Flight to Europe, London Day 1: St Paul's Cathedral

 We got up Saturday morning, eager to start our journey to Europe. It was a bit hard to believe that it was actually going to happen, especially after our cancelled trip in 2020.

Flying by the Atlanta airport on our way into land after our first flight.

The Atlanta to London plane

Megan, U and Matthew ready for the long haul flight.

Me

We took a bit of a circuitous route into London Heathrow.

Once we arrived at London Heathrow, we rode the Tube into central London and dropped off our bags at our hotel. We then headed into the city.

U, Me and Megan

St Paul's Cathedral across the Thames.

Down the Thames with Tower Bridge in the background.

Megan and Me with St Paul's in the background.

U and St Paul's. It is such an iconic church!

The bells were pealing for quite some time. We went inside for evensong which was quite nice. Lots of standing and sitting which probably was good with the jetlag.

Statue in St Paul's courtyard.

The area around where we stayed was called "Blackfriars." In 1278, there was a priory established in the area in which the friars wore robes that were predominantly black, hence the name.

Sign at Tube station by our hotel

Spiral staircase at our hotel. It got a lot of good use by our family, especially Matthew who liked to race up or down the stairs while we took the elevator. However, the elevator really was quite slow so it was not unusual for some of us to join Matthew on the stairs. Our room was on the 4th floor (would be considered the 5th floor in the US).

U on our bed and Matthew on his bed with the mood lighting on behind the bed.

Megan on her bed. I really like the painting above her bed.

The rest of the room. It really was a nice little hotel room in a good location in London.

After settling in and eating the dinner we had picked up at Tesco, we turned in for an early night.