Day 1 - 26 March 2017: Arriving in London

After we arrived at Heathrow, we met up with our tour guide, Mark Banning, to start the first leg of the trip.  We spent the first night in London, adjusting to the time zone and trying to work off the jet lag.  Our first duty was to take a driving tour of all the famous London landmarks:  Buckingham Palace, Whitehall, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, London Eye, Victoria and Albert Museum, Trafalgar Square, Harrod's, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, and the HMS Belfast.  We ended the tour at the Imperial War Museum where the cadets got to wander around for a few hours and take in as much of the museum as possible.  

After the museum, it was time to head to our hotel, get some dinner, and catch some zzzzz's.  Next day - going to the Eurotunnel and to Ypres!

Weather was unusually sunny and warm - 13 degrees Celsius.