Landed in London

Landed safe and sound in London as scheduled on Sunday morning. So unusual for flighing these days, it was actually an OK experience. Quarters were cramped but I'm a small person. Left on time, arrived on time, no food poisoning. What's not to like about Thomas Cook? As we are just, just passed the summer solstice and we flew a course that went over the Arctic Circle, we were in daylight all the way. Left Calgary at 2:45 in the afternoon and arrived London at 7:00 am with no dark along the way. Is my circadian rhythm confused? Yes it is. Awake at all the wrong times. Writing this just after midnight.

East transport from Gatwick into central London via train! Dang, why didn’t Calgary think of that ... bring millions of people to town each year and give them a means of actually arriving instead of leaving them stranded at the airport?

London is wonderful! The weather here is hot and the sky is blue – perfect touristing weather. I believe all of Europe is on vacation and London was the destination of choice. On Sunday, Dave and I walked for hours and it was a rare thing to hear English spoken. Different on Monday when the workers returned to the city. So many visitors – must have something to do with those iconic pedestrian bridges. Wait until Council hears about this.

On Sunday we made the circuit of the major landmarks and just looked and looked and looked as we criss-crossed the Thames. Love the easy flow of architecture from ancient to modern; classic to space age. Hard not to be overwhelmed by the sheer size and number of those historic constructions that are such a part of Canada’s story too – they are, well, monumental!

After a full day on foot through London we ate dinner at a lovely little restaurant by the Thames – wouldn’t you guess our first meal would be fish and chips – yum!