Posted by ambolino | Posted in living abroad, travel | Posted on 03-04-2009
So we are back in London today after a glorious 2 days in the countryside. Ugh. We have seriously got to get out of the city with our giant luggage. Navigating the Tube with a huge bag is no fun. And the last 2 days in London’s financial district has been quite chaotic. The G20 summit summoned world leaders from many countries and demonstrations and riots for days. People broke into the Royal Bank of Scotland and police had to try to corral 4000 people in the streets. So as we are hearing about all this I realize that the hotel we booked is right in the heart of the chaos. We are staying right where the riots happened. Today though it is business as usual. Thank God. We have seen a few signs of the demonstrations but mostly people are back at work, la dee dah.
So last night I stayed awake sick in the bathroom so we were more than happy to check into the hotel today and sleep. I have no pictures because we didn’t do anything but get on a train, another train and crash on our bed. Maybe tomorrow. Tomorrow we go to Brighton, our new home until August. We are so excited to get there and get settled, we are weary of traveling and ready to get back to work. And so I am off to sleep, hopefully I sleep through the night tonight.