Now that our accommodations had been properly Christmas-ified, it was time to head out and get our London on. The first stop? My must-visit spot of each and every visit, the National Portrait Gallery. I love every corner of this place but can’t really explain why…but coming here feels a bit like coming to visit old friends. And considering the age of some of the paintings, “old” is somewhat of an understatement. As always, I shot right for the top floor …
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The Best Trip Ever (TM) is now officially underway. Though the often onerous flight from Pearson to Heathrow was relatively smooth and seemed mercifully shorter than usual (with the added bonus of sitting behind Eddie Marsan), the resulting hour-long queue at UK Border Control was not. Though the bonus of waiting forever to clear customs is that by the time you reach baggage claim (or reclaim, as they term it here), your bags have usually beat you there…and ours had. …
In just over one week, I’ll be (attempting) to snuggle down in my little corner of Air Canada’s Economy Plus seating, hurtling through the air at 30,000 feet, on my way to spend the holidays in my favourite city. That’s right. This blogger is headed across the pond to London-town for three weeks of Christmas markets, holiday lights, cozy pub evenings, museums and galleries, side train trips to Cambridge and Bletchley Park, and general Christmas-y chaos. In the past two …
T-minus two weeks until I head to London to experience my second “Dickensian Christmas,” so naturally it’s time to take a look back at the first. Check out the photos below or click on the an image to view as a gallery…
As the countdown begins to Christmas in London 2014 ™, it’s time to take a look back at my trip from two years ago – my first visit to the motherland in a decade. Stay tuned for a nostalgic glimpse back at Christmas in London 2012 and at my last visit from March/Easter 2013. In the meantime, click an image to view the gallery below!