Day 3 London Started another rainy day by the Thames at breakfast. Thankfully the rain doesn't last all day and by the time we get to the changing of the guards it was sunny. (well as sunny as it has been) The changing of the guards is such a big deal, there are thousands of tourists everywhere. Just as well we had read to get there early for a good spot. We were purched on top of a wall outside of the square, close enough to see the balcony where Will and Kate ...

Day 2 Well it's a rainy day in London town but the sun still gets up before 5am. The sleeping tablet worked a treat and we al sleep til 7. Breakfast is buffet looking out the window onto the Thames while the rain falls down. We definitely have to get a sim today so we head off to the shopping area of Mayfair. We get off the tube at Bond Street - green if I remember rightly from Monopoly. Now here we find lots and lots of shops. Sim card in we head off to Handels...

Continued from previous...after we got back from the Globe theatre we were able to get into our room and get changed and shower. It was so good just to be able to relax and get changed - we had been in the same clothes for over 24 hours. We refreshed and then went to try and find a phone shop to get the Internet happening. The area we are staying is very interesting. There are no supermarkets or corner stores. Lots of nice restaurants and quirky places. We are ne...

We arrived yesterday very early and finally got to our motel at about 7:30am. Renee was so tired she slept in the car from the airport to the hotel. Maddy didn't have a good flight from Singapore to London. She seemed to be suffering from motion sickness after she woke up from a fairly decent sleep. Consequently, I didn't get much sleep. So we arrived very tired and weary. We did some walking over to St Pauls and over the Millenium bridge then on to the Globe the...

The countdown begins as we are now less than 24hours away from take off. Girls are excited now and just can't wait to get going. Sleeping is going to be a challenge tonight. Phil is still finishing off 'jobs'. I came home from the gym to see concrete in the wheelbarrow. May as well make use of those final hours. Thanks to mum and dad for providing lunch today as we have just about eaten everything out of the fridge. No more cooking for 5 weeks hooray!Bags are pac...