Express By Holiday Inn London-Newbury Park

Wow, here we are...

After all this time dreaming and planning my RTW trip! The moment has finally come...
After a night full of drinks with my former housemates and also my buddy John, i fell asleep. Slightly... Too much excitement! The nerves, maybe... Impatience, fear of not waking up on time, yes... The booze, definitely...

I woke up at 8.30 in John's quiet house house and went downstairs. I got some breakfast ...

This was Greg's day to decide what we did and he chose the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms which were secret underground rooms which were the headquarters of the British Second World War effort. Churchill spent most of his time here during the war and whilst it would not have survived a bomb, it was not a target because no one had worked out that it was there. The museum was based on Churchill’s life- he would probably be described today as gifted ...

... tried to chat to "me" while I was at work … which I hear were quite a few people.

Jess got to try the usual Chowie London-life. A couple of home-cooked meals (Chowie lasagnas, curries and strawberry crepes with butterscotch sauce) a night out at Churchill Castle and even Sushi Say! We also headed out to Portobello Markets on the weekend which was PACKED!! I have to say slightly overrated, with not too much to see. We did go to The Travel ...

Today was our tour of London on the hop on- hop off bus. London at the moment is experiencing a heat wave with temperatures around 32-33degrees. They are also in the middle of Andy Murray fever, with some lining up for 2 days to buy tickets to see him play at Wimbledon. We don't even hear who is still left in other than Andy Murray!

Today was a busy day. We managed to catch all the key tourist sites and most of the key streets on the Monopoly board – ...

... At that point aaron and I decided to catch a little shrapnel and talk to her friends with much less success than chace was having. We went to a few clubs and got denied because of chaces Nike trainers but then the girls talked to this guy who said he could get us tickets to get in even with the chavy trainer guy. We met up with more girls who were as hot or hotter than the blonde and aaron and I immediately decided to switch horses and go for the hot ...

... in the sun it offered a stunning view over Trafalgar Square & further afield. However best of all was the all-too-short meeting with friends. David had planned to meet us there, and we'd been to a tourist office to find the closing time of the National Portrait Gallery - however we'd been given incorrect information, so it came as a surprise when we were turfed out - first of the café & then of the gallery. I phoned David to see whether he was on his way, but ...

... the question that I had yesterday. After lunch we walked to meet Mike at the Covenant Gardens station. We then took a short walk to a nearby pub that served an extensive selection of Belgium ales. We did learn more about tipping from Mike (Tracy's cousin); and apparently you don't really need to tip for beer or alcohol and only 10% at most for food. Tracy, Mike and I caught up over a couple pints and Katrina (Mike's sister/Tracy's cousin ...

... cuidamos mucho nuestras cosas, pero, cuales cosas, olvide decir que nuestro equipaje no llego,asi que estamos vestidos con lo mismo con lo que despegamos de Mexico, asi que si publico unas fotos no se sorprenda por verme con la mima ropa. Vamos a ver si nos llegan nuestro equipaje. por lo pronto me despido y espero proximamente subir fotos. Suerte a todos.dC.

... hotel only an hour before the opening time of the musical! When we gott off the tube I was totally lost and was asking for directions! We had seen the theatre during the day on our bus tour but do you think we could find it at night?! Lucky for us we found a very nice gentleman who looked up the directions on his handheld device and we found it within about 10 minutes! As we arrived we weren ...

... I can hear the cathedral bells in my room!) And then I'm off to the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge (both free!). After that, we'll see! My card is only good for three days, so I'll have to cram a whole lot in to a very short amount of time. I'll be very busy the next few days, that is for certain. Anyway, I'm looking forward to coming home and sharing with you all! Love you very much, - Kristen