As you can tell from the title, we have safely arrived. We began a marathon journey two days ago in Washington D.C. We took an overnight flight to London, where we arrived feeling groggy and confused, but excited about the prospect of exploring this city. We bought a 1 day pass on the Tube (metro) which provided us with all the transportation we needed in London for the day. As you all know, we're on a budget. We probably spent the least amount of money in the recorded history of London during our 7 hours there. Aside from the Tube pass ($14 per person) the only other money we spent was 10 pence to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later, we found 2 coins totaling 15 pence on the sidewalk. So thus we began making money on our vacation.
We walked several miles through London, past Buckingham Palace (where the guards were pacing back and forth with their gloved hands swinging precisely to shoulder height), through St. James's Park, to Big Ben (the bell tower rang out under the bleak sky as we passed by), along the Thame's River to Westminster Abbey, and finally through the Natural History Museum. On the tube ride back to the airport, neither of us could keep our eyes open.
Our 11.5 hour flight allowed us plenty of time to rest our feet. We had over 100 movies and TV shows to watch as we pleased, so of course Mike watched the in-flight map. We both slept quite a bit and by the time morning rolled around, we had a clear view down to the Namibian deserts below. We were surprised by the mountainous terrain as we flew over Cape Town, and intrigued by the pure blue coastline.
We passed through customs after realizing that Sus's only luggage hadn't made it from London. The airport promptly gave us $70 to purchase some basic supplies, and we hope to have the luggage (including anti-malaria pills) by today. This money covered 3 nights in our hotel in Cape Town, lunch, dinner, and internet fees. Thus we continue "making money" on our vacation.
A friend of a friend picked us up from the airport and we spent the day exploring this strikingly beautiful city on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Our literal "high point" of the day was seeing a 360 degree view from atop Signal Hill. We plan to spend today continuing our exploration of the surrounding area with our local friend.
On Sunday we'll leave Cape Town, heading north towards Namibia with our safari group.
We walked several miles through London, past Buckingham Palace (where the guards were pacing back and forth with their gloved hands swinging precisely to shoulder height), through St. James's Park, to Big Ben (the bell tower rang out under the bleak sky as we passed by), along the Thame's River to Westminster Abbey, and finally through the Natural History Museum. On the tube ride back to the airport, neither of us could keep our eyes open.
Our 11.5 hour flight allowed us plenty of time to rest our feet. We had over 100 movies and TV shows to watch as we pleased, so of course Mike watched the in-flight map. We both slept quite a bit and by the time morning rolled around, we had a clear view down to the Namibian deserts below. We were surprised by the mountainous terrain as we flew over Cape Town, and intrigued by the pure blue coastline.
We passed through customs after realizing that Sus's only luggage hadn't made it from London. The airport promptly gave us $70 to purchase some basic supplies, and we hope to have the luggage (including anti-malaria pills) by today. This money covered 3 nights in our hotel in Cape Town, lunch, dinner, and internet fees. Thus we continue "making money" on our vacation.
A friend of a friend picked us up from the airport and we spent the day exploring this strikingly beautiful city on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Our literal "high point" of the day was seeing a 360 degree view from atop Signal Hill. We plan to spend today continuing our exploration of the surrounding area with our local friend.
On Sunday we'll leave Cape Town, heading north towards Namibia with our safari group.
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Glad you made it!!!
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