European Christmas First Stop UK

Well it wasn't what we planned!  Two feet of snow dumped on DC pushing our flight back a day, while snow in France shut down the Eurostar, our next connection to Belgium.  Rose's excellent itinerary had to be immediately modified. We skipped Belgium to meet Jesse and Rose in London.

More delays brought the plane to London near midnight - but we were able to catch a 1 am bus to Stansted airport.  But - no bus to the hotel!

The shuttle bus driver created a special stop for us. We felt like Polish refugees as we had to hike through the snow, over wired fencing, and down hilly banks with backpacks to the hotel.

With 30 minutes of sleep, we were overjoyed to finally meet up with Rose and Jesse.