Just touched down in London Town

After 2 long flights, and not alot of good sleep, we finally landed at London Heathrow. It was great to finally be abroad after months of planning and waiting. We had booked a hostel the first night in London, before the rest of the family joins us and we upgrade to a "real" hotel. Keri, mortified at the idea of staying at a hostel has likened it to summer camp, and has yet to run out screaming, so it's a win for everyone. Although there's still time as the night is young.

The sightseeing began with some tube rides down to Oxford Street. We arrived just in time for it to start raining. Imagine that, rain in London...weird. We took full advantage of the opportunity to try out the "cloudy" setting on the camera. It finally let up and we were able to stroll past speakers corner in Hyde Park, but the rain must have scared them all away. We did follow a group of oddly dressed Brits, but it is the city. Harrods department store was next on the list and Keri was impressed by the architecture and the assortment of high end retail and food. We managed to grab a snack and found a really quaint hidden street adorned with high end cars and homes to eat on.

Next it was off to Piccadilly Circus and Leicester square. There was a movie premiere on there tonight and the crowd was out in force to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt. Seeing as we had been in London for half a day and hadnt yet seen the inside of a pub it was time for a drink. The streets in the area have been busy to say the least and even on a weeknight at 11pm everything was packed. The city has such a high energy and its great to be a part of it. Just when you think the day is over, we return to the hostel and see a fellow traveller feeding starbursts to a wild fox. He said the fox loved them and that it was night 2 of the feeding. Im not sure what was more unusual, a fox in surburban london, or that it loved mango starbursts.

We're looking forward to meeting up with everyone tomorrow and gettting the cruise underway.

Shawn and Keri