So I have just got back from
Londonium………………..London to you troglodytes that have no clue as to what I am
talking about. Gotta to admit that for not “really wanting to go and giving
Tania grief about it for a while” it was pretty amazing, does it mean I would
go and live there?................. “mmmmmm”, No not at the moment, but I can see why Doug
and Nicky prefer it to SA, not that they don’t love SA , cause they do, but
they have a pretty good life there and have no reason to come back to SA, other
than to see the family more often as well as the sun.
I can hear a few of you going,
“you getting soft in your old age”? - - - - - “Nah
just mellower”. So we did so much I actually don’t know where to start to be
honest, so perhaps the best is to break up the trip into a few Blogs that
concentrate on certain aspects or observations from the trip.
I have to say that we walked till
Tania’s Shoes had a “blowout” , used the tube, took bus rides, a cab ride,, we cruised the Thames,
rode Boris bicycles down Oxford street, took car trips, drove go carts, Ferrari’s and an Aston Martin
Vantage 8 thrown in just for good measure, we saw soldiers with huge black hats, with
polished breast plates, some on foot others riding horses and even some playing instruments. Met Madiba, I got some
culture, saw how not to dress for success, was perplexed as to why I can buy a
London pie in SA, but could not find a pie in London, rekindled memories of my
childhood with a trip to Wembley Stadium, know where to purchase the best Wors
in North London, had a pint or two in a pub or two, saw the ruins of Verulamium with a Cathedral (with the longest
nave in England) named after the man that converted a few Romans to
Christianity and was executed for his trouble, came face to face with a
dinosaur, visited the oldest Harley Shop in Europe, wondered was the UK really
in recession ?, got to drive 2 Super cars at one of the best racetracks in
Europe……………… “well certainly England”, saw hundreds of café racers at one of
the worlds “iconic” breakfast run venues, realized that an ass was not meant to
sit on an aircraft seat for hours at a time, now know why it’s vital you have
more than 1 toilet in your home, spent some awesome time with family, had a BBQ in the back garden and got to understand why the Poms are so
obsessed with Wimbledon and the weather.
So stay tuned and all will be
revealed over the next few weeks.
Ciao
SPAD
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