We leave home shortly after half past ten and make good progress. In Switzerland at least. Road work season seems to have begun in France. Construction site after construction site, with one lane traffic only and reduced speed limit. Driving at 90 km/h for so long prolonges our journey quite a bit and we only arrive in Calais 45 minutes later than usual.

Luckily we don’t have to wait long in Calais. Only about thirty other cars wait in line for the train to the UK.

I shut my eyes for a bit in the train. The 35 minutes train ride beneath the Channel are always a welcome break on our trips.

It’s already pitch black when we leave the train in Folkestone and head for the motorway to London. On the two hour drive, we continue to listen to George Takei’s autobiographie – Mr Sulu from Star Trek. Audio books are a great thing to pass time AND to keep you awake on long journeys. 🙂

We arrive at our hotel near Kings Cross and St Pancras stations around 9pm. We often stay here and like the hotel as they allow us to park in the gated back alley.

I quickly leave the hotel to get a take-away from Leon. Gabi eats Chicken Aioli and I have my beloved Moroccan meatballs while we watch Gilmore Girls on Netflix.