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The Streets of London
When our trip was in its first booking stages, my brother got me a ticket to London (via Beijing) that would have me arriving on the 29th of April, i.e. the day of the royal wedding. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks later we learned that the Tokyo-Beijing flight had been cancelled, so Max scrambled to find me a replacement flight. I ended up flying …
The Longest Trek Ever
My second morning in London started out one brother short, Tristan not having come back at all. I did, however, have this in the notebook I carry around in my purse (at the club the night before, I'd been having trouble hearing and Tristan had been having trouble articulating things, so our negotiations regarding who was going home when had ended …
Crazy naked guys.....add it to the list
... guys are armed to the hilt and I'm not hanging around to watch the bullets, should there be any, fly. I am not keen to discover whether this is a small altercation or a distraction for a more major one and just scoot out of the way and up the street, which Paul finds hilarious and alarmist. He stands there eyeballing it all and I'm glad it is exactly what it appears to be, a small barney, but am not sorry for being cautious! From here we get ...
London Part 1 - Towers and Tubes
... detail. Of course West Minster Abbey was a must see since it was across the street from the Parliament Buildings. We didn't think WMA was as impressive as Benny though. If that wasn't enough excitement for one day, we went home to make an Indian food feast for Heston and Lydia. Soon after we got home, the door bell rang with the sound of many childrens' voices outside the door. We soon became quite familiar with this sound as it happened a few times ...
Mind your Ps and queues
Today we set off for London. We were on an Easyjet flight which I think is worse than our Jetstar. Boarding passes but no seat alloctions. You need to have your boarding pass printed before you get there, otherwise there is a penalty cost. You get the idea. So we decided to get to the airport early. Arrived at about 10.15 for a 12.20 flight. The queue for checking in was very long so we waited and waited. We had ...