Graeme very kindly dropped us at Chelmsford station around 9am to catch our train to London (a short journey of around 50 minutes). First stop before boarding the train was breakfast (at Weatherspoons of course!). Avocado muffin and hot chocolate for Sally, and Vegetarian breakfast with hot chocolate for Kim. Sally left a memento here – her passport and credit cards – but we didn’t miss them for over a week until NZ House got in touch and told us someone had handed them in!
We arrived at Liverpool Station (interesting to see my first station from the Monopoly board!) around 10am, dropped our bags at a storage place, then boarded the Hop on Hop off bus to do some exploring, and to get orientated. There was a chilly wind but the sun came out and everything warmed up later in the afternoon.
We collected our luggage around 5pm and headed for our BnB. This turned out to be very basic (almost a boarding house type arrangement) but the room was fairly large with plenty of storage space, and in Whitechapel so very close to many attractions. Caught up on some admin then popped out again around 6pm for a walk and some dinner.
Caught the underground home
And that was the end of my (Sally) first ever day in London!
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