We arrived on a rainy and bustling London town after 2pm yesterday and Alexander's very excited as we took the train from the London Stanstead Airport to the Liverpool Street Station. He looked forward to this trip and has even made specific plans on what we are to do.
Arriving at our appointed flat, we simply dropped our bags and dash out of the rain in search of someplace to eat. As we walked the stretched of Victoria Street, Alexander exclaimed: "It smells like pizza!". And so we walked in to the nearest Pizza Hut, and boy how we goobled down our pizza slices down to the last bite! We realised there and then how hungry we were. We hadn't had a bite of food since 7am ... we had a slice of bread and tea (choco for Alexander) before we left to the airport in Gothenburg.
This time around, we bought our Oyster Card for one full week to allow us to travel around London by bus and the Underground. Alexander had a thrill as we shuttled and changed tubes from the Westminster area to St James, Green Park Mayfair, Soho and back. Our last roving stop last night was the Picadilly Circus where Alexander watched in awe the giant screens all lit up under the rain. "Wow", he said. Before getting to our bus home, we took a short peek at the Ripley's Believe it or Not-house and Alexander enjoyed watching the real sized dolls dancing and singing and even interacting with the passersby taking refuge from the rain. Oh well, we will definitely be back for a good look-see.
From the bus station, we walked in at Sainsbury to get some food to stuff our empty fridge back at the flat - milk, bread, juice, cheese, bottled water and some cups of yoghurt.
When we got to the flat, the mother hen in me got in full gear - fixing things at the kitchen, stacking clothes in the drawers, unpacking our bags, prepared our evening quick meal and all that. My boys discovered the wireless broadband connection, got our laptop hooked online and they took turns in surfing the net. Boy-stuff!
Turning in for the night, I realised I had very, very sore feet - waaaahhhh!
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