After being in Sheffield, before going back to Paris, it made sense to check out London

bye bye Sheffield :)

quick walk to the train station

St Pancras

After arriving, going for a Xmas lights bus tour sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately it was harder to setup than it should have been, with a despicable company, and the view was not always the best for pictures, but it was still nice to have a look:

West end tour at the same time:

More lights:

After a nice brazillian BBQ dinner, a musical that was available that night (pickings were slim on dec 29th):

The next day started with the canal museum as it was too late to get tickets for the tower bridge:

I tried to sign up for a canal ride, but they were also sold out

old tractor that used to pull the boats

Next, was a ride on the Thames and a walk:

Fun stores:

Then was time to see Faulty Power, the play. It was last minute, not many options available on Dec 30th. It was fun for me since I had seen the old TV show from the 70s:

The rest of the day was spent walking through neighborhoods with lights and go to winter wonderland in hyde park:

Going to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, it was nice inside but the security search detained me more than 5mn going through all the pockets of my scottevest, which is a lot of stuff, and the amount of things they prohibited, including hand sanitizer was such bullshit that it was very much a turn off, and enough for me not to go back had I been a local. The UK is really getting security wrong, at this level, I'm not interested in going back and dealing with such BS. It's a bummer because once inside it was very nice, but that doesn't make up for the level of ridiculous they are putting their customers, through (Paris was so much more reasonable in comparison):

yes, the rides were numerous and impressive

The last day and morning, I had a couple of hours before the train back to Paris, and used them to meet my good friend, Raster, for early brunch and catching up, that was a lovely time:

geeking out about enlightenment 17, he wrote and I still use

and eurostar back to Paris