Ye Olde London Towne

I made it! After a plane trip involving 4 movies, a game of chess, and several other things to try to keep me from being bored, we finally landed at Heathrow Airport. As for the pool at Changi Airport, it was closed, so we just watched an NCAA basketball game on TV.

But anyway, our first half day in London was not too eventful. The airport transfer to the City of London YHA was useful not only because it got us from the airport to the hostel, but also because the driver gave us a quick tour of the city and gave us some useful tips. He also drove us the wrong way down a one-way street. That was probably the best bit.

The weather was very gloomy, as it is today, but not nearly as cold as I had expected (around 4 min 6 max). We tried contacting some people locally but to no avail, so we may or may not be meeting with 1 or 2 people tonight.

Apart from that, we had dinner and a brew at The Old Bell, (supposedly) a 300 year-old pub. It was a nice establishment, although the food was a bit more expensive that what I am used to. Had fish in beer batter and chips for £6.50. Also had a half-pint of Guinness. Both were very good. After that we decided to call it a day since we were still suffering from horrible jetlag.

This morning we had breakfast at the YHA then went walking around old London town. Saw the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge. No photos yet as I have no means of transferring it from the camera. I'll try to get some posted soon though.

Anyway, we'll look around some more and hopefully will have more interesting stories to tell next time.

P.S. Don't take too much notice of the post time, as it's off by about 11 hours (i.e. it's still on Sydney time).