All Good Things Must Come to an End

My last day in London town - I was getting used to the normal(ish) food, understanding people and reading newspapers! But I was also very much looking forward to coming 'home' - my bed, my friends, some clean clothes and some warmer weather.

Apparently London didn't feel the same way about me - it was a rainy, miserable...and yes, freeeeeezing day.

I spent the morning on a 'Jane Austen's London' walking tour - with a very knowledgeable guide, supposedly dressed as Jane Austen. This tour was great, although not a whole lot of Austen, there was alot of historical info from that time thrown in and we covered alot of ground I hadn't walked around before. We end up in Covent Garden outside a home where Jane stayed on one occasion.


Taking advantage of my location, and having only an hour or so before I need to head out to the airport I head to GBK for a yummy burger, then the Australian (and Kiwi/SA) shop to see what they've got - here I stock up in Sesame Bars and Cherry Ripes :D (I bought vegemite at the supermarket already). One final purchase before heading home - a pair of trackpants on sale for 10 pound.

Then its tube back and forth to get my bags, head over the Liverpool St for the train to Stanstead, which works out perfect timing. At Stanstead we have the hearbreak moment of the trip.

Apparently, vegemite is, quite obviously, a liquid! Well, that's according to the strict British Airport Security. So my two jars of vege get thrown in the bin, after I had checked a bag in - argh! idiot!

After that traumatic experience, and feeling rotten with a cold, I am pleasantly surprised to find I am taking the same flight home as Gabriele (from the flight to London). The plane is packed with teenage boys on their way home from some kind of school trip, and by this stage they are pretty much out of control. After we arrive I meet Gabriele's sons, and they very kindly drop me home (although I had no idea how to get there by car!).

Wow, what a fantastic time! It's great to be back home though, and I'll be heading to England some time in the future (after I've seen everything in Europe :P), to do all the things I missed out on this time around (especially things out of London).