London calling

Well, I have arrived in London.  The trip went relatively smoothly.  There was a slight hiccup when the flight from Brisbane to Sydney was delayed.  We were then very pushed to get the bus from the domestic to the international terminal in Sydney, then get through customs and security and find our way to the right gate for our flight out.  We made it although they were announcing the final call as we raced through the terminal.

The flight from Sydney to Bangkok was rather bumpy but we got there OK.  We got off the plane and walked down the length of the terminal.  Went through security again, then walked back to where we started so we could get on the same plane again.  The flight to London was much smoother and we managed to get a reasonable amount of sleep.  We arrived in London at 6:30 in the morning and made our way by train and bus, following my Aunty's excellent directions to her house in Putney.

My Aunt has given us the use of the flat on the top floor of her house.  I have put in a photo of the view from the kitchen window.  The view from the other side is over the Thames but that window tends to get a bit foggy so I haven't got a picture yet.

After catching up with my Aunt and Uncle in the morning and lunch with my cousins Martin and Adrian and Martin's wife and baby son Edward, we set off to see a bit of London in the late afternoon, catching the tube to Oxford Circus and emerging to find Regent Street closed to traffic and crowds of people wandering up and down enjoying the lights and catching up on their Christmas shopping. We wandered up and down, making our way to Piccadilly Circus and Soho before catching the tube back to Putney and getting a good night's sleep.