A "Trip" to the ER!

Ok before you start panicking - no Stu and I have not injured ourselves *touch wood*

I am referring to the events that unfolded last night at the Piccadilly Theatre, 15 minutes before Siobhan was just to hit the stage as "Sandra Dee" in Grease .......and hit the stage she did :(

After grabbing a quick (garlicy) chinese over in Chinatown, we all hurried back to the theatre to get our seats when disaster struck - Liam received a text that Siobhan had collected her ankle running off the stage after the matinée and was being rushed to the ER! Oh no!

Heading around to the stage door we see poor Siobhan hobbling out of her dressing room, wincing with pain at every step. Stu and Liam, being the gentlemen that they are (sometimes), decided it was best to carry Siobhan to the waiting black cab.

After waving Siobhan goodbye we decided to cash in our tickets and hit the pub to drown our sorrows. Being summer time it was still light at 830pm so we decided on some alfresco drinks at a pub near Carnaby Street - PIMMS time! Now alfresco drinking in Australia means you sit within a licensed area, close to the pub door and usually marked out with black and yellow hazard tape - not here - to Stu's amazement pub patrons were sprawled out all over the cobbled street surrounding the pub, drinks in hand, lapping up the warm English night. As Liam would say "BRILLIANT"!

Moving on we headed to "Sketch", the trendiest and weirdest restaurant/bar I have seen. This place looked like it should have been in Tate Modern not a restaurant/bar off of Regent Street! Heading through the ultra trendy restaurant, complete with its streaming video installations, we walked through a tiny door into the egg-shaped cocktail bar. It was like walking into a scene from Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton's editing) - from the tiny arched doorway the room exploded into a huge space complete with sunken bar.

"We'll have a spiced pear daiquiri, a lollipop cocktail and 2 champagne beers thanks".... and at 13 pounds a cocktail (that's like $25) we slowly sipped our cocktails and soaked up the atmosphere - we were only going to drink one. Suffice to say the cocktails were fantastic and we have a great first night in London!

UPDATE: Siobhan is out of ER and thank god nothing is broken. She just has to rest up and will be back on her feet in no time.

UPDATE 2: BA strikes are back on.... luckily our flight to Amsterdam was one of the chosen few not cancelled! Phew...

Yodelayeeee

Good morning... er afternoon... er evening!? My brain is so confused! After over 24 hours without sleep, stu and I have just had a well earned rest and have awoken to the purple haze of our premium Yotel pod! Amazing how much better you feel after a shower and some good shut eye!


Off to check into our proper hotel now then on explore sunny London! Yeah that's right it's sunny - amazing! Not a volcano cloud in sight! He he!

Seeing the lovely Miss Siobhan Dillon tonight in Grease - can't wait!! Oh and Stu wants to speak to Liam as to what "golfing" options are avaliable in the UK!

2 down, 1 to go

Well it's been about 18 hours since our last post from Gate 78 at Brisbane Airport and were now many miles away in Abu Dhabi!

While the flights have both been long the overall journey hasn't been too bad! We did have a screaming baby sitting in front of us the whole way which is every travellers worst nightmare but alas the annoyance soon turned to amusement when the baby did a threesy (explosive poo) all over its mum! I still chuckle at the thought!

Well two more hours to kill here and then another flight to go before we arrive in Old Blighty! Hopefully will catch a few zzz's on this flight! If not bring on 4hrs at Yotel Heathrow!

Location:Abu Dhabi Airport

Going, going, gone!

At the airport and all checked in (no upgrade - boo!) we board in 30 minutes! Goodbye Australia! Let the adventure begin....




PS) Good news - the BA strike was called off and the volcano is blowing away from Heathrow! Looks like we'll make it after all!

Location:Gate 78 - Brisbane Airport

Sad Goodbyes & Trains

Well it's finally the 20th of May and after months of planning were finally off to Europe! Can't believe it!

After some very sad goodbyes this morning (better not talk too much about it or ill start blubbing again) we are now standing at Coomera Train Station (much to the dislike of Stu) waiting on the air train! This will be the first train on many over the next few months so Stu will have to get used to it! He also needs to learn to drive his matching luggage! Ha ha!

- Posted from my iPhone

Location:Gold Coast

BA Cabin Crew "Strike" Again (Excuse the Pun)

Have just woken up to hear the news that Unite (the trade union for British Airways) has announced further cabin crew strikes grounding many BA flights from 18th May 2010- 5th June 2010! While we're not flying into London on a BA codeshare (phew!) we are flying BA to Amsterdam on the 27th May smack-bang in the middle of the strike! Argh! The question now is... do we wait to see what happens or do we take the chance and rebook ourselves on another airline?

Early Morning Arrival? YOTEL!

UPDATE: We have just booked a premium pod at Heathrow's Yotel. What's a Yotel you ask? Well check it out for yourself at www.yotel.com! As we're arriving in the wee hours of Friday morning we have decided to spend a few hours in a Yotel Pod to freshen up and catch some Zzzs before heading into the big smoke! This will also give us the chance to avoid rush hour on the tube! Smart thinking Batman!!!