We are all ready to go for our Contiki trip. However, when we get to Edgeware Road station, we find that no trains are running east to where we need to go. So out we come to find a way to Russell Square when, later than I expected in London (i.e., 3 days), the rain came bucketing down. Fortunately, we got a cab fairly quickly to arrive at the Royal National Hotel £5.60 later.
After checking in, some money swapping and lunch, we were on the bus to Harwich, where we meet the ferry for our crossing to Hamburg.
The bus boarded the ferry and we left at 4.30pm.
The tour met for drinks in the Columbus Room where cabaret, a band, and drinking games allowed everyone to get to know each other. This looks to be a good crowd, most of whom are back for their second Contiki trip, and have all had a ton more travelling time than myself. I shared a four-bed cabin with Mark, Jamie and Julian and slept really well considering my paranoia of the 20-hour ferry trip, but that shouldn’t be a problem now, considering the amount of time we will spend on the bus.
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