Daily Writing Journal: My London Hood - St Pancras & St Pancras International Station

Today is a rather grey and overcast day in London - normal weather - but to honour this promise rather than using old pictures - not looking at anyone in Instagram I actually left my place early and decided on St Pancras Station, now called St Pancras International Station. This where the Eurostar trains start, before it was at Waterloo but moved over here a few years ago.

It's a beautiful gothic building and if you want to find out more information I've put some links below. This houses a hotel called the renaissance and as well as some super expensive penthouses.

Spot the fancy cars...

I took a few pictures around, didn't go inside - it just feels like an airport lounge with lots of restaurants and food shops. I normally use it go to Brighton or Gatwick Airport.

This is the new entrance.

This is the Youtube Store, the opposite side had Google. I'll do that another day when I'm in the area.

This is from other side - where a famous wizard takes the train to school...Kings Cross anyone? There is a lot going on in the Kings Cross area - it's like a new city in some ways. So surreal...Being there a few times but let's see how this goes. Afterwards, I went shopping.

Other Blog Stuff

I'm no longer going to be numbering my posts since I'm doing a schedule and I have doubled counted on some days. It may also start getting ridiculous. This posts will also be later in the day as I actually have to leave home.

Links for more information.

https://stpancras.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras-renaissance-hotel-london/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel

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