London at last

After another 12-hour flight, and nearly 48 hours after setting out from home, we've finally arrived in London. The flight was comfy again, and a very smooth landing at Heathrow. Some fun-and-games trying to find the right bus -- one person from the bus coach company very helpfully sent us to the wrong place to get a bus to Victoria Coach Station. Fortunately, the coach drivers were more on to it and quickly sent us to the right place.

So, three hours after landing at Heathrow, we're standing on Buckingham Palace Road wondering which direction to go to get to the Grosvenor hotel. We figured it out, and struggled off in the right direction (ever tried pulling five trundler suitcases, when there's only two of you?). By 5pm local time, we're booked into the Grosvenor hotel.

A quick pop out to the post office to send off packages to various locations in the UK and Finland, stop by a local Starbucks, and back to the hotel for room service.

Tomorrow, off to Abingdon to meet Auntie Joy and Uncle Fred.