Day 50 - Paris (France) / London (England) - Blue Skies

WHAT ARE THEY WHINGING ABOUT? After our previous dramas sorting out our Eurostar ticket, we were finally sitting back and relaxing as the train pulled out shortly after 7am, bound for Lon-don, En-ga-land. The trip takes about 2 hours and the tunnel is anti-climatic (I guess I was hoping that there might be a glass portion where you can see the sharks swimming and secret spy subs or something). We arrived at Waterloo station where blue skies and our marvellous friend Justine met us with a "welcome to London" pack consisting of Oyster cards for public transport, pounds to buy pints of beer and maps so we didn't get lost after those pints! We rewarded her with a rendition of "Waterloo". We made it to their house on Abbey Road, yes, the Beatles one (after a small bit of confusion related to them having moved) and collapsed. This was one of those moments it was nice to just relax and do nothing. So we chilled and then grabbed fish and chips and a pint at their local pub (literally two buildings down) - all very nice as long as your remember that Scrumpy Jacks is a cider not a beer! We finished the evening with more beers in Soho, meeting a fraction of the hordes that have come to England from Australia to work (it was a regular PwCC reunion).
LESSON FOR THE DAY: Oyster (swipe) cards make transport very easy in London (and the underground is fantastic, no timetable required because they come so often - when they're running).