...Heelluuuuuu....yes, we are here Ground Control!!! Well, that was interesting - did not really expect that for the beginning of our travels - we have been going out straight since the Friday before we left - and as Martha Stewart says..."and that is a good thing!" My Mom gave me a card when I was a teenager that said, "I keep meaning to work hard, I just keep finding more interesting things to do." A lousy apology, but Delia and I are having so much fun the blog is taking second fiddle - I will try to be better......
We did get off successfully, but not without some adventures before we even stepped out the door - without getting into details - we wanted to get our sofa couch out into the garbage before we left - however, the couch had other plans...so with a few laughs, grunts, the help of some sissors, a sledge hammer and a whole lot of tenacity - we (Delia, Anita and a little bit of my help - for the most part, I tried to stay out of it) got the couch out - but it was not pretty - the "couch from hell massacre"....anyone for a well loved couch - *grin* - Our good friend, Anita took us to the airport and those that know Delia and Taxi drivers - that was another lifesaver for sure.....PS Anita, it was not lost on us the extreme patience that you demonstrated - we must have looked like one complete ball of anxiety and excitement - this combination, I can assure you, does not lead to productivity - at least not quickly. We checked in and everything was great - no worries! First Stop; Heathrow, London, England!
I will break up the blog posts to attempt to keep your interest, but being only a 12 hr layover in Heathrow - I will include it here.
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The flight was quite painless really, drank, slept, ate, slept - in that order - arrived in Heathrow Airport and took the "London Tube" or Underground - nothing particularily interesting or different from our own subway system, except of course the extensiveness of the underground system and it is very easy to use - we met up with Lorna Brooks; Delia's cousin - she is very knowledgeable of London so it made the tour much more interesting - had something hot to drink & hopped on the bus for a tour around London - Delia and I are not much for bus tours or cities, but with our 12 hr layover, being in "London Baby" and getting a chance to visit with Lorna - it was alot of fun!!! - I do find it difficult to retain details when I try to listen to facts, watch the sites and take pics (true tourist style for sure) - so we took it for what it was worth, thoroughly enjoyed the visit and saw some historical sites of London -Trafalgar square, Ritz Hotel (apparently it costs 70 Lb for tea there - yikes!), Hard Rock Cafe (original), Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey (I thought this was beautifu), Stand St (I think this is one of the most expensive places to buy things, but I might be wrong on this one - good memory - just short =( - St. Pauls' Cathedral, London Bridge, The Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Parliament Buildings & of couse the Thames River - London is beautiful and it has so much history, but we are "country girls" at heart for sure. When we go back, it will be to visit friends and family and to see more of the country side!
Okay, one last story before I sign off, to lead to my next blog entry (If I kept current, I wouldn't know that *grin*)............
As we were walking up from the Tube to the departures to head to Cape Town, SA, I saw an advertisement - it was a picture of Tiger Woods standing beside a golf ball, precariously sitting on a small patch of grass, surrounded by rocks & on a the edge of a cliff leading to water....the saying underneath read...."it is what you do next, that counts..."
....did I intice you enough to read on.....
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