After some 30 hours travelling Betty and I arrived in London @ 6:30am local time. It is almost impossible to keep up with the time zone shifts but the longest leg was 13 hours from Singapore to Heathrow. We travelled in the new two-decker A380 with 10 seats across. Auckland to Sydney was a special treat since we were upgraded to business class courtesy of the Qantas' London Office. Apart from the interminably of the long haul flights the trip passed uneventfully. I spend many hours working through the vast list of on-board movies and caught up on many I had not seen before...seven in all!
It has been great to have a few hours visiting John and Carolyn in their London home before we head on to Milan, Italy, this afternoon and thence to Venice on tomorrow. From that point we are "on our own" for the next three weeks and it will be a test of the thoroughness of our planning.
I went to the supermarket for Carolyn this morning which is placed in the High Street of the suburb where they live. It all seemed comfortable and familiar just as if the past thirty years had not passed by...
Finally, a huge big thanks to those of you who came to farewell us on Saturday afternoon. We will miss you (but not too much) over the next few months
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