The Journey Continues..

It's early Sunday morning and one of us is still sound asleep in bed. We are flying out of Heathrow at lunchtime for our much anticipated New York side trip. Sorted out a connection for my iPad but the sim card I bought to use in my work mobile isn't working - I suspect the phone is locked although I was told it wasn't. Anyway shall look at buying a cheap mobile now (shame my younger son dropped my previously bought UK mobile down the toilet a while back). To bring readers up to date, we finished up in Hong Kong by taking a Big Bus Tour that included a trip to Victoria Peak. Fortunately the weather was kinder to us on Day 2 as we also took in a moving look at the sights of the southern part of Hong Kong Island itself. The flight to London was quite tiring but we were lucky that the Sheraton at LHR made our room available when we arrived (around 7:30am). Hot showers and lie down for a sleep until lunchtime. We spent the afternoon at Hampton Court Palace, a place Alyson was keen to see. Nice and relaxing outing topped off by a leisurely boat ride up the Thames to Kingston before the bus ride back to the hotel. Yesterday it was my turn to nap during the day and Alyson stepped out on her own for a long lunchtime walk. We then took the bus and tube into the West End for our long-awaited Warhorse play. Everyone in the audience thought it brilliant and so cleverly conceived. I believe it is coming to Melbourne late this year and I'd recommend it to all. Finished up our very late evening by having a quiet toast to a recently departed friend of ours back in Melbourne. Our trip prevented us attending her wake on Sunday afternoon but we were there in spirit - rest in peace Marjie.

The Journey Begins.....

Sitting at Sydney airport waiting on our Virgin Atlantic flight to Hong Kong. So far, everything has gone to plan with Stephanie getting us to Melbourne airport on time and the domestic leg of our journey passing without any delays. Luggage all checked in and boarding passes in hand. Alyson is looking forward to the "free" alcohol when we board - didn't want to purchase me a light beer with our lunch so she said! Only surprise downer is that it appears I won't be able to post any photos for the blog using my iPad. Bummer! Shall have to see what I can do when I get access to a PC at various stops and just keep posting some words until then.

Our Big Trip

Just finished our brunch for Mother's Day and preparing for our trip starting on Tuesday morning. Looking forward to catching up with Paul And Kirsty in the UK. They are currently in Prague and seem to be enjoying their European Vacation! Wonder what they thought of Auschwitz Last Friday during their Warsaw stopover. We will be in Hong Kong by Tuesday night and trust that the weather is better than when I was there in 2010 (terrible). Shall be in London by Friday and we have tix to Warhorse at Drury Lane for Saturday evening before flying on to New York for a week. Will try to post some updates during this first two weeks.....