Our flight out of Australia started uneventfully until we arrived in Singapore. At 12 midnight our plane touched down and we were advised that on our next leg to London (14 hours) that there would be no in-flight catering due to the ongoing catering strike.
We were all given 25 singapore dollars to buy food at the airport to take on board. The only problem was there were 300 other passengers searching for food at the airport in the middle of the night and we only had 45 mins before re-boarding, rather than the 2 hours we thought.
The flight eventually arrived in London with a lot of tired passengers who were happy to leave the flight behind them.
Uppon arrival in London, we found our accommodation and had 4 hours to kill before we could enter the room.
We started off walking to Notting Hill (we are in Bayswater) before the shops had opened to have a look around and just wander the streets.
We then headed down to Kensington/Chelsea area through Hyde Park.
We continued our aimless wandering and can across the Michelin Bibendum (near Sloane Square) which was a fantastic building housing a nice liitle coffee bar and a Terence Conran Shop. We rested our weary feet and I will go back during our stay to take some pictures for those who are interested in architecture.
We wandered some more before we found Harrods where we looked at the overpriced clothes (Vivien Westwood wasn't on sale). Lunched ended up being upmarket Lebanese in Harrods which was £28 for three mezze plates, bottled water and a beer (they did supply a plate of lettuce, carrot, lebanese cucumber, small radiches and a small chilli on the table as a refresher).
After lunch, we wandered back to Bayswater to enter our shoebox (I mean hotel room). The room is so small, Mark can sit on the toilet whilst washing his feet in the shower and brushing his teeth at the sink at the same time.
We fell asleep at 5pm after walking for 6 hours (longer than our expected 4 hours).
We awoke nice and early 5.30am (I hope Tam learns to sleep in during the trip) and set forth on one of the tourist double decker buses (just to see the sights). Parliament House, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square and everything else is still in the same spot it was 15 years ago when we last visited. Part of the trip also included a walking tour so we took the Beatles walk through Soho.
Tuesday night we went the see Chicago at the West End (Adelphi Theatre) before retiring to bed exhausted.
Today we are off to lunch at the Savoy Grill (A one Michelin starred restaurant owned by Gordon Ramsay).
http://www.gordonramsay.com/site/index.htmlWe almost forgot, it's been 26 degrees each day and they are expecting it to reach 28 by the end of the week. Go figure!
Till next time, don't forget to write us.
