***This blog post was delayed due to the events of the day, as you shall see below*** I woke up early with the intent of getting to the train station over the road and getting onto the train to Edinburgh as early as possible, so that I would have time to settle into my new hotel room before I would have to head out to attend the Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle that night. Kings Cross Station was just over the road from the Carlton Hotel, so I was able to get over th...

Today was a travelling day, as I made my way from Paris to London via the Eurostar high-speed train. I left my hotel about 9:30am and headed for Gare Du Nord, one of the large train stations that service the regional and international lines. It was very busy, which I suspect is the normal state of affairs, and I looked around for the Eurostar terminal. Fortunately there were big signs that directed people to the UK Hall, which is a special upstairs section that ...