After waiting for a good while, we get to go on another trip again, but this time this will be a multi part trip due to the fact that the first leg of the journey is to travel to the UK, specifically London, UK. We plan on staying there around 5 days in order to just be able to take in the sights there before making our way to Southampton where we will stay for a day to see a couple things there before getting on a new cruise ship Carnival is bringing out, the Celebration. This large ship will shadow most of the other ships in their fleet and have many more amenities and room to roam. Once on the ship we will travel to four ports around Spain for one week, then on the 2nd week travel across the Atlantic to Miami where they will be keeping the ship. With that, this trip will last a total of three weeks. The first order of business is getting there, which of course involves getting on a plane. Or more accurately, two planes. We have to travel to Dallas/Ft Worth airport then get on another larger plane that will take us over the US and over the north Atlantic to where we'll finally touch down in London. With us in the UK and through the airport, we have to make way to the hotel, which is not far as miles are concerned, but traveling through London is like traveling through Chicago, it takes a long while just to go a few miles. Not knowing how to navigate the vast subway system, we immediately opted for a cab in order to get to the hotel as well as take in the city from the roadways. After making it to the hotel and actually being able to get an early room, we cleaned up and hit the street, taking the subway to go see Buckingham Palace. we did get to see the changing of the guard as they marched by, going into the palace, but due to restrictions we weren't able to get up close and personal like others in the past. It was still cool to be able to witness everything, even from a distance. Once we seen that, we took a walk down the street to the Guard's museum, which was a smaller facility displaying a lot of items collected by the soldiers that make up the guard through the ages, along with uniforms and other memorabilia. A lot of information was also displayed for people to learn everything there is to know about the Royal Guard. We got to walk by other tourist areas on the way to the River Thames, namely Big Ben, which was unfortunately closed due to renovation and House Of Parliament. We eventually made our way to the river and the London Eye, the iconic Ferris wheel that takes you way up in an enclosed gondola overlooking the city. Even though the wheel only makes one full rotation, you're in the gondola for around 30 min during the whole ride, able to take a lot of pictures of the city from up high. We also got some Fish and Chips along with roasted caramel nuts and mushy peas, all staples of the land. After our long day out and about and managing to take in several tourist stops, we made our way back to the subway and back to the hotel. It didn't really take long to learn how to use the subway system so we would be able to further navigate the city through the subways to be able to get to other tourist spots in the city without ever having to take a cab, much less walk a million miles. We got a little something to eat to take back to the hotel since we were running on fumes. Despite having gotten a multitude of naps on the plane, it wasn't the same as getting a good full night's sleep in a regular bed. We pushed on through the day and made it to the evening, with the end being a hard crash around 7pm UK time.
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