London, day 1&2

Well we finally made it to England late yesterday afternoon after 2 days of travelling and about 20 hours cooped up in 3 different planes. The good news is that Clare’s new travel sickness medication seemed to work pretty well and Emilia was far less of a handful than I expected so we arrived tired but in pretty good spirits.

Our accommodation isn’t quite as nice as our last two trips – but on the upside it’s cheaper, we have more space, and since it’s an apartment we can self cater. There’s also a gym right next door that’s free for hotel guests to use – I’ll train more than I thought I would.

We’ve had a pretty decent day today – did the hop on hop off bus tour, showed Emilia a lot of the sights including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Westminster. She ran out of gas and fell asleep just before we arrived at Hamley’s which was a pretty incredible experience, a toy shop like something out of Harry Potter, with stuff going in everywhere you look! Part of me thinks it was a shame she missed it and part of me is glad as I don’t think we’d have been able to leave without a scene….

Anyway I’ve trained, been a tourist all day, cooked dinner and written a wedding speech tonight – so really it’s been a pretty decent day all round. Hope the rest of our trip goes like this! Photos later 🙂