July 11, 2008. Pandora's box opens!
Dear friends! Three days in London, to be crowned by visits to Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and finally to France, and via London, back to Los Angeles within 15 days! It was a group tour comprising 34 persons and was provided by Thomas Cook.

We first landed in England and on our own, toured the great city for about 2 days. Then, on the 3rd day, Thomas Cook Co. took over and we were driven in a bus over several morning hours of a general city tour of London. Subsequent to this, in the afternoon that day, we bade farewell to England, and reached Belgium by world's fastest train, the Eurostar, under the English Channel.

Initially, the gallery photographs started from our Hotel in London, to our 3-day excursion in London, and then in Belgium and onwards to complete our 15-day trip. They are not now, necessarily, in the chronological order. I am adding more and more locations, as my photo editing progresses. Hope you enjoyed some photographs of historic London. Did you like the BIG BEN, Houses of Parliament and the ever so-romantic Thames River? Of course you saw some of the architecture of London so much liked everywhere. We have moved on to Baker Street where the legendary and much-loved Conan Doyle created. I also added statue photos of my favorite Detective, Sherlock Holmes. I was reading those stories once again during bus or train rides in London and Europe. JARIS