First Night in London

I know I mentioned we're excited to be here ... but we're in LONDON! There's so much we want to see and do, and so much history here that it's got us all worked up. Well, Margo and I anyway.

First, of course, we checked into our bed & breakfast. Our room is on the top floor. Here's a look:



Then we went out to dinner, an Italian place (a local chain, I think) named Pizza Express, just down the main road from us on Euston Street. If you look closely, you can see across the street some of the lettering on the building: the British Library, which (Margo says) contains works like Shakespeare's folio and a copy of the Magna Carta.



And walking back, next to the British Library? Check out this magnificent edifice. Know what it is? A train station. There's probably more to it, of course, but if you look at the main entry, the only sign of its purpose is its name: the St. Pancras Station.



Isn't it gorgeous? We're stupid in love so far. Oh, and guess what's next door to that? Right across the main street from the street we're staying on? It's our closest London Underground station ... Kings Cross.



And now ... Sarah's watching the telly, Margo is going through guidebooks to help plan our days, and I'm eating treats from the Cadbury factory and sipping Scotch. Try not to hate us too much. After all, a week from today, Margo will have finished her first day of work, and this is the last leg of our vacation, so we're enjoying it as much as we can.

We've got a pretty full day planned tomorrow. We'll take lots of pictures.