I started this blog on my birthday last year. We're nearly there again, and 44 will be finished. Not quite sure whether to start something new, or to change the name of this site and continue on ...
In the meantime, the countdown to departure continues - we're down to a smidgeon over two weeks! The latest developments include definite plans to visit 1st Lambeth North Guide Unit in London (and possibly a Brownie group too, depending on what time we get back from our trip up to York). This week I'll organise to buy some Australian Guide badges to take with us, and apparently they'll have some for Miss Tizz, although I'll leave that as a surprise for her :)
Jetlag might decide otherwise, but as we arrive in London very early, we're hoping to make our way to the apartment, unpack, wander around the local area and do a little grocery shopping to set us up for the two weeks, and then have a short rest and lunch. In the afternoon we hope to head out and join a hop-on hop-off bus tour (the prepaid ticket is good for 24 hours, so we can start one afternoon and do more the next morning), get a feel for the layout of the city, and then have an earlyish dinner and an early night.
I've also mapped out some of our London days to take advantage of the 6-day London Pass we prepurchased. Of course everything might change, but the basic plan is to visit one or two of the bigger attractions each day, and add in other places if we happen to be in the area and feel so inclined. We're planning to go to the London Bridge Experience and Southwark Cathedral one day, St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London on another, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre tour and Winston Churchill's Britain at War Experience on the third day of the pass, Hampton Court Palace on the fourth, and a canal boat tour along the edge of Regents Park and London Zoo on the last day. Even taking a day out of the pass to go up to York, and even if we don't visit any other attractions, we'll save more than the cost of the pass. I'm pretty sure we can fit a few more visits in, and we can go guilt-free to places that we might otherwise hesitate about, because even if we don't stay for 10 minutes, we won't have wasted our money on entrance fees.
We still have a few unplanned days in London, and lots of things we'd like to do and see, so we'll just play it by ear when we get there. We have a good guide book, and internet access, so we have plenty of information at our fingertips. We definitely want to go on the London Eye, and can prebook online, but we'll leave that until we get there and see what the weather is like - with a bit of luck we can pick a nice day!
Jetlag might decide otherwise, but as we arrive in London very early, we're hoping to make our way to the apartment, unpack, wander around the local area and do a little grocery shopping to set us up for the two weeks, and then have a short rest and lunch. In the afternoon we hope to head out and join a hop-on hop-off bus tour (the prepaid ticket is good for 24 hours, so we can start one afternoon and do more the next morning), get a feel for the layout of the city, and then have an earlyish dinner and an early night.
I've loved following every step of the way. Cannot wait to hear how the travels go xxx
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