Living Easy: London Days I & II

Whew - what a whirlwind this has been, and it's only just the beginning.

Day I -

Stu and I left the States Friday, and took the red eye to London - to our pleasant surprise, Delta has a partnership with Virgin Atlantic, which made for a rather sweet ride to London - our anxiety-laden selves fared quite well on the British airline, maybe it's the accents, but we felt somehow safer and had a lovely, smooth flight to the UK.

Who doesn't love heart-shaped sunglasses on an eyemask?

We're off!

Sweets for landing - I want to fly Virgin everywhere!

After quite the trek through tube stations - let me just say, that's a lot of stairs for a 50 pound suitcase, and I must look pitiful because a lovely gentleman carried my bag up the stairs for me - we made it to our adorable flat in Bayswater.

Bayswater flat

Front of the flat

Thank the good Lord for espresso and Ann-Mari's (owns our flat) foresight in providing us with some much needed liquid consciousness. Once caffeinated, we were ready to take on Kensington Gardens and Palace...

Kensington - gardens and palace

With Victoria

Gates in remembrance of Diana, Princess of Wales

Had to!

Pub time!

A very large and very delicious beer

Portobello


And at the end of a windy, rainy London day - you get hair that looks like this

Day II -

This morning we got up relatively early, and were, once again, on the road, or rather, train. Our day trip to Bath was unreal - I mean seriously, who gets to live in places that look like this? I'll let the pictures do the talking...