I realized we were no longer hanging down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7882\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-08.jpg\" alt=\"View from top of London Eye of another car also at the top\" width=\"938\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-08.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-08-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-08-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Making a photo thru the glass and towards the sun is usually quite difficult. But I wanted to capture Big Ben and the Parliament building in this photo. Sadly now when I look at this photo I see the Westminster bridge which we crossed later that day and is now remembered as just one more place that something bad happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7883\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-09.jpg\" alt=\"View from London Eye of Big Ben and Parliament building\" width=\"938\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-09.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-09-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-09-768x620.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Big Ben, the English Parliament building and the Underground sign for the Westminster station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7884\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-10.jpg\" alt=\"Big Ben - the Parliament building - the Underground station\" width=\"938\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-10.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-10-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-10-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/>I don&#8217;t know what was going on here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7885\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-11.jpg\" alt=\"London tourists dressed in pink posing for a group photo\" width=\"938\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-11.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-11-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-11-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7886\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-12.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful graffiti on the red bricks\" width=\"938\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-12.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-12-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-12-768x599.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The restaurant at our hotel which features a large Whisky display.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7887\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-13.jpg\" alt=\"Pullman London St Pancras Hotel restaurant \" width=\"938\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-13.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-13-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-13-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Night view of the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel with streaks of light from passing vehicles and buses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7888\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-14.jpg\" alt=\"Nigh view of St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel \" width=\"938\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-14.jpg 938w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-14-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/London-England-14-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cruise was over and now it was time for our visit to London and Paris. 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