June 4, 2017 Leaving Hotel and going to Southampton to board ship

 

Today we checked out of the hotel. Our stay here was great. The hotel was in a great location  - in financial district in London -and had very nice accommodations and amenities

The hotel was located in financial district in London City. Saint Paul's Cathedral and Millennium Bridge were nearby. Across the bridge on left side was a Greek restaurant.

Also, there was a shopping mall block away. Didn't have time to shop there.

Our room 632 had queen size bed. View of office building windows.

Shower and separate tub, bath robes and slippers, safe , flat screen tv and coffee maker with biscuits.

Breakfast included every morning. Had a pancake machine. Made 4"pancakes

Fried eggs and omelettes made to order. Excellent service.

Roger our driver driving us to Southampton - two hour drive.

Enclosed with our cruise documents was a letter detailing boarding for each deck and we were advised that there was limited seating in the terminal. Based on movies I saw I thought the ship terminals were big and could accommodate a lot of passengers like Barcelona's cruise terminal.

When we arrived at the terminal we were shocked on how small it was and limited facilities for travellers. Since we did follow the boarding procedures we got processed and on board in a relatively short time.

We had lunch and then were able to go to our stateroom to unpack. Lifeboat drill was at 3:15. Afterwards we went up on deck for the sailaway.

Tomorrow we go to the Channel Isles.