We left Nanaimo on May 10 at 4:15 pm and arrived in London May 11at noon. A 9 hour flight and 8 hour time difference
Fortunately I managed to sleep a few hours on the plane, Karen didn't get as much.
We took our first Uber car ride to our first Air BnB flat, cost £42.
We let Stephen know we had arrived and he was over in about 4 minutes, his flat is nice and close.
He thoughtfully brought us some milk , juice eggs, scones , teabags and bottled water so we had supplies to get us started.
We went to bed pretty early, about 8:30 .
The next morning Stephen came over and we walked 10 minutes to little cafe on Goldborne Rd near Notting Hill for a very nice breakfast.
We were going to take the bus tour that afternoon but Karen was feeling the jet lag so she came back and had a nap and Stephen and I walked to an electrical supply store for a couple of LED bulbs to replace the ones in his bathroom that hadn't been working.
I came back and also had a nap then Stephen came over about 5:30 and we walked to an Indian restaurant nearby and had a really good meal.
Today, Friday May13 , we walked over to Stephen's after breakfast then caught a bus downtown and went on the Hop on hop off bus tour which included a Thames River boat cruise
Both were really good and interesting, we were on the top of an open air double decker bus and the weather was perfect.
Sunny but not too hot.
We came back via the underground.
Tonight Stephen and Mark are coming over and we will order pizza.
First time we will have met Mark in person.
Pictures below are;
Stephen and Karen on our little Air BnB flats balcony
The three of us on the Thames cruise , Tower Bridge in the background.
On the banks of the Thames, The Shard tower behind.
Big Ben , which struck 2 as we passed by.
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