Today was a down day getting ready for travel tomorrow, we leave the house at 7.30 am and have a 3 hour layover in Dubai. We will lose another 5 hours of time difference, for a total of 10 hours ahead of the states.
I took a walk early this am while Mr. and Mrs. Waters took the dogs to Essex to the kennel and Anita slept. I got a bit lost and walked further then I had planned. Stopping at a little cafe and getting a panne egg and bacon sandwich. It was yummy! For dinner tonight we went to a Portuguese restaurant. It was wonderful. The wine was great and steak even better-but the company was best of all. We all laughed and cried and had the most enjoyable conversations. I'm so looking forward to this week with an old (not as in years-hehe) friend and my new friends.
As for London, I love the town. I felt safe for the most part for such a large city. It was easy to use the tube and busses and the history was incredible. The people very polite and friendly and most of them spoke english. I know you are thinking....well, duh, it's England.....but when was you last in a large US city? It is getting more and more difficult to find english spoken.
All in all, I'd say (with the exception of the historical buildings and accent) London is not really any different from big cities in the US. For the fashion chicks.....nylons are making a big comeback here - but of course it is cold and winter....dresses with leggins/boots are the main things I saw, and I was downtown so it was mostly business dress. Black wool coats in the 'princess' style with a belt around the center. Most of the London people are on the thinner side, but not skinny. Just seemed to be a healthy size. I'd say most of the women were 10-12's. Very few obese people here. Anyway, back to the women's fashion...Red was the second color of choice behind black. A lot of red wool coats. High heels, but ugh...how do they walk in them bad boys? Leggins with flats as well.
Not much else to report today......I will post again once settled in Maldives.....likely Tuesday.
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