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DISH DOES EUROPE: Last days in London

By Catherine Toth Fox • October 17, 2010 • Musings, The Daily Dish

It’s hard to believe this nine-day, whirlwind tour of France and England is about to end.

It feels like we’ve been here for weeks — considering all the things we packed into this relatively short time — but it also feels like we could have stayed here months longer. There were so many things we just couldn’t do because of time, weather or lack of GPS. (In some cases, terrorist alert.) It would have been great to gaze at Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower, for example, or sip Pimm’s in an 800-year-old pub by the Thames. But we just didn’t have the time.

In all, it was quite the adventure, from missing our Eurostar rail from Paris to London — luckily we could catch the next (and last) train across the English Channel — to getting rained on as we walked toward Emirates Stadium to watch the Arsenal soccer team play. But all these expereinces — from sipping the world’s best hot chocolate in Paris to mastering the Underground in London — added up to a European adventure I’ll never forget.

Thanks to everyone who followed me — whether it was here, on Twitter or via Facebook — and made this once-in-a-lifetime trip that much more meaningful.

Next stop: Australia?

Gare du Nord

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We stayed one night in a small hotel near the Gare du Nord ("North Station") so we'd be close enough to Sacré-Cœur Basilica. The station, which sees about 190 million travelers every year, is within walking distance from the iconic Catholic church on the hill.

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To read all of Cat’s blogs, visit www.nonstophonolulu.com/thedailydish. Follow Cat on Twitter @thedailydish or send her an e-mail at [email protected]

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8 Comments

  • Reply melissa808 October 17, 2010 at 4:21 am

    Glad you feel you’ll go back! I think Europe is a great place and deserves several trips. It was fun to follow your adventures, Cat.

  • Reply turkfontaine October 17, 2010 at 5:41 am

    Cat in France and England, John in Spain and God knows where else. Melissa in San Francisco. NONSTOP is now an international enterprise, and barely three months old. howya gonna keep ’em down on the farm?

    • Reply melissa808 October 17, 2010 at 9:45 am

      @turkfontaine Don’t forget, Tracy was in CA. Jermel-Lynn is blowing thru CA in a few days, too.

  • Reply Ynaku October 17, 2010 at 6:12 am

    Blue Skies? Blessings 🙂 I still can’t imagine doing 2 countries in 9 days. Thanks for the trip. Bet you can’t wait to crash in your own bed with Sunny and Indie

  • Reply CodyZamboni October 17, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Cat, thanks for sharing your Europe adventures. Good times.

  • Reply MaxMaxMax October 17, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    You HAVE to do Italy next Cat… HAVE to… ;^D

  • Reply dbjack October 17, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    Absolutely Australia, wonderful country. Could easily live there and might some day.

  • Reply Harrycovair October 17, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    The only way one can really appreciate art, culture, and history is to actually be there. The world is at your fingertips.

    Want to see the original London Bridge bricks? Just go to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

    Thoroughly enjoyed your blogs on France and London.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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