London

Well after such a hectic flight we finally arrived in London. We were met by a fabulous driver called Dave who gave us a tour and stacks of advice. On our way to the house we were able to see the West End, Harrods by night, the Palace which I must say was a little disappointing. It was much smaller than I thought. We also saw London Bridge and the London Eye which was exciting. By the time we got to the house it was about 9pm, and we were exhausted.

After a good nights sleep we were feeling much better and up for shopping. We're within walking distance of Tesco and an Aldi so decided to try Tesco and discovered its so much more (and better) than Australian supermarkets. There were clothes, electronics, books, homewares all under the same roof as groceries! Needless to say, shopping took quiet a while. We were delighted to discover that books are the same price as magazines, and were able to get a sim card to get at least one mobile working. 90 pounds later we'd bought enough food for a week and discovered Tesco is a lot further from the house when you've got bags of shopping and no car!

We spent the afternoon unpacking and went for a walk around our block. I'll post photo's of our room and inside the house later, but here's some from outside and of Mike's new school.