Sunday, October 19, 2003
Damn Mac computers, I tried to copy and paste my post and lost it all. You have to use the apple key instead of control.
Colombo to London
We hung out at the hotel in Mt Lavinia until 11:30 pm when we took a van to Colombo airport. The flight left at 3:15 am. We slept for about half of the 4 1/2 hour flight to Dubai. Dubai airport is interesting because the building is shaped like half a rugby ball. It is very modern and flash inside but it has those tacky fake torches, like you see in $2 shops, along the walls.
The flight to Heathrow was delayed for about 1 hour because of fog. You could not see anything out the window it was so thick. The 7 1/2 hour fligh was uneventful except for an accident.
Lou was sitting on the aisle seat. She had taken off her headphones and had fallen in the aisle. When the stewardess came along with the drinks trolley and hit the headphone the whole thing went over. Luckily we were at the very back of the plane so there were no passengers behind us for the ice and coffee to fall on. We arived at Heathrow at about 1 pm.
Rachel (Lou`s sister) met us at the airport and we took the tube back to their house in Kilburn. We relaxed for the afternoon and were treated to a lovely lasagne and banana cake for dinner. Our room is big and the bed very comfortable. We are very lucky!
We got Lou`s dad to send some of our stuff over from New Zealand and it arrived a few days before we got to London. It got wet in transit so we had to wash a lot of our clothes to get the mould off.
We managed to stay up to a respectable 8:30 before we succumbed to tiredness and slept for 12 hours.
Day 1 in London
Today we headed down to Kilburn high road, just 2 blocks away, to do some shopping. There are many pubs, restaruants and clothing stores along the street. I bought some work shoes. Lou and I both have interviews at agencies tomorrow so we are getting prepared. Steve (Rachal's husband) has kindly lent me his "starter seuit" the shoulders are a little too wide but otherwise it is perfect. I hope I don't get myself lost on the underground!
Colombo to London
We hung out at the hotel in Mt Lavinia until 11:30 pm when we took a van to Colombo airport. The flight left at 3:15 am. We slept for about half of the 4 1/2 hour flight to Dubai. Dubai airport is interesting because the building is shaped like half a rugby ball. It is very modern and flash inside but it has those tacky fake torches, like you see in $2 shops, along the walls.
The flight to Heathrow was delayed for about 1 hour because of fog. You could not see anything out the window it was so thick. The 7 1/2 hour fligh was uneventful except for an accident.
Lou was sitting on the aisle seat. She had taken off her headphones and had fallen in the aisle. When the stewardess came along with the drinks trolley and hit the headphone the whole thing went over. Luckily we were at the very back of the plane so there were no passengers behind us for the ice and coffee to fall on. We arived at Heathrow at about 1 pm.
Rachel (Lou`s sister) met us at the airport and we took the tube back to their house in Kilburn. We relaxed for the afternoon and were treated to a lovely lasagne and banana cake for dinner. Our room is big and the bed very comfortable. We are very lucky!
We got Lou`s dad to send some of our stuff over from New Zealand and it arrived a few days before we got to London. It got wet in transit so we had to wash a lot of our clothes to get the mould off.
We managed to stay up to a respectable 8:30 before we succumbed to tiredness and slept for 12 hours.
Day 1 in London
Today we headed down to Kilburn high road, just 2 blocks away, to do some shopping. There are many pubs, restaruants and clothing stores along the street. I bought some work shoes. Lou and I both have interviews at agencies tomorrow so we are getting prepared. Steve (Rachal's husband) has kindly lent me his "starter seuit" the shoulders are a little too wide but otherwise it is perfect. I hope I don't get myself lost on the underground!
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