A380 AND LONDON

With all the news of snow in Europe & airport closures, we were unsure if our flight would go, & given that it was still early hours of the morning in London, we fully expected to be stuck for a while in Singapore or diverted/flying around & around for a while.  Anyway, having been told there were no changes to the flight we headed to the airport & off to London - on the much anticipated A380!!  It was a fabulous flight & we managed some sleep had on the fold out beds!  Arrival was uneventful & before we knew it, Sally’s new boss was there in arrivals to meet us & we were being whisked off to Kensington High St to our apartment.

We have now been in our 2 bedroom apartment for 7 weeks, far longer than we had expected, as we hunt for suitable accommodation.  The apartment is very conveniently located opposite Holland Park (where the kids were able to have a snow fight the morning after we arrived!)  It has been a great place to be as we work our way through the various things that one does in a new country - where to shop, what is the same, similar enough or different/unavailable, where things are, how to get around etc. 



AFTER LUNCH IN St JOHN'S WOOD

We got the buses right to have an afternoon with Mark's Aunty Mary - a very spritely & fun 82.

We have mastered the tube so Sally is now travelling to work independently while Mark is getting around the city with the children. After just two weeks Aisha had mastered the tube map having taken the  map to bed to 'read'. She was and still is our tube guide .   A link to the tube map.