Pickwick Hall London

... and walk and walk. We started our walk in Hyde and Kensington Park and proceed to get on the red bus to see all the sights of London. Almost got hit LOTS when crossing the street and looking the wrong way for oncoming traffic. Today my stomach is MESSED UP. Many bathroom breaks. Throw up a bit. Have to pay 30 pent z to go to the restroom ...

OK!

so was a little bit to premature with the title of the blog!
Just spent 2.5 hours on my knees sliding about in bleach on the bathroom and kitchen floor - Feckin lino!
They are now though, as clean as ive ever seen them! if we loose any deposit on the flat - it wont be for those little beauties.... Hmmm, perhaps i shouldnt spend so much of my thought time on kitchen floors...

Have the Halstead over for dinner tonight so am ...

... that reason, I like to be up front in these types of situations, but sometimes I hesitate because I don’t want others to think I’m being pushy.

We moved from the bridge, through the Byward Tower, along the water lane, and up to the Traitor’s Gate, pausing here and there along the way for stories and historical facts. Again, we lucked into being in the right spot – back along the rail in front of the gate – because our guide came ...

... was the ‘Sea Festival’ and this meant there was a lot of activity
along the promenade and also meant that the place was packed!

We spent a day on a boat trip exploring four of the nearby nine islands that Nha Trang is famous
for. This allowed us to enjoy some decent snorkelling, swimming and
even included a free music show from the ‘boy band’ who were also our
tour guides and ship mates! The trip included a stop at the ...

... hour and it was really amazing to be able to see as much of London as we could. 2 minutes before the end of the trip we had the massive 'photo opportunity' before we exited the Eye through the gift shop. We then headed to the right of the Eye where we met up with James and Elizabeth's parents Carl and Elaine. Once we had said hello and given hugs all around we headed on a long walk back to our hotel. We passed through a walkway of buskers who pose as statues ...

We arrived in London at 6 am their time. I think it means I've been travelling for something like 27 hours, or something. I don't know; I lost track when I had dinner at about 2 am NZ time. The good thing about coming from Auckland is it completely scrambled my brain so much I lost what small little tick I had in my internal clock. I took a direct route from Heathrow, having gotten through their customs very easily (so easily I actually ...

... a cupcake pan, which for some reason I thought was hilarious. I was a dummy and forgot to replace my camera battery before I left, so I don't have pics from there. I do have cool ones that I took in 2001 at home, though. There's a whole gallery that houses all of the mummies and sarcophagi they have, and I noticed a display that housed mini statues of servants that were placed in the dead's sarcophagus so they were absolved of ...

I've had a wonderful time in the UK and I think Ken is suitably impressed with the sites and sounds of England and Wales. The 1 1/2 hour (15km) taper run in Kensngton and Hyde Parks was fantastic. Too bad the 2 hour Toronto run in 36C+ heat the week before didn't go ...

... Eventually I decided to search out the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens. I walked all over that place and was never able to locate it. It was getting darker and darker when a man stopped me to chat. He said he was a reflexologist (sp) and noted that my shoulders were quite tense. He reached over and attempted to massage my shoulder. At that point I claimed I had to hurry on out to meet some people.