Days 1 & 2
Our holiday started off with a wonderful weekend catching up with family and friends.
Day 3
On Monday, we took off from Sydney after relaxing in the airport for 4 hours (No way were we going to miss this flight). The 14hr+ flight to Dubai seemed quite short really. Flying during the night makes all the difference. We watched "The Da Vinci Code", "Cars" and part of "The Breakup" in between naps and meals.
Day 4
Dubai's departure lounge was facinating. At 6am in the morning it was busy as, filled with a wide variety of people, both asleep and awake. Smoking rooms, Duty Free shopping, Cafes, eateries abound. We sat and watched all this go by while Chris sipped a coffee. After what seemed a slightly longer 8hr+ trip (flying through the day) to London, clearing customs and the transfer to our motel we were both quite tired. We had a few quick beers, a quick bite to eat and then hit the hay.
Day 5
Today we spent a lovely day wandering around the city. We started off with a Hop-on-hop-off bus tour followed by a brisk stroll and a river cruise. After wandering around for a bit we had a pint or two of Carlsberg at the "Hung, Drawn and Quartered" (a pub named after the method of execution for traitors such as William Wallace). We then wandered on to the first Irish pub to be built in London, "The Tiperrary". Here we had a lovely british lunch of Bangers & Mash and a beef pie with chips washed down with a iced cold Carlsberg - lovely jubbly. After another brisk walk (and a number of toilet stops on the way) back to the motel for a nanna nap (turned into a 4hr sleep). We went for a stroll, grabbed a bite to eat, a few more Carlsbergs and then off to bed. A pretty great day all in all.
Day 6
Today we decided to give our complimentary breakfast (bread and cereal) the flick for a much tastier English Breakfast as a local cafe down the road. From there we walked to Trafalgar Square, had a quick chat with some fellow Australians from Adelaide andd then went on to Buckingham Palace. A number of dignitaries were going into the the palace for what we later discovered was the MBE and OBE awards. We then caught the Big Bus to go and check out Harrods (a prestigous shopping deparment store in Knightsbridge). We walked around mostly with our jaws hanging. Our favourite parts being the LG Homnet demonstration (given by Basil) and the fabulous food court (filled with smallgoods, cheeses, precooked meals, coffees, fine chocolates, fruit and vege, EVERYTHING!).
After a coffee each and a reasonably long wait for the next bus we went through a number of well know streets and areas such as Piccidilly, Regent Street, Mayfair, Oxford Stree etc. We got off near Trafalgar Square and went to a nearby Sports Bar - Cafe for a few cold pints, a Pina colada for Chris and some hot Fries, just what the Dr ordered. After that we went on the "Ghosts by Gas Light" walking tour of London which took us through a number of back alleys and tucked away pubs of London. We heard stories of hauntings, Graveyards, murders and sewers. Quite facinating. After the long walk back to the Motel we grabbed a quick bite to eat (best hamburger in ages) in the pub downstairs and then off to bed exhausted but content.
