The departures screen at
London Victoria Station, 8:02 am

Christmas tree at Victoria Station

Dana with “Sir Fry-a-Lot” in...

...the breakfast room of the Alexander Hotel.

Our non-luxury accommodation during our first leg in London: room 10 at the Alexander.

At the station at 10:00 am,
Dana clutches our train tickets to Paris.

St. Pancras International
train station

This totally rebuilt and poshed-up train station has only been open for a couple of weeks.

People who live in
glass train stations...

Dana in seat 66 on coach 15
of train 9020

Matt in seat 65.
Request it on your next ride.

out the train window,
the south of England

windmills in the northern countryside of France

at a Paris metro ticket office

Dana, just checked in to our hotel, the Jardins de Paris Morny

The bed looks so inviting!

the view from our window, leaning outside and facing right

a beer tap at Le Relais Gascon, our first Paris restaurant

a sidewalk heater outside
Le Relais Gascon

Alexandra and Lauren go pop!

Dana jots down some French phrases taught by Lauren.

Matt enjoys the
Cotes-de-Bourg AOC

We ended up drinking three carafes
of wine and spending three hours here.