London

 

DAY ONE

Right are you all ready for this, for those of you not sitting down I suggest you do so now for what I am about to tell you will have you laughing and if you are not sitting down you will fall over!

Rising at 4am in order to make it to the New York airport for our flight to London we were a bit tired.  We boarded the plane looking for to a nice relaxing flight to London, what we were in for nobody could have warned us.

One hour after eating Trace began to feel ill, after two hours she knew the quickest way to the toilet were she spent most of the last 3 hours on the flight.  Yes that’s right people, it’s not Eqypt nor is it Africa it is the flight from New York to London that Trace and soon to be Mike got not only squirty bum but squirty mouth too.

Making it off the plane and through customs was the most traumatic experience in Trace’s life.  We had to weave from one bathroom to the other. 

After arriving at Andrew and Claire’s place, Mike began to feel a little sick (sympathy for Trace he thought) but no this was not the case, one hour later he to was in the bathroom.  We spent majority of the night between the bed and the bathroom.  Today we have not done anything apart from make it down stairs to the couch. . . . . lets hope tomorrow is better.

DAY TWO

Today we are feeling better, although very tired, so no photos as we have not managed to venture out of the house yet, maybe tomorrow . . . . .

DAY THREE

Having gained a little more trust in our stomachs we decided to venture into London.  We did a boat cruise down the Thames and a bus tour around London (It felt like travelling around the monopoly board) it was all very easy!

We enjoyed the underground in comparison to New York as it seems better signposted and generally more modern. 

At 7:30pm we saw The Lion King which was amazing! It more a less follows the exact plot but they’re so clever in how they do it on stage! Trace particularly loved it as she seemingly knows all the words to every song!

Tower Bridge

This was interesting as we saw another one just like it in Central Park, New York.  Apparently there’s two others around the world.  One is in Cairo so we may well see that in a couple of months.

Clock tower with Big Ben inside.

Buckingham Palace

 The London Eye – Think we’ll book into this for September when we return to London

They seem to be really impressed with lions over here… They’re everywhere!

DAY FOUR

We made our way back into London and caught up with a few people over warm English ale… The next drink was a Fosters as it was labelled “super chilled”! Apparently they grow on you but I don’t think we’ll be giving them enough time for that.

 

We ended up in Canden markets at a pub over looking a lock which was really nice! Afterwards we made our way through the markets for dinner trying a variety of food (pretty brave as it was one of our first proper meals).

DAY FIVE

We’re both feeling pretty much 100% now but chose to have a relaxing day around the village.  We visited Andrews father Brain and had a little joy ride in the 1926 Austin! Very cool! Walked around the village a bit, had lunch in a cafe and tried some ice cream mars bars… They’re Good!