We woke up to a typical cloudy London day and had our first decent shower since we left home (great water pressure for weary travellers). A continental breakfast was first up on Wednesday at the Pizzeria across the road from our room. It is part of the great deal we found for our stay here. The Mermaid Suites are small but comfortable however the best part is the location!!

Having no refrigerator means that we have had to get creative with our morning coffee – the duty free Biscotti Baileys has come in very handy as a milk substitute ( well it is evening in Coffs after all!)

Time to explore London – 4 hours of walking meant visits to Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Thames. The architecture is breath taking and so intricate that is hard to believe that they were constructed so long ago. Of course, this part of London has a plethora of tourists (bloody foreigners…..;p) and eventually it was time to escape the crowds.

We then hopped on the Tube for an adventure and found that we were on the line to Bermondsey where Scott used to live. After a walk through a park where a couple of squirrels were frolicking in the trees much to our delight, we found a lovely little pub (the Angel) on the Thames overlooking the Tower Bridge, the Gherkin and the Shard. A well deserved Cider was consumed before tackling the Tube again and braving the crowds on Oxford street during peak hour! Everyone is very polite, including the seagulls who have a soft ‘peep’ sound compared to the squawk of Aussie seagulls!

Dinner was at a small pub around the corner from our accommodation called Bonds Mayfair where there was a 2 for £11 meal special. The Cajun Chicken Salad and Chile Sav Blanc wine went down well after all the tourism partaken on the day!