We meandered the nearby streets until we found a local for breakfast. Then we wandered even more trying to find our way back. The streets are labyrinths of shops, cafes, and sights. Wonderful. Fuelled up on coffee and cake we braved the metro and armed with our T-10 pass we negotiated the subway to Sagrada Familia. This was essentially a trial run for later that day and to try and book tickets. With a queue hundreds of meters long we were told to book online t...

Mini Cab to Gatwick. I was glad it was a fixed price as at one point I thought I saw France. Anyway it was a nice trip and we saw some come English countryside. At Gatwick we were cruely denied Gin and Pimms. Duty free considers travelling to Spain from England not 'international enough.' Miranda was so distressed that she tried to throw herself in front a Spanish airplane. OK it might have been throw herself at a Spanish airplane pilot, but we are talking det...

The flat in Chelsea was nice and large. We scored the lounge sofa bed which was upgraded to a double mattress on night 2. We seemed to be the last up every night so it was a good choice. Thursday as a group we went to Buckingham palace to see the Queens crib. We thought it was the right thing to do as we are her subjects after all. After flagging down a cab for us I heard an exasperated moan of anguish. Some poor chap had been trying to flag a cab for half an...

Last time I was in London I was with Kelly (Juicy Mango) and Tony. That was 24 years ago. I was like 10ish. Ok maybe a bit older than that. Eek. Back again with Tony! Super excited to visit the Queen at Buck Place. Just as amazing as Anna said it would be (Hi Anna!). One thing she didn't mention was that all the fire extinguishers were GOLDEN. No photographic evidence. You'll have to take my word for it or go and visit yourself. After that we met up with...

Wednesday morning and we leapt out of bed bright and early to finish packing and of course eat. Being the fat wealthy capitalist consumers we are; 1 taxi was never going to get us and our luggage to the airport. So with S&M in one and D&T in another we raced off. Interestingly S&M arrived first and their ride cost 3 rmb less. The trip was so fast we had time on our hands to look at some of the Chinese antiquities on display in the airport. Or old ...