Safely Across the Pond

Our adventure begins at 3:00 this afternoon which is a nice change from our usual early morning departures.  Driver Doug has volunteered to take us to the airport. Karen is still in her walking boot accompanied by her trusty cane so she has arranged to have a wheel chair meet her at each airport.  Very smart thinking.  We arrive with time to spare.  A quick trip to Seattle where we will hop on Virgin Atlantic flight #106 bound for London.  Every thing goes off without a hitch which is highly unusual for the Peterson's.  We board and are immediately offered a glass of champagne which we happily accept.  A toast to the up coming weeks!  Terry' arm rest is a little tricky so after setting our glasses down, he upsets the armrest and down goes the champagne, all over both of us!  We get that cleaned up and receive a replacement glass and hope that is the extent of any mishaps.  The flight crew couldn't be nicer and we settle in for a long trip.  Dinner is served which was actually quite tasty for airline food!  We watch a few movies, try to get some sleep and before we know it breakfast is making it's way through the cabin.  It has been a very smooth flight and the staff is attentive and friendly.  Kudos to Virgin Atlantic, I am impressed.  We disembark and make our way through immigration.  Karen and her wheelchair, along with her husband Dan, whiz right through while Terry and I take our place in line.  45 minutes later, we emerge, breeze through customs grab our luggage and make our way to the Uber stand.  Our driver is prompt and the 18 mile drive to our apartment takes a little over and hour.  We have been given instructions for access to the key and again everything falls into place.  The apartment is exactly what we expected and has everything we'll need for the next week.

Our view is of the Tower of London with the Thames River as a back drop.  Perfect!  It's now all of 1:00 and we have the whole afternoon ahead of us,

We unpack and discover we are bit parched .  Terry is in need of a nap so he stays behind while the 3 of us decide to check out the neighborhood.  Low and behold there is a pub directly next door.  A nice cold beer tastes good. We find a local market and stock up on a few necessities.  By now, we are hungry and return to the pub for dinner with Terry going traditional ordering beef pie with mashers and peas. The rest of us basic pub fare but it's all good and we are happy.

 We are officially tired and struggle to stay awake until 9:00 so we can be on local time in the morning.  Day done.  Looking forward to tomorrow.........