London... England, not Ontario

London...  England, not Ontario!

We are sitting in Heathrow airport waiting for 5:30 so we can see how far away our gate is for our flight to Johannesburg is.  Our options are: 5-25 min walks.  After spending the day touring London on foot, we are hoping for a five minute walk.

Well it was a 15 minute walk, not too bad really!

Today we got off in London and Jonathan and Leanne met us at the airport and whisked us off down "The Tube".  We started on the Picadilly Line and transferred to the Liberty Line.  When we came out from the Underground we were staring up at Big Ben.  It was incredible!  We were very touristy and stopped right there and took pictures.  

Annika and Cole, remember Phineas and Ferber 2D?  I saw the London Eye and Big Ben,  I was really there!!!  We saw Westminster Abbey, but missed being able to go inside by 10mins :(. We hadn't eaten yet so we asked around and were directed to an old English Pub called Albert's.  Apparently it is the oldest around, 300 years old.  I had good old fish and chips with 'mushy' peas.  It was excellent, truly the best fries I've ever had!  And they served Pepsi, much to the chagrin of the Coke drinkers in the group!  I didn't go for the pint of ale though.  I just couldn't do it.

Best thing about London besides meeting up with familiar faces was walking on the streets and hearing so many different languages.  I think I heard as much French as I did English, and many other languages too.  I think I am beginning to realize just how sheltered we are in Canada from the rest of the world.

Just as a note, there seems to be a lot less free Internet over here, so I am writing each day, but I will only post them once in a while.  That also means I can't check D2L everyday Annika, sorry girl, but I will check it when I can!

Love you, 
Mom ( Shalina)