We are absolutely worn out after a huge day traipsing around London. We left our Hotel at about 08:30 after a very good nights sleep and a nutritious breakfast armed with a map, Jeeves (for absolute emergencies) and our Big Bus ticket. Following on from the stunningly beautiful day yesterday the weather forecast was for fine and warm so we didn’t take coats and hats and scarves (the mistake of the day) so the first hour was a bit brisk to say the least.
We did almost all of the Blue route and visited Madam Tussaud’s , Fortnum and Mason and Harrods then walked from Notting Hill Gate through Hyde Park, Green Park, St James Park and on to our hotel. We have done central London once over very lightly and we have really enjoyed it, so many people and so much diversity. The highlight has been the walking and the exploring, definitely worth a return visit.
I particularly enjoyed our visit to the new NZ Memorial in Hyde Park it tells a story and is a little bit of us, New Zealanders, in London. I have worked with one of the Architects involved in the project, John Hardwick – Smith from Wellington, and I was impressed.
We had an early dinner in a pub just off Trafalgar Square on Charing Cross Road which just hit the spot, no Guinness tonight! Have I mention that the cider here is also pretty good?
News on the flight home front is slightly better; they have announced a graduated reopening of UK and European airspace tomorrow and are expecting that the first flight will leave Heathrow at 7:00pm. Air New Zealand do not know for sure if our flight will leave albeit late or not but it is looking hopeful. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Tomorrow should be a little more relaxed as we plan to sleep in then pack a go out to the airport. Hong Kong here we come!
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