Going to the U.K.

It’s my first time in London.  In Europe actually.  The flight was about 10 hours.  We took a non stop from LAX to Heathrow.  I have to say it wasn’t too bad.  We arrived in Heathrow and it seemed like any other old airport.  It really wasn’t until I stepped outside that it hit me that we were in a foreign country.  As soon as you see the taxi line it’s so weird, but cool.  We had so much luggage that I really didn’t think it’d all fit, but we did.

We drove through London for about 40 minutes until we arrived at our hotel.  The hotel seemed just like any normal hotel until we got to our room.  I mean OMG was it small.  There were two double beds and a pull out.  Everything was so small and like I said we had so much luggage, so we barely fit in the room.  It was fine though and we were only there for 5 days so it was okay.

The food sucked for the most part.  The kids and I wandered around trying to find a decent meal.  I ordered room service…a cheeseburger with fries, thinking it’d be ok.  Yuck.  It was so nasty.  We finally found some Italian restaurants that were pretty good.  I guess the trick is not to eat anywhere that is traditional London food.

We took a tour bus to the Stonehenge and the City of Bath.  It is an ancient city with hot springs.  It was a great day really.  It rained a bit, but Stonehenge was amazing.  My kids were complaining the whole time that they were just a bunch of rocks and blah blah.  I didn’t care.  Someday they’ll appreciate it. Bath was pretty, but very commercialized.  I mean there is a Starbucks there, that was kind of weird.  We did have a great time though and loved the countryside.

I definitely want to go back and see more of Europe.