Townsville to London, Days 1&2

Arriving early into London, is always exciting with Spring weather at this time of the year is brisk with single figures overnight and early morning. London's gardens are beginning to burst with colour and the parks are busy with runners, dogwalkers and families. The temperature highs are around the 19-21 degrees. Feeling refreshed on arrival, we spent the first day on the tube visiting UCL (University College of London) and parts of the British Museum before checking in at The Grand Royale Hotel, Hyde Park. We stayed awake as long as we could then finally fell asleep.
We begin each day with breakfast at Les Filles Cafe, which has a great menu and coffee made the way we like it. ☕️ Day 2, our plan was to explore parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum on Cromwell Rd, and on arrival we joined a tour which focused on Vivian Leigh, film and photography. Following the tour we headed off solo to the many different sections and floors until we reached our saturation point. In the evening we saw "The Play that Goes Wrong" at the Duchess Theatre (a small theatre in the West End). It is a comedy based on an amateur theatre group's performance of their annual play which goes awry.Read more