Attack of the zombies

Waiting in airports...get used to it!! Left on time on our flight to Frankfurt. Had a nice German lady sitting next to us which made things easier + managed to get a bit of sleep but I still think my idea of sedating everyone on long-haul flights has merit and would solve a number of problems. The view at night of all the lights over various parts of the world was very cool + also helpful for spotting SAM plumes from the Iranians or wayward air-to-air missiles from the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq. Frankfurt was fairly boring waiting for our final flight to London - this is a very busy airport and they bused us to our plane and it seems they don't have space at the terminal or are trying to save money.

Landed in Heathrow and were picked up by Nic and Gareth (who arrived in London about a month ago) and we took the tube to their flat in Hammersmith where we're staying (thanks guys!). Resembling a zombie, my first impressions of London was that is is rather dirty and run-down in places and reminded me a bit of Timaru in the 1980's - this was certainly the case of terminal 2 at Heathrow. It certainly does have a charm about it though and now that I'm not so tired, I'm loving the place. The weather has been perfect which is great timing as apparently it's been raining for the last week of so. London really is a lot like what I expected, although I was quite surprised at how green it looked from the plane. Had a couple of sleeps during the day, hit Tesco - the local chain of supermarkets and then went to bed early to try and shake the jet-lag.