Ibis Luton Airport

Hey all!

Well the past few days have been spent catching up on sleep and catching up with family. When i blogged last we were in Edinburgh, waiting to get on a bus to head back down to the motherland. Well needless to say not too much sleep was had. Josh and I managed to score the back row of the bus so had an extra seat between us, but it didn't make much difference - plane and bus seats just aren't meant to be slept in. Plus there ...

... with his car, I thought it really would be Terminal......!
What happened with the DB 10....!?? Mr Brown.?
¨no just kidding...great ride..and thanks Paul.....whenever in Spain take my POLO.
Keys ta the bar in the Point.........( get the point? )

So yes we are off........!! Terminal 5.....Pauly & Blondy are leaving ......

So you think we payed for a roundtheworldticket......??
( nothing boring with us......)
Bye
P&M

... and the famous crosswalk. It was very cool. After that I made my way to Earl's Court to participate in the 2008 Great British Beer Festival. The festival was a week-long event with over 500 different beers flown in from around the world to choose from. I got a beer festival pint glass, a t-shirt, and realized I don't like bitter beer at all. :) It was a fun experience ...

... places, right after the crown jewels. In my opinion, if they are so hard up for cash it's time to start pawning of the family jewelry... After the Tower we caught the ferry up the Thames to the Tate Modern, great building, shame about the content... And walked across the Millennium bridge, winding up at St Pauls where we had started the day. That night we managed to meet up with Hunty a friend of Gaynor's for a pub dinner and after one too many pints it was off to bed.

... chicken lunch we headed off to Big Ben, the houses of Parliment and Westminister Abbey. We also checked out Buckingham Palace, but we missed the changing of the guard the day before because we caught the late train into london. The Queen was in Uganda, so we couldn't stop in for cucumber sandwiches. We also walked through St James park, and saw the horse guard - only he was horseless due to the rain and the lateness of the hour (much ...

Journey to the airport was non eventful apart from Rob asking me to stop so he could check he had his passport half way up the M1. Checked in ok although it was touch and go whether our bags would meet the weight requirement. Rob weighed in at 17.5kgs and I weighed in at a measley 14 kgs - still means i get more room for souveniers! Flight delayed by an hour so will see how that affects our plans - we are on a tight schedule. Next stop Paris!

I know, I know....we have been really slack with updating our travelpod! We have actually been in London for a wee while now and have been settling in to life and going for job interviews etc etc... The good news is that we were both offered a couple of jobs each, and very quickly! So after a good few days of pondering.... Dan started work last Thursday with ...

... one at a time, from one end of the gravel lot to the other and back again. Rinse and repeat 6 times. Took a few pictures, then took off for something more exciting. Just down the street is the Churchill Museum and War Cabinet Building. It's a fascinating look at the building that was the nerve center of the British war effort during WW2. Eventually, they installed several feet of steel above the bunker, but for the first couple ...

... Fingers crossed eh? Back to the journey - I had booked some kind of "Sleep & Fly" package in Luton - a mere £10 more expensive than parking alone, I thought that getting a few hours sleep in a nearby hotel and being so much closer to the airport would be a great idea. Until we got there. Welcome to the Swallow Hotel (formerley the Chiltern Hotel apparently - and stated everywhere like it was some kind of selling point) Luton. First ...