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Memorial Day, 1999, London © R. Craig Collins, 1999/2007

The Collins family ventured to London, England, during the Memorial Day holiday time frame. Highlights are listed below:
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Saturday, May 29
08:00 am Donuts (we always have donuts before a trip)
10:30 am Arrive at DFW
12:30 pm Depart DFW, flight time about 6 hours (Ham and Cheese Sandwiches)
05:15 pm Arrive in Boston
06:25 pm Depart Boston, flight time about 4 hours (Chicken and Dressing)
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Sunday, May 30
05:55 am Arrive Gatwick (Equivalent to 11:55pm)
Clear Customs
Change Money
Pick up Luggage
Pick Up Tour Vouchers
07:20 Train to Victoria
Refreshements
08:45 Pick up Bus and Subway passes
09:15 Cab to The Strand Palace
Naps
Walk to the Embankment and Cleopatra's Needle
Walk to the Sherlock Holmes Pub
Walk to Trafalgar Square, feed the pidgeons

Bus ride to the hotel
Rock and Sole (Fish and Chips)
Visit Covent Gardens
Back to the hotel
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Monday, May 31 (Bank Holiday)
Continental Breakfast
Victoria Coach Station
London Highlights Tour
Royal Albert Hall and Memorial

Buckingham Palace


Thames Cruise
St. Martin of the Fields
Lunch (Egg Sandwich and Tea)
View Brass Rubbings
National Gallary
National Portrait Gallery
Tea
Bus Ride around London
Pizza Express (Pizza and Lasagna)
View Tower of London
Walk Tower Bridge
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Tuesday, June 1
Tower of London


Tower Hill Café (Sandwiches)
Royal Stables
Downing Street and Whithall
Westminster Abbey and Big Ben

Subway Ride
Valentino's in Soho for Dinner (Jacket Potatoes)
Dominion Theatre
Beauty and the Beast
Taxi back to Hotel
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Wednesday, June 2
Waterloo Station to Windor


Changing of the Guard
Doll House
Gallery
Royal Apartments
Bella Pasta for Lunch (Calzones)
Eton
Train back to Waterloo Station
Porter's for English Dinner (Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding)
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Thursday, June 3
Victoria Coach Station
Tour
Oxford
Stratford upon Avon

Ann Hathaway House
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Shakespeare's Coffee Shop (Toasties)
Warwick Castle

Texas Embassy for Dinner (Fajitas)
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Friday, June 4
British Museum

Café (Soup and Bread)
Harrods
Food Market
Egyptian Escalators
High Tea
Sandwiches
Scones nd Clotted Cream
Desserts
Toyland
Face Painting and Stickers
St. James Palace
Rock Garden for Dancing
Covent Garden Market for Hot Chocolate and Coffee
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Saturday, June 5
Globe Theatre

La Pastella (Shepard's Pie)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Pooh's Oriental Restaurant (Prawn Crackers, Soup, Beef and Peppers, etc)
Leister Square
Baskers
Ben & Jerry's
Road House
The Glitter Band
Lyceum Taven
Half a pint
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Sunday, June 6
6:30 am Check out
7:30 am Check luggage at Victoria Station
8:15 am Arrive Gatewick
Plane delayed
10:00 am Board
Plane sits on Tarmac
11:30 am Depart (10 hour flight)
03:30 pm Arrive DFW
Customs
Luggage
Get car
06:30 pm arrive home (18 hours transit)