Eschew Obfuscation: Day One: To London

Day One: To London

Max Dunn — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:52:00 -0700

July 25-26, 2006: Getting to London was amazingly easy. We had a friend drop us off at the San Francisco airport, the flight was non-stop to London, and then we took an Express Train and Underground to the hotel. Easy as pie! The Landmark Hotel was very nice and the service was great. We ate at the Giraffe Restaurant which was very colorful and kid-friendly, then took a swim and went to bed. Here are more details:

"Day One: To London" by Suzanne

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:42:40 -0700

Going back to yesterday, the flight coming over was the best we’d ever done with the kids—having your own monitor helps, and I’m sure Claire would have watched movies all night if I hadn’t told her to get some sleep.

Once we arrived, we took the express train to London Paddington Station and then the Tube to the Marylebone station. As I said in my last blog, the train stations are extraordinary. They’re fun to look at (architecturally) and are full of life. These are what train stations should be like.

Our hotel, The Landmark, is right across the street from the Marylebone Station. It is old but very nice—kind of like the Fairmont in SF. It’s probably one of the biggest rooms that we’ve stayed in.

All day we were fighting to stay awake due to the time change. I haven’t felt this tired since pulling all nighters in college. I think I was the worst one out of everybody. I barely had enough energy to walk to dinner at Giraffes (which seemed like miles away). Actually, it could have been with the route that we took! Max and I split a mahi mahi dinner with a side of edamame stir fried in garlic and chili oil. Mmmmmm!

Still fighting to stay awake when we got home. People magazine couldn’t even help so we went swimming. That did wake me up! The water wasn’t too cold, and I got in in record time (less than 30 minutes!). What got me was when Maxie said that the water was a lot warmer than the Cousins’ pool, I was determined to get in.

Max finally let us go to bed after swimming (9p) and boy, did we sleep…

"Day One: To London" by Suzanne

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:06:02 -0700

It was hotter than usual from what I recall. The train stations were extraordinary – I felt like I was in a Harry Potter book looking for platform 9 3/4. We walked for miles to eat at Giraffes and didn’t know what to expect. But the food was surprisingly good and expensive. The Mango-Lime daquiries really hit the spot.

"Day One: To London" by Maxie

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:03:40 -0700

I liked the airplane trip because I got to play a lot of game boy. I liked the Giraffe restaurant, but there was no re-fills. I liked going swimming because there was like nobody there and the pool was giant. The ground was too bricky.

"Day One: To London" by Claire

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:01:47 -0700

Getting on the airplane wasn’t that fun but our seats were kinda fun because there were little TVs in front. But when we were starting to fly, it wasn’t so fun because I got a headache. But the rest of the flight was fun because I just watched TV. And in the night I didn’t get that much sleep.

When we arrived, I was like half-awake. We went on the underground express. It took a little bit of a long time. But it was better than BART.

The hotel is pretty nice. And the rooms were really fancy. And the pool was super big.

Going to dinner was kinda fun. I liked the drinks and the little giraffes they stuck in the drinks. But it wasn’t that fun because we just walked around.