Getting Ready - Itinerary

Crown -- Check; Robe - Check; Septre - Check; Purse - Check

From my little "pond" across the big "pond" -- I'm off to see the Queen!

Thursday, September 17 -- Depart
Friday, September 18 -- Arrive Heathrow at 8 a.m.
Buckingham Palace and Gardens Private Tour - 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 19 -- A.M. London sightseeing with tour group
Afternoon open -- more sightseeing on my own
Saturday night -- Old Vic Theatre -- Inherit the Wind with
Kevin Spacey
Sunday, September 20 -- Oxford and Stratford -- all day trip
Monday, September 21 -- Open morning; Windson Castle in the afternoon
Tuesday, September 22 -- Explore London on my own -- markets; British Museum, etc.
Billy Elliott at Victoria Palace Theatre in p.m.
Wednesday, September 23 -- Canterbury and Leeds -- all day trip with tour
Evening -- London Eye and Dinner with tour

Thursday, September 24 -- To Paris via the Eurostar under the Channel.
Evening -- Dinner at Eiffel Tower (on my own)

Friday, September 25 -- A.M. -- Paris sightseeing with tour group
Afternoon -- Versailles with tour group
6 to 9:30 -- After hours tour of Louvre -- private guide
Saturday, September 26 -- Giverny in the a.m. with tour group
Afternoon on my own - sightseeing
Evening -- Dinner and boat cruise of Seine with tour
Sunday, September 27 -- Chartres Cathedral with group
Monday, September 28 -- D-Day Beaches of Normandy with tour group -- all day
Dinner at Le Violon d'Ingres
Tuesday, September 29 --Depart (sniff); arrive home at 5 p.m. -- yea!

Hotels:

London 09/18/2009 - 09/24/2009
Kensington Close HotelWrights LaneLondon, W8 5SP United Kingdom
Tel + 44 (0) 870 751 77 70Fax + 44 (0) 207 368 40 52Visit Website
Paris 09/24/2009 - 09/29/2009
Mercure Terminus Nord12 Boulevard de DenainParis, 75010 France
Tel + (+33)1/42802000Fax + (+33)1/42806389Visit Website