Back home

We've come home from our trip to the UK. We left last week on Friday for London with Eurostar (which is still the fastest way to reach the capital) and spent a night there. Good hotel, nice breakfast. On Saturday morning we took another train, this time to Leeds. We had to change trains at Chesterfield. The trains were very crowded, due to floodings on other lines so there were a lot of extra passengers. Luckily we had reserved seats!

In Leeds, it was cold but rather sunny. We really enjoyed the days in Yorkshire. On Saturday night we went to see Andrea Bocelli in the First Direct Arena of Leeds. We had great seats and had a clear view on the stage. Such a lovely evening. What a voice!

On Sunday we took it easy, did some strolling through the center of Leeds, went for lunch at San Carlo (I can really recommend it), then did some shopping and ended up in the pub for happy  hour.

We took a trip to York on Monday. An interesting town, worth visiting. Spent the entire day there, and never felt bored.

On Tuesday we returned to London - mainly because we wanted to attend the staged concert of Les Miserables in the Gielgud theatre. For this production Cameron McIntosh asked the best in the genre, like Alfie Boe and Michael Ball, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and Katy Secombe. Really great and there was such a great accoustics in the theatre.

Oh yes, forgot to mention we had to evacuate St. Pancras just after we arrived from Leeds. We had wanted to lunch at Searcy's, had just ordered a glass of champagne when the fire alarm went off. First they thought it was a lark, but it proved true and we had to evacuate. There's always something when we travel!

The journey home was quiet and without incident, though. The Eurostar train was not too full, which makes a nice change. We caught our connection to Dendermonde without a problem.

So now we're back home - and it's raining!