London!

After an uneventful (other than the unexpected 3km dash to our gate in Singapore 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️) but long flight from Adelaide, we arrived early Sunday morning in our lovely apartment (with slightly treacherous stairs but otherwise very comfortable) in Fitzrovia. Once we had settled in, we set out to stave off the jetlag by walking to Camden via some of Adrian's old haunts. We got a third of the way there and realised we'd been too ambitious and headed back to the apartment, picking up some provisions on the way.

Fitzrovia is a lovely area, with lots of old pubs, wine bars, cafes and restaurants (mainly Italian but one "global dumpling" bar which is intriguing, cheeseburger dumpling anyone?😋). Many places were closed being a Sunday but we had a nice British lunch and some ale in the Marquis of Granby (an old haunt of Dylan Thomas, apparently) and pizza for dinner in Sergios (an old haunt of every TV celebrity from UK and beyond judging by the photos on the wall).

The weather was a bit cool and overcast, with a bit of rain in the afternoon/evening (well, it is England! 🌂).

I confess that we had a solid 2 hour nap in the afternoon, but we bravely stayed awake until 9.30 🥱 before crashing into bed to sleep off a long 36 hours. 😴😴💤Read more