This morning we caught the tube from Waterloo to Euston where we changed to an overland train to Watford Junction. Outside the station we caught a shuttle bus to the Warner Brothers Leavesden Studios to see the The Making of Harry Potter exhibition. We spent about four hours perusing all the sets and props before retracing our steps back to London.We made it back in time to catch the end of the English stage of the Tour de France. We watched on the big screen ...

This morning we bought Oyster cards and caught the underground from Westminster to Monument station. Nearby, we saw the 'The Monument' to the Great Fire of London, Leadenhall Market, and the Gherkin before continuing on to Tower Gateway Station. There we caught the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Cutty Sark.I had wanted to see the Cutty Sark for years, and was disappointed when we last visited in 2010 because the ship was undergoing restoration and wa...

On a drizzly morning, we checked out of Hotel Mademoiselle and the concierge called a taxi for the short trip to Gare du Nord, where we passed through customs and boarded the 8:13am Eurostar to London. We caught a London cab from St Pancras to the Park Plaza Hotel Westminster Bridge. It was too early for our room to be ready, so we checked in our bags with the concierge and went for a walk. We were very excited to be back in London for the first time in 3 and ...

After a late start, this morning we walked up to Gare du Nord and caught a number 38 bus across town to Denfert-Rochereau. We wanted to visit the Catacombs but when we got there, there was a queue which disappeared around the corner. We followed it looking for the end but it just went on & on. When we found out there was a three hour wait, we decided we didn't need to see it that much. Earlier, from the bus, I had spotted the Pantheon which had its roof hid...

This morning we walked from our hotel down Rue la Fayette to Boulevard Haussmann where we browsed through a large department store called Galeries la Fayette. Architecturally, It featured an impressive glass cupola over a series of very decorative mezzanine floors and there was a terrace on the rooftop from which we took in some different views of Paris.We continued past the Opera and along Avenue de l'Opera until we reached the Louvre. From there we headed ...