July 9 to 12 2008On Wednesday the 9th we packed up and were out of our London apartment by 10 then took a cab to the Waterloo Station for the train to Portsmouth. The hour and a half ride was uneventful and we caught a another cab to the Portsmouth Mariott and arranged with the cabbie to pick us up at 7AM the next day for the ferry. The room at the Mariott was quite comfortable and large