Made It!

Hi everyone,

Sitting in McDonalds and about to run out of battery on the laptop, so need to be quick.

We have made it here! Our flight from Sydney was delayed over an hour, so we ended up having to race from it to the next flight at Abu Dhabi. Had fish & chips for dinner (what else) and a very early night to try to overcome jetlag, which largely worked.

We went for a walk down through Hyde Park (saw the most beautiful English Garden on the way) to Buckingham Palace

and happened to get there just as the rehearsal for the Trooping of The Colours for the Queen’s Birthday. Nice surprise.

We had an appointment to organise our bank account and national insurance number (like the tax file number). The kids enjoyed the ride on the double-decker bus to get there and the tube to get back to the hotel. The hotel turns out to be about 100 metres form the one we stayed at back in 1996.

More soon.