London, baby, LONDON!

Greetings from the land of MINIs! :) I've seen several dozen already, and we've only been here for a few hours.

We had a very nice last day in Spain yesterday. We went out to the main touristy destination area of Marbella, and gawked at all of the enormous yatchs. Dick decided to stay at the apartment to relax, while Rob, Andrew & I drove up to their new house in the hills. It's a gorgeous building that they've been working on for two years (to the day). It's almost complete, and they're very excited.

We woke up early this morning (6:30am) had a quick breakfast, and left for the Malaga airport at 7:30. The drive back was uneventful (thankfully) and we made it in plenty of time. The return flight on EasyJet was good as well.

After a painfully slow hired drive to our hotel, we managed to check into the Cranley Hotel (Located in Kensington) at 2:30pm. Our room is lovely, and I'm looking forward to relaxing in it this evening.

Dick and I dropped our stuff off and decided to head out to explore the area. We ate at a lovely little cafe, then made our way to Kensington Gardens. The weather held up well (no rain) and we walked around for a couple of hours. We managed to (finally) find the new Memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales. It's a very clever design, and I was happy to see it.

We're walking back to our hotel now, and happened upon this convenient Internet Cafe. (I love these things.

Our flight leaves Heathrow tomorrow around 2:30pm. We'll be leaving here around 11:00 - probably catching a cab to Paddington Station, and taking the Heathrow Express Train from there. I'll be on the lookout to see if I can find the "actual" Paddinton Bear there - do you think Dick would let me bring him home? ;)

That's all for now - we'll see you all again when we're back home Monday evening.