Travelling with the time lord

We left tullamarine in the middle of the storm, howling wind and rain, and before the ash set in again-kind of made me glad to be getting out of there...I thought that flying out at 2.35 am would be good for avoiding jet lag coz I'd get to england at night time and could fall into bed. This is good in theory but it also means that by the time the plane was ready to take off I was ready to cry with fatigue...maybe this isn't the best way to start the trip? The first four hours on the plane I found myself wondering if I could spring for the cash to upgrade and fly business class (the answer to that will be no). After a crazy stop in KL where we had to get off the plane, go into the airport, back through screening and back onto the plane in 20 minutes we went to dubai and then here to London....so maybe it was fatigue that meant I got a tear in my eye when they said 'welcome to london' over the p.a. Home to emery's place and it was great to see her!

So for our first proper day in London we decided to nerd it up (clearly more than usual) and go to the Dr. Who experience being held at olympia. So we set off on foot hoping that we would find our way there... I knew I was heading in the right direction when I saw a guy clearly pretending to be David Tennant (and failing miserably) heading towards the venue....he turned out to be our tour host - showing that any out of work actor/ total geek can find a perfect job. The experience is totally cheesy but loads of fun - I enjoyed standing around the tardis and feeling the floor move, having 3d glasses on as daleks came to exterminate me...and then wandering around looking at costumes and parts of the set - total dr.who tragic heaven....rohan left clutching his sonic screwdriver wii mote that he bought at the merch stand. The time lord had delivered much happiness!

The sun disappeared for a while today so we decided to walk to kensington palace gardens where I hung out with some squirrels and enjoyed some sunshine when it did come back (I'll put up a cheesy squirrel photo soon!). Wandered into hyde park and then heard the torturous sounds of 'kings of leon' so I fled fearful that hearing them might do me some permanent damage. I was also tired and slightly bemused by the fact that I've been in London less than 15 hours and got asked for directions by English people multiple times today - this always seems to happen wherever we are...I reckon it's my 'walk with purpose' attitude....Now my legs are tired from walking with purpose and I'm starting to get sleepy.....crazy day trip to Paris tomorrow ...might need to get an early night I reckon!