New Cross Inn Hostel London

... 98 for the both of us.

Caught the metro to Leicester Square and bought tickets to the Chicago musical at the West end! Only about £20 each so pretty good. Took some pictures at Piccadilly Circus and then went for a walk down Oxford St, OMG its like playing dodgems!! There were so many people on the street, my senses were just overcome! I had to keep dodging people left right and centre. And how long is it!! I think they were about 4 MacDonalds ...

Possibly the most laid back rental car office as well. We take the tube back to Heathrow to pick up from Hertz the car we'll be driving for the next 2 weeks. Although it was supposed to have been ready an hour earlier, it's not, and we notice that other families, juggling piles of luggage, car seats, soggy and jet lagged children, have also been sitting around for nearly a ...

... to a good night's sleep, so were bleary-eyed when we boarded the flight to London Heathrow at 7am.

The twelve hour flight gave us plenty of time to contemplate our trip. We left the UK on 06th August 2008, have travelled through sixteen fabulous countries and have returned with great memories and friends to last a lifetime. We have lived a dream and our heads were still in the clouds, but then at 1.15pm on 06th July 2009 it was back to earth with a bump (literally) - OUCH!



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... pedalo and rowing boats to go out on the lake. £4 for half an hour, £6 an hour.

1) South Bank. This is the place to be at the weekend. There's always something for everyone, street dance, skateboarding, street performers, musicians, opera singers, jazz, comedy (currently the E4 Underbelly Festival), book sales, food stalls, photography exhibitions, and most importantly, candy floss. Today there was a flashmob doing the Lambeth Walk. Great stuff. You cannot be bored. Time your ...

... and Bride Wars instead. At least this plane has those little personal TVs on the back of each seat, so I can pick what I want to see. Yes, I chose to watch Bride Wars - shut up, there was only 1.5h left in the flight and it was the only thing I'd have time to finish. 7pm, London time: We finally land!!! The pilot comes on the loudspeaker to ask us to kindly remain seated, and to inform us that there will be a 20-minute delay in getting off the plane because the gate we are ...

... that has 2 girls Charlotte (9) is pretty wild and loves coming up to our room to play on our computers. She also taught us how to give people the middle finger British style...quite helpful. The other girl is 11 and her name is Frances. They both have really cute English accents. The dad used to be in a rock band that apparently toured the US a few times and had a top 10 hit in the early 90s. I think his band was called Del Amitri? The mom is super nice and

... hopped back in the same seats. The airplane food wasn't bad either - a chicken and olive tagine for a final memory of Morocco - and 4hrs later we touched down at Heathrow. I passed the immigration test, picked up my bag and said goodbye to Lee then followed the signs to the Tube station and hopped on the Piccadilly Line to Piccadilly Circus then changed trains to head out to Maida Vale. I had in the meantime been in touch ...

... the Que's Oh yes the doctor said I should be able to keep my leg up so we flew "Business Class" very nice ! some people will do anything to get an upgrade !! So we are home at last thanks to two of our sons who picked us up from the Airport. What a lot of memories we have brought back with us, we reckon that during our travels we slept in 28 different beds, drove about 5000 miles & saw some truly amazing things along the way, and now must ...

it's the beginning, i'm going to try and put at least a line in for each day, but it's going to be a little batchy to start.. and my photo's will largely be on my flickr page, www.flickr.com/photos/jhnhtt

... in comparison! I stayed in a Travelodge that, in fairness, had probably seen better days but was clean so I wasn't too fussed. What disturbed me more was that the factory behind it was for the company "Nippon Express" and the pub 500m away was called "Rising Sun" - now that creeped me out! So... I know some of you who are reading this probably want to know about one thing: can Daniel Radcliffe act any better than he does in the films (or ...