This has been a real adventure! I am part of a 34 member tour group which was too large for the airline to accommodate all of us on the same flight. Yes, you guessed it, we were divided into two groups and I am in group A which left Nashville very early Monday morning. Group B left Nashville around 5:30 Monday afternoon.
As you know from yesterday's posts we had a small snafu when our flight was delayed a couple of hours in New York. The rest of our flight was pretty typical... nothing extraordinary to report.
Group B left Chicago on time (I think), but had to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland for an ill passenger. Following that interruption there was electrical problems that made it necessary to land again in Ireland, where they will remain tonight. The plan is for them to arrive in London early in the morning to join us on the tour.
I learned today that London has way too many people living here, 80 million! A very large number of them ride the Tube, as it is known here. I can take the Tube and even change trains after spending today riding and connecting.
The first sightseeing location took us to Westminster and to Covent Garden for food and shopping. Our evening ended at Young's Prince William Henry for an authentic fish and chips dinner.
Since we didn't sleep very much on board the plane last night everyone was tired and ready for a peaceful night's sleep.
Tomorrow we'll all be rested and ready for another exciting day touring London.
Interesting........I learned a new word, snafu, from reading this blog. :)
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