Amiens 2 London & then London

Leaving Amiens France heading to Calais to drop off the rental car, then catch the P&O Ferry to Dover England proved to be a very rainy experience along the way. Then I got the fast train to London's St. Pancreas Station, there upon catching a cab to the Kensingtion Hotel in Queen's Gate, in Kensington-Chelsea.

It is superb to be back in London and in my old neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea. Where I used to live.

NOTE:

All total starting from Calais France on the 20th of November and driving to Sofia, Bulgaria and back again, I totaled 3,656.8 miles of driving through all kinds of winter bad weather, roads, countries, and languages and people.

 

 Leaving Amiens

 Fianlly in Calais France to return the car

 The boring ferry ride

 The boring train ride

 Finally in my hotel room at the Kensington Hotel

 Looking out the window down on Queen's Gate

 The hotel lounge area

 The best present I received was when I checked in the hotel, there was a piece of mail waiting for me; it was a Xmas card from my oldest son David, Jnr. and Mr. Einstein.....Laahve!

 Looking up Queen's Gate

 Old Brompton Road

 One of the pubs on Old Brompton Road

 South Ken Underground Tube Station

 They turned Thurloe Place into a more European walking street, they took out the curbs

 My favourite Polish restaurant in Kensington

 The Natural History Museum

 Notice that the admission is free, Hello New York!

 The Science Museum next to Imperial College

 My alma mater (one of them)

 Imperial campus areas

 The Baden Powell House, the founder of the Boy Scouts.

An inexpensive place for students to stay when visiting London.

 Real street art, in the street. LOL

 A disappearing beauty

 The hotel

 Some bloke selling a tangerine on the hotel lift

 My favourite department store, Whiteley's in Queen's Way

 Taxi back to hotel

 A beautiful blue Maserati Quattro Porto in Old Brompton Road

 A Bentley in Thurloe Place

 An Aston Martin DB7 in Thurloe Place

 A favourite pub in Thurloe Place

 The old flower shop on Fulham Road

 I lived here at #7 Elm Park Gardens years ago

 My favourite cinema on Fulham Road

 Looking up Fulham Road

 A favourite hardware shop ( they also call them tinker shops)

 The Goat In Boots Pub in Fulham Road

 I also lived in #43 Red Cliff Gardens

 #43 Red Cliff Gardens

 The King's Arms Pub in Fulham Road

 This is a non-alcoholic ginger drink, good for digestion

 Still tired from driving I think, so I will stay in tonight.

Cheers,

David