Lords of London

Ello ello, good day to you young squires and lasses. It is the last few weeks of my time here in England and I've finally made it to the centre of the British empire... Nodnol! (or London to you non-red dwarf fans). The Van Engen girls, Cat and Jess came over from their European travels to be joined by myself for 4 days of fun & exploration. It was great to see friends from home (even if they are from Hobart).

To be honest though after the bull runs, Gallipoli, historical festivals and reenactments etc London was a bit of an anti-climax. It was beautiful but not really an exciting adventure or memorable highlight. Although doing all the nerdy stuff we could was still fun especially our trip to Kings Cross Station. We found all the streets and stations from the monopoly board (except one :o( and visited a few interesting places. 221b Baker St home of Sherlock Holmes and Buckingham palace where we saw the changing of the guard. The guard band played the Indiana Jones theme at the palace. Really cool but no idea why...


My personal highlight of London was my trip to Lords the week before. The Home of Cricket hosted the 1st test between Australia and Pakistan and i was there to watch the first days play. Although light was bad our lads fought bravely and did ok. To me it was a great day to just sit back and relax as my days left in this country slowly but inevitably come to an end.


I have another nephew now too. Claire and Rob Sykes gave birth to a prince of a lad named William Jacob. Another reason to thank God and pray for a safe and swift journey home :o)