Day 1 Monday 1st June 2009 In and around London

Day 1 Monday 1st June 2009. In and around London.
Today we start our Grand European rail tour, but before we do I have to buy a new suitcase. This year I declared that we would not buy anything to take home. Talk about famous last words. Some of the extras are maps and mementoes that we have collected. As we return from Europe to the hotel where we are now, I have been able to leave one suitcase behind and collect it before we catch our plane home. I bought a smaller suitcase which makes it much easier. We had to check out of the Britannia hotel at Canary Wharf at midday and move to the Travelodge at Euston which is close to the St. Pancras Station where will catch the Eurostar bound for Paris. Opposite the Britannia Hotel was a medical clinic. I decided to take Fay there for a check up on her knee which she injured in a fall in Dublin. The doctor there said she was 95% sure that the injury was not serious but to be absolutely sure she sent us to the Royal London Hospital. It was not hard to reach travelling on the underground and a good experience for us. Fay’s knee was x-rayed a found to be not badly damaged. We then retraced our steps back to the Britannia Hotel, picked up our bags and travelled to the Travelodge in Euston. That was our day.