Day 7: London

This morning was a bit of a late start as we have been reorganising accommodation for our Florence leg. We received an email a couple of days ago informing us that the accommodation in Florence had become unavailable due to termites destroying some major structural members and rendering the apartment unsafe. Not exactly what we would have wished for but nonetheless we need to find a new place to stay on short notice. After a couple of days of emails flying back and forth to various people we have managed to secure an apartment that we hope will be suitable. This has reaffirmed to us how valuable WiFi availability is in the apartments we are staying in. Without this we would not have received the email or spent a lot of time hanging around McDonald's. The quiet morning has also allowed us to relax a little after a late night at the Lyceum Theatre enjoying the Lion King. It was quite a spectacular show and we all really enjoyed it but I’m still not sure it was worth the gazillion dollars it cost us to go, but we had to do it and we are glad we did. So, we finally get organised and decide on a walk along Oxford Street and have some lunch so we hit the tube bound for Bond Street Station. Oxford Street is a major shopping road full of high end shops and loaded with people. We took a turn down Regent Street and found a cool little side street to have lunch. During lunch the familiar sounds of police and ambulance sirens filled the air, a constant it seems around the streets of London but we didn’t think much of it. After lunch we headed back down the side street and on the corner of Regent Street we see a taxi roped off with police tape and its windscreen was smashed in with the shape of someone’s body and the local fuzz were giving everyone the whole “move on, nothing to see here” line. Some pour pedestrian had tried his luck once too often it seemed. We are amazed we don’t see more of it the way the pedestrians are always trying their luck against the motorists. So it’s back to the apartment for a relaxing afternoon because tonight there seems to be some sort of fashion thing going down around the Seven Dials streets (we are on shorts Gardens, one of those seven dials). Tomorrow will be our last full day in London, let’s hope it’s not raining!

Mia’s comments: Today (last night) we walked to the very old looking theatre to see the Lion King. It was a really cool theatre. The seats were very comfy. When the play started I was too thirsty, I mean way too thirsty but I had to hold on. My favourite characters were the bird, the warthog, the baboon and the meerkat. It was a really cool play.

Tyler’s comments: Today we had a lazy day! First thing we did was we went and had morning tea. I had a big jam donut. After we went back to the apartment. Then we went to go and have lunch. It was a nice lunch and went home. We went to a restaurant called Rossopomodora for dinner. We had a ham and cheese pizza. Also, I got a back pack....finally.

 "Patiently awaiting the donut"

"Oxford Circus looking down Regent Street toward Piccadilly Circus"

"Regent Street looking back toward Oxford Circus"