We’ve arrived!
Hello everyone! Although today was mostly full of travel, it was a good one. Our plane left LAX a half hour late which wasn’t too bad. (Thanks Dad/Steve for dropping us off at the airport!) Andrew surprised me with an upgrade to extra legroom seats which turns out was totally worth it. We had at least 4 inches more legroom than the other seats in economy and they leaned back further too. We ate dinner on the airplane at around 10 p.m. LA time and then settled in to watch movies. I started The King’s Speech which was great, but fell asleep half-way through and stayed that way pretty much the rest of the flight. Andrew watched Due Date which was apparently pretty funny because I saw him many times out of the corner of my eye having quiet fits of laughter.
In London we got through customs no problem and arrived to Mickey’s around 6 p.m. We ate dinner at a very nice gastro pub near their place called The Fellow. Andrew had perfectly cooked Venison with haggis and “neeps and tatties” which are mashed turnips and potatoes. I had some amazing fish and chips with smushed peas. Wow, everything was really good.
Next we were off to the train station to take the last train to Newcastle which is in Northern England. We took off from track 8 at King’s Cross station which as you Harry Potter fans know is really close to platform nine and three quarters (the gateway to Hogwart’s Express) Andrew even pretended to run into the wall where the made-up platform was supposed to be like Harry does in the book, but didn’t get through. Muggle! Ok enough Harry Potter references. I’m reading the books right now so I just couldn’t resist. We arrived a little after midnight and decided to walk to our hotel a few blocks away. We all assumed that since it was so late, it would be a pretty deserted trek. We couldn’t have been more wrong. As soon as we exited the train station, we were assaulted by the sights and sounds of thousands of young people partying the night away. They were everywhere…in the street, inside noisy pubs, stumbling around the sidewalks. A good many of them were way too intoxicated for their own good. With a little luck we finally got to our hotel and checked in for the night. Sorry we don’t have pictures to go with this post as Andrew didn’t have time to take any with all the travelling going on. Tomorrow we are headed to Maker’s Faire, a fun hands-on science festival here in Newcastle and I’m sure we will get plenty of pictures of that. Thanks for all the well wishes. We wish you could all be here with us. Cheers, Chelsie and Andrew
Read MoreWe’re off (again)…
Welcome once again to our travel blog. We are resurrecting it sooner than expected as we got a killer deal on plane tickets back to London. Our itinerary includes stays in Newcastle and London, England and Edinburgh and Turnberry, Scotland. We have lots of fun things planned so check back to see what we’re up to. As in the past, we will try to post something every day. Don’t forget to leave us comments. We love to hear from you.
Cheers, Chelsie and Andrew
Read MoreFlight Delay and Other Airport Fun
So here we are at LAX. Our flight is delayed for about an hour so now our 5 hour airport stint just turned into a 6 hour airport stint. Still not too bad though because we got upgraded to premium seats with our own charging stations. Andrew is really excited about that. I think they also give you socks. Who knew fresh fluffy socks would sound so good at this point. Everything else looks good. Lots of friendly Brits in the airport and we already ate dinner. It’s fun to people watch. Hopefully tomorrow we will have something more interesting to share with you all.
