All up nice and early before 5am. First in for breakfast at 6.30. What a breakfast!! We ate for what seemed like hours. We then headed to Hamleys, a giant toy store of 6 floors, including the basement. The girls loved it. They had face painting done and bought some clothes for their build a bears. The store is in Regent St, which is full of all the usual clothes stores - Zara, Esprit, Gap etc. Then took a bus, no. 15, to The Tower of London. Had previously boug...

The day started at 4am for our 7.30 flight to London. The flight was good but 13 hours is a looong time! Arrived in London at 1.30pm, breezed through customs and baggage collection, then on to Heathrow Express. Too easy. Took one of the typical London cabs to our hotel and got a bit of a sightseeing tour along the way. Our hotel is in a fantastic spot, just near the London Eye. We stayed there 10 years ago and it's still great. Took in an afternoon walk around t...

First full day in Hong Kong. Did some more (!) shopping in the morning and then headed back to the hotel and took the girls swimming in the hotel pool. Great pool, gym etc. setup at the hotel. Swung past The Peninsula to see if we could get some High Tea. Decided that an hour wait was just too long so had it at our hotel instead! Met up with a friend in the afternoon at the top of the ISquare building - great views, drinks and company. At Leanne's suggestion we...

We had a good late night flight to Hong Kong, marred only by a bit of turbulence and Celeste waking crying a few times. It was very early when we got to the hotel and all of the surrounding shops were shut. The girls used their charm on the reception staff to get us our room 3 hours earlier than normal check in time. We have a gorgeous suite overlooking the harbour and will be able to watch the nightly harbour light show from our room. Have done some shopping...