We visited London on a two city tour of London and Paris in May, 1994. As new travelers it reminded me of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities; "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"!
This was an off-season tour and the price was no compensation for the chilly, overcast weather! Arriving in Heathrow Airport at 6:00AM, we met our tour guide and were transported to our hotel in Hyde Park, only to realize check-in time wasn't untill 11:00 O'Clock. We were exhausted and drapped ourselves over our luggage in the lobby of the hotel hoping to fall asleep! Outside in the fog, a light snow was falling!
The trip included a guided bus and walking tour of each city and independent travel for a couple of days. The highlight of the trip was crossing the English channel from Dover to Cailais on the hovercraft!
The images presented here are sadly not the best, they were shot on Ektachrome with a 35MM Pentax. The images reflect what was possible at the time, but not to include London would be worse.
We visited London on a two city tour of London and Paris in May, 1994. As new travelers it reminded me of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities; "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"!
This was an off-season tour and the price was no compensation for the chilly, overcast weather! Arriving in Heathrow Airport at 6:00AM, we met our tour guide and were transported to our hotel in Hyde Park, only to realize check-in time wasn't untill 11:00 O'Clock. We were exhausted and drapped ourselves over our luggage in the lobby of the hotel hoping to fall asleep! Outside in the fog, a light snow was falling!
The trip included a guided bus and walking tour of each city and independent travel for a couple of days. The highlight of the trip was crossing the English channel from Dover to Cailais on the hovercraft!
The images presented here are sadly not the best, they were shot on Ektachrome with a 35MM Pentax. The images reflect what was possible at the time, but not to include London would be worse.
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