First Day in London.

We travelled by train from Heathrow Airport to Gloucester Tube Station. Lugging our baggage's through the tubes whilst trying to keep an eye on all family members was quite stressful! A short walk brought us to the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum Hotel. After 2 refreshing hours in our rooms, we were ready to hit London!

Very quickly, we became familiar with the tubes.Our first stop in London was Westfield Mall. Why a Mall? Well WizzKid and CoolDude had saved up enough money to buy iPhone 4's and MrGee and I wanted to get the buying of them over with so that the nagging would end!After the Apple Store experience the boys were content and happy to head home.But before hitting the sacks we needed to eat, so we went to an authentic Italian Restaurant just across from our hotel. It was a dive.... but we were SO hungry we didn't care.
Isn't the decor stylish? While we were waiting for our food the female cook had a HUGE fight with our waitress ( who was the owner). We laughed at the rantings of the ladies and at the English/Italian swearing that proceeded, we were so tired and hungry we stayed put. We just needed food!

Overseas Holiday

On the 27Th Dec 2010 I got on an aeroplane for the first time in 11 years. ~shocking I know~
Our family flew out of Durban's Oliver Thambo Airport with Emirates Airlines.

(Above: Look who was my wing man.)
What a pleasant experience though .... why had I been so nervous? Okay so I did take a tranquilizer before we boarded and was very happy when the Air Hostess offered me a drink on board. " Yes, red wine please." Eight hours later we landed in Dubai.Tired but excited we were half way to England.
(Above: The A380 in the background ... I was so happy to see 4 engines on the plane. What a smooth ride!)
Two hours later we departed for London.
(Above: CoolDude 'controlling' Miss Tanzi as we boarded.)SO...... after 20 hours of travelling we eventually landed at Heathrow .... exhausted! BUT..... ready to explore London!