London here we are. We arrived Friday AM. All went smoothly but slowly through customs. We bought our round trip ticket on the Gatwick Express to get us to Victoria Station in London. We then took one of the infamous London taxis to our hotel. It is a basic but decent hotel across the street from Kensington Gardens. We took a nap and then set out to find some lunch. We did a little walking to a real tourist trap area. We napped some more. Ken went and got us some "take away" food and then we made it an early night.
Saturday morning we had our traditional English breakfast here in the hotel. Then Ken and Aaron set out on the tube for Stamford Bridge (stadium for the Chelsea football club). Robin set out on a three hour walking trip to Harrods and back. This is where the misadventure set in.
Ken and Aaron went down into the tube (subway). Ken got on the train, the door shut, and Aaron was still on the outside. So Ken went on without Aaron. At the next stop, Ken got off, found a transit police person and told him about the problem. Fortunately, Aaron had the working cell phone. The police called him, he had gotton on the next train but it was a different line going in the wrong direction. The police gave him directions to get to the right station where he met Ken. Thank heavens, all turned out alright.
They went on their tour of Stamford Bridge. Robin walked to Harrods, around the inside of Harrods and then back to the hotel Three hours of walking almost non-stop. Needless to say, my feet were really tired!
We went to an English pub for dinner, fish and chips for all of us. That was fun.
Today we will take it easy before going back to Gatwick to go to Riga. Just think - this is Deniss' last day at the orphange!
More later.
Robin
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I am so proud of Aaron... I would have probably sat down and started crying!! Did he freak out when the police called him? I am sure that Dad was freaking out more than Aaron anyways! I am glad that you guys are having fun! I love you all and can't wait to see all of you... especially my two brothers in a couple of weeks!!!
I have been lost I would say in at least 8 subways around the world and the scariest one was in Kairo, Egypt. There were no signs in any language I could read and not many friendly faces I could talk to. I hope it makes you feel better about your little adventure.
Katya
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