First day of trip

This is dad blogging on Jean-Marc's behalf 'cause I didn't think to set it up before he left.

Combination of IM transcripts and what he told us on the phone.

Trip started with a good omen as we were on the plane with Zack Warner and Farley Flex. See picture.

It got better as Grandma and Grandpa surprised me with an upgrade to First Class on the flight to England. The ONLY way to fly.

The seats were on an angle to the front and because we were in first class they had large touchscreens. They were actually more like personal booths. But the nicest part was the reclining action. It worked like a giant recliner. The leg rest went up and the back flipped down.

After a rest at the hotel (hey, the plane landed at 6am London time !) we went to Harrod's. It is the coolest place in the world. They have a sweeeeeet statue of the founder. It's very lifelike.

The store has several thousand restaurants inside. Picture a mall that's all one store. Five or six floors of good, quality merchandise. Two/three departments per floor. I only got to see the toy department, but we passed by a huge pet section. Mom and the girls would die with the clothes, purses, and shoes there. We stopped at a little cafe on the third floor, and I got scones.

I got this schweeeet little Rubik's thingy that looks like four 2x2x2s linked at one corner. There was a huge pet dept they had Little Eliis suits and diamond-studded leashes

Then, we went around on the subway for a while and saw Hamley's (Mondo Toy place where I got a cool floaty thing for us) and saw Piccadilly Circus. It was awesome.

The subway isn't actually all that exciting. It's a little bit noisy and quite dirty, but travels no faster than a bus. An advantage is that they don't have traffic laws to obey.

The double decker buses are schweet but I didn't get 2 go on them.

The cars are wacko. The license plates are indecipherable and everything's opposite from what it is here. They drive on the left-hand side of the road and their driver's side is on the Right

We went to Kings Cross as well and not only did I see the Baggage Trolley that was cut in half, but also met the person in charge of security while the 1st Harry Potter movie was filmed. We saw the clock and walkway that Harry stood on while questioning the validity of his ticket; and also the pillar that was seen in the film (it was blocked by a big blue bin).

I think that we're going to the London I tomorrow. Grandma's going to try to go on as well.

That's, like, miraculous. I think that the plane ride did something to her.

More later.