London

We made it! 16 hours from Osaka...thank God it was in business class. I had no feet swelling at all this time as I was able to have them elevated the whole time. We both managed a few hours sleep which makes such a difference. Really enjoyed the business lounges at Osaka and Helsinki too...we could get very used to it.

Really enjoyed our AirBnB in London. We opted to stay in a traditional terraced home in Earlsfield in a loft room. The owner lived downstairs, but we hardly saw him. Cold breakfast included every day, and we had a washing machine in our room which was handy before we start our 2 week tour of UK and Ireland.

Quite expensive in the UK when you're only getting 52c to the dollar, but we were able to make our own sandwiches for lunch each day and the local pubs and Thai restaurant weren't too expensive.

The hop on hop off bus was fantastic, as was the cruise on the Thames. We really ticked off everything we wanted to see very easily.

Other highlights include:
Our first West End play...loved Wicked at Apollo Theatre, changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, and Jack the Ripper tour.

Great weather 17 - 26° most daysRead more