Arrival

Well here we are! About to depart Melbourne airport! We flew out at 2.40pm and had a 9 hour flight to Hong Kong. When we got there it was like 30 degrees inside the airport and we had to walk from gate 1 to gate 83, which of course was right at the end of the airport!

We had a couple of hours at the Hong Kong airport, and then we boarded the second leg of the trip, which was a pleasant 12 hour flight!

Arriving at Heathrow at 5.45am feeling slightly fatigued but not too bad! We got picked up by Tina who is looking after us for a week in her lovely Acton Town house!

Our first days in London we decided to do all the touristy things like go on the London eye as you can see from the pictures below


We went to Trafalgar square where we saw this guy dancing to Michael Jackson, it was absolute magic! We thought he was busking but there was no hat or coffee cup in sight! From there we went into the National Gallery where we saw numerous pieces of art included works from Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo DaVinci and Monet! When we emerged about two hours later, our Michael Jackson impersonator was still at it! We have video footage!
We also did quiet alot of walking around London, including Hyde Park where I met up with my friend Jane who I have not seen in a year, we will also be in Munich for the world cup! Go Oz!















Also our first Saturday night out in London brought us to the Shepherds Bush Walkabout which is an Australian, NZ & Saffa themed pub, so basically it felt like I was back home! We tried a Spiderbite which is beer, strongbow and raspberry. It was foul!

I had the chance to meet up with the Matthews who I haven't seen for years! I was shocked by Rod's appearance, he looks like a tall Anthony Callea (Australian Idol contestant) What do you think? But here are some lovely pictures of Ned, Sue, Barry, Rod and my lovely self!

Woo Hoo off to Scotland for a week!

After experience England for a week I have discovered some points of interest

1. It is legal to drink on the street and on public transport! (upon hearing this I went out and bought a stoli from a corner store and drank it outside!)

2. Alcohol available at every corner store!

3. In supermarkets the consumer has to pack their own items! what is the point of check out chicks then??

4. Repeately told not to mention thongs and hurting in the same sentence ( OZ thongs = flipflops & UK thongs = g-string and Oz pants = trousers & Uk pants = undies!)

5. UK TV sucks except for Big Brother which is just crazy compared to our mundane version!

6. Everyone smokes

7. No one recycles!! No split bins. It's really disgusting!

I am sure I will be able to add some more in the future...