Two short calendar days, in reality – one very long day!!!
The day started off with a bit of a laugh. We lazed in, it was pointless trying to do anything in town, we were 10 minutes from the airport and a good half hour from downtown LA, and with morning traffic, probably a lot longer. Around 8, there was a knock on the door, Gray got up to answer, as always in his non existent pj’s. Thinking he would just pop his head out the door. House keeping, hearing no response barged in, the poor Mexican screamed, I think she is still running. Gray embarrassingly eventually returned to bed and a hysterical wife.
Thankfully, the morning ran smoothly after that – shuttle to airport, customs, etc. Nearly got him a Panda at duty free.
The plane took off at 3:30, with a G&T. It was a 10 hour flight, just as I got to sleep, I was woken for breakfast (9am London time, 1am LA time). My body was not ready for breakfast but was still keen to sleep.
Customs cleared, long baggage wait, an hour on the tube, a short walk from Green Park Station, to our Park Lane Sheraton Hotel, situated between GreenPark and Hyde Park. An hour too early to check in but the hotel was great, made us comfortable in their lounge with snacks and drinks till our room was ready.
The joys of travel – two days of airports and an 8 hour time difference.
We wondered up the road and had dinner at a little Italian restaurant, with a delightful Italian Chardonnay.
Pandas in Africa 