We finally arrived in Chicago and had to run to our flight to London which involved going through security again. We made it only to be delayed on the runway for another 2.5 hours due to a thunderstorm. The first hour of the flight was very, very bumpy - one of the worst flights I have ever been on. However, it finally smoothed out, and we arrived safely. Ethan did great on the flight despite the bumps. By the way, our plane was huge - a 747 - here is a picture of the plane and our seats on the flight to London...
Collecting all of our luggage (six large, large bags) and several smaller bags and going through Customs and Immigration was a breeze. We had a driver waiting for us who took us to the hotel (best decision we could have made - despite the price). Our hotel is called LaGaffe and is located in Hamstead in north london. It is in a really cute area and has a small Italian restaurant and wine bar on the ground floor. Our room is tiny, but it does have a little extra room with a bed for Ethan. We are very happy with the hotel which also has a nice breakfast that is included in the price. Here are some pictures of us walking around the neighborhood of Hampstead.
Today is actually Tuesday, our second day in London. We took our first subway or "tube" ride to central London to do some fun stuff with Ethan. We spent the morning running errands (bank accounts, cell phones, and apartment searching). We went to central London to go to the London Eye which is the worlds largest Ferris wheel - actually it is little observatory carts (enclosed with heat) on a Ferris wheel type structure. Here are some pictures!
Here is a picture of Ethan getting on the car and another close up picture of what one of the cars look like.
Ethan takes a look down - we were up really high - it was a bit scary!
This is a picture of Parliment and Big Ben (the clocktower) from the Eye.
1 comment:
no way, no how - you'd never get me in that bubble thing... i'm terrified of heights! glad you made it safe and sound :)
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