2017 England Highlights
Pictures of London (9 days) and Paris (1 day) captured with both my iPhone 6 Plus and Sony RX100M3.
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The staff desk at St. David's Hotels
I made reservations far enough ahead to obtain a ground-level room with full bath (I'm not one for sharing the bath). Initially, the room seemed cramped, but after my first night and day in London it never bothered me again. I wasn't there to spend time in the room! The staff got used to me leaving in the morning and coming back late in the evening, as I tried to fill my days full of London sites.
![The trains are always on the move in London!<br><br>
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.<br><br>
The world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863, is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines; the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line.[7] The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2015–16 carried 1.34 billion passengers,[3] making it the world's 11th busiest metro system. The 11 lines collectively handle approximately 4.8 million passengers a day.[2] (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground">Wikipedia</a>)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/England2017RoughCut/i-ZphjHWV/0/569f5e0e/Ti/20150704456-Ti.jpg)
![A lovely Spring day at St. James park.<br><br>
St James's Park is a 23-hectare (57-acre) park in the City of Westminster, central London. The park lies at the southernmost tip of the St James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less. The park is the most easterly of a near-continuous chain of parks that comprises (moving westward) Green Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens.[1][2][3]
The park is bounded by Buckingham Palace to the west, the Mall to the north, Horse Guards to the east, and Birdcage Walk to the south. It meets Green Park at Queen's Gardens with the Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to Buckingham Palace. St James's Palace is on the opposite side of The Mall. The closest London Underground stations are St James's Park, Green Park, Victoria, and Westminster. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Park">Wikipedia</a>)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/England2017RoughCut/i-j5r2GzK/0/313ab4e3/Ti/20150704028-2-Ti.jpg)
