July 12: Leaving Paris from Gare du Nord and headed to London's St. Pancras International Station. Our fearless leader is checking the schedule or checking whatever he is always checking on his phone. We are traveling by Eurostar, the train that goes up to 186 MPH under the English Channel and drops you in the heart of London. Bon Voyage!

Tyler with his signature word. He is always talking about how everything is so "boss" or so "awesome", but mostly "boss". He has enough manly smelling stuff at home so we talked him out of this for now.

On the Eurostar, Tyler and Tanner are settling in eating some of their favorite finds in Paris, chocolate topped biscuits.

The girls are just happy to be sitting and reading instead of running all day. The trip is a little over two hours with a stint under the English Channel for 31.4 miles which opened in 1993. The Eurostar has the longest undersea rail section in the world along with being the second longest rail tunnel in the world.

Our last view of the French countryside before we go underground the English Channel. The pressure in your ears was worse than an airplane.

Arriving in St. Pancras International, we knew we were in London because of the Olympic Rings already hung to welcome international travelers and athletes alike.

These signs are posted on most all the major roadways. Since they drive on the opposite side of the road, you always have to be looking in the opposite direction to avoid getting hit. I kept telling the kids, don't look left or right first, just look down and then you will know whether to look left or right.

A hackney or hackney carriage is the official name for a London taxi. This taxi design, the Beardmore was used in the 1960's and 70's. The same style is still in use today. This style of taxi has a turning radius of only 25 feet. The main reason for this is the small roundabout entrance into the famed Savoy Hotel. A cab needed a small turning circle in order to navigate this entrance, thus becoming the legal requirement for turning circles for all London cabs.

The London Eye, the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, was erected in 1999. Being 443 feet tall and 394 feet wide, the London Eye was originally a temporary structure. Since it is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, it might stay longer than originally intended.

Inside the A-frame cantilevered Ferris wheel on, of course, a rainy day in London.

London and rain, two peas in a pod. The view from our pod on the way up.

O.K., we had to buy this photo. I didn't read the sign that said smile, there is a camera. The boys aren't even with us. We are back on the other side. They positioned themselves in front of the camera, in their standard pose for the whole trip. Keeping them in line was like trying to carral wet cats and we have it documented on someone else's camera.

Classic is the guy picking his nose just as the camera takes the picture. You think the boys could have warned him if they weren't messing with each other so much.