Spent the day packing for our trip to the Continent. Tomorrow it's Paris; we've got a hotel booked but since we're on a Eurail pass we're going to make it up as we go along from that point forward. Our likely itinerary will be 1-2 days in Paris, 1-2 days in Bordeaux, 1-2 days in Lisbon, then the rest of our vacation will be spent in Albufeira, in Portugal's southern Algarve region. We'll be there for Christmas and New Year's, then back in London on the 3rd. So I'll take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful holiday, and here's hoping for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. May the best of '06 be the worst of '07. Not sure how the internet connectivity will be, so this may be the last post for a while.
As mentioned in yesterday's bleary-eyed post, we've managed to take in some sights of London over the last few days. It's really odd to be a tourist in my own town. The first time I visited London was over 20 years ago (!!), and I'd long since forgotten most of it. The subsequent visits were all purpose traveling, i.e., on business which invariably meant flying straight in, hitting the hotel, doing the business, then getting out again without much time for gawking and gawping. So we made up for it over the last couple of days. First on D.'s list was the London Eye, which as tourist traps go was actually pretty ace. It's kind of weird to be looking down at Big Ben, but that's what happens. Here's a few shots. You can click on the pictures to see larger versions in a new window:






Of course no set of holiday snaps would be complete without a shot of the Santa Claus Motorbike Squad, which happened to roar by as we crossed Westminster Bridge:

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