Back in London

So you may or may not have heard that London is currently in the middle of a Tube strike. Meaning that all the Tube trains have not been running for the past 48 hours. At first this had me very worried about how Melody and I would get from St. Pancras station back to Epping, but thankfully there was another rail line that we could take from Kings Cross and get near to the Westwoods home. Hopefully the strike will be over by today, and not hinder our travels about the city any as we enjoy our last few days here.

 

Paris was great, but as I mentioned, rainy. So that greatly affected what we did and when. We were not able to enjoy as much of the city as we hoped because we were always trying to get out of the rain. Because once it started, it got cold very quickly and that was not fun at all.

 

We ended up spending our last evening in the hotel, reading books that had been left by previous guests in the downstairs common area. I read several short stories in Neil Gaiman's book, Fragile Things. He is so weird! But I loved it. :-D It makes me want to go home and read some more of the stories. Though I didn't like 'The Problem of Susuan'. A bit too weird for me.

 

Any way...

 

We had the chance to see the Musee d'Orsay and the Arc de Triumph on Wed. The d'Orsay was very nice. I liked it a lot better than the Louvre. There were a lot of really famous impressionist artist, Degas, Monet, Manet, Cezzane, Pissaro... some really amazing stuff! We then went to the Arc de Triumph, but didn't stay long. Wet and rainy. Eww.

 

So we are now back at the Westwoods and resting. Hopefully will be able to enjoy some touring over the next couple days, Les Mis, London Tower etc.. Oxford on Saturday!