The Kingdom of the Crown

 We landed in London about noon, made it through Customs without issue and began our search for the Underground.

It’s a fairly long trip from Heathrow to the Westminster area where we will be staying for the first three nights of our trip. Taxi and Uber are both over $100 bucks. Actually, when we travel we try to take public transportation, mostly just to see if we can do it, but it does give a better visitor experience. 

The Underground took us within a half a mile or so from our hotel, the Saint Ermin’s in the Westminster district, but the climb out of the “tube” was a bit of a struggle with two sections of stairs. The St  Ermin fits the role of hotels 

Robert choses well and the Ermin’s fits the bill  Rooms while cozy, are well appointed and comfortable  

We took a walk about to keep awake after a sleepless night in the air and our hotel is located in a London tourist target rich environment.  

Our walk about took three hours or so and we made it back to the hotel and freshened for an early dinner. Pam had been looking for restaurants near our hotel and we decided on the Chez Antoinette. Good decision. 

We chose a small plate fare with steak tartar with soft egg, cheese selections, a pate of something I’m not sure of (but good), prosciutto, pepperonis, a warm baguette, and a nice cab made for a great first UK dinner. 

To bed early to let our bodies catch up with our minds. First day colder than expected but just a little rain, pretty good for London. Tomorrow, Jim