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This was a very unique cruising experience for us due to the very active participation in the thread on the cruise critic roll call board. For almost a year prior to the actual cruise we had talked daily with our fellow jewels. During the planning phase there were various discussions of what to do in the ports and what to see.
Various groups got together and coordinated private excursions as well as pre cruise meetings. As a result of all this pre cruise activity, it really felt like this was a family reunion cruise. Everywhere you went on the ship or in the ports, you kept running into new friends.
Since we had sailed on her sister, the brilliance of the seas, last year on a mediterranean cruise, we knew that we would love the ship but we had no idea how much we would enjoy some of the ports. This griffon marks the entrance into the city of london.
We had been communicating online with them last year before and after we went on the brilliance cruise. Since we all wanted to do this itinerary, we booked this cruise as soon as it became available. It worked out quite nicely since we are all rabid researchers and planners and each of us took different ports to research and plan.
Since Mary was a travel agent and very familiar with some of the ports, it really made the planning process quite a bit easier. We had arranged to get transfers from heathrow to our hotel. Although the rooms are small, like most of the hotels in europe, we had gotten lucky and had been given a king room, which was a little bigger than the standard room.
We then had our first trip of many on the tube. We went first to parliament square to see the very impressive houses of parliament, big ben, and the london eye. Luckily, we did not have to wait in line very long. unfortunately, picture taking is not allowed inside.
After lunch in a local pub, we validated the tickets we had purchased in advance for the original london Sightseeing tour bus. I really liked this bus company, since they have live tour guides that speak to you as you go around town, rather than the pre recorded tours that some of the others have.
We went by many of the beautiful and historic structures in london before the bus came to an unexpected standstill. There was a protest going on near buckingham palace that was blocking the normal bus route and causing some traffic jams.
We were in a massive parking lot for a while, so we finally decided to just get off and walk to our hotel to get ready to go out to dinner. We had fish and at the seashell restaurant and went back to our hotel and crashed. I was almost by myself It was so peaceful and beautiful there.
The gilded gates shined brilliantly in the bright sun. The white and gold statues were highlighted by the clear blue skies. After a delicious breakfast at the rubens, we went outside and picked up the tour bus again to complete our tour of the city.
The tower of london is a fascinating place and should not be missed. From there we went over to see kensington palace, which was a bit of a let down after buckingham. We then jumped on the tube and headed to covent gardens to find a restaurant for dinner. The one we found had good food, but the service was just terrible.
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