London Weather

Here's a link to the Weather Underground for London. So far it will be sunny and 35 - 40 degrees. Not bad!

Three days and counting!

It's hard to believe that we'll be leaving for London this Saturday! We wanted to get Christmas done before we really started prepping for the trip, but now we are running out of time! We'll get everything done, we always do.

So the tree and lights come down tomorrow. We are 'staging' our packing in the dining room. I really don't want to take more than we need; I don't want to be schlepping heavy bags around!

It doesn't see real yet, but it will on Saturday as we drive to O'Hare.

14 days!

It is snowing here today. 34 degrees with about an inch of snow. We looked at the weather in London and guess what?! Yep, 34 degrees and snowing. So to test out the new coat and boots I bought for the trip we went for a walk. To my relief, both coat and boots will work perfectly in London.

We now have most of our shopping done and there are a few wrapped presents under the tree. So I'm feeling really good about Christmas and the upcoming trip!

Our schedule for London

Here is our exciting schedule for London!

Saturday, Jan 2

• Depart Chicago

Sunday, Jan 3

• Arrive London
• Check in to Hotel (Royal National)
• Tube Tour
• "Footsbarn’s Christmas Cracker" at Globe Theatre

Monday, Jan 4

• Intro to London Coach Tour
• "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (with James Earl Jones) at the Novello Theatre

Tuesday, Jan 5

• Private Tour Stonehenge
• Tower of London
• "Peter Pan" at the O2

Wednesday, Jan 6

• Globe and Rose Tour
• Tour Southbank
• "Twelfth Night" at the Duke of York's Theatre
  

Thursday, Jan 7

• Stratford Upon Avon Tour
• "Arabian Nights" at the Court Theatre (Stratford)

Friday, Jan 8

• London Eye
• Westminster Abby
• "Billy Elliot: The Musical" at Victoria Palace Theatre

Saturday, Jan 9

• Windsor Castle

Sunday, Jan 10

• Explore London
• Shopping
• Greenwich (Maybe a boat trip down the Thames)

Monday, Jan 11

• London Tea at the Imperial Hotel
• "The War Horse" at New London Theatre

Tuesday, Jan 12

• Fly Home to Peoria

These are just the highlights we will see much more that London has to offer. This schedule does leave time to eat and use the facilities but only as needed!

This will be a great trip!

18 days to departure

We have 18 days before we leave! Haven't started packing because I haven't even started Christmas shopping (I know, I know). Thank goodness for Amazon's 2day free shipping. I'd be hurting without it.

We have all of our event tickets. I'll get the schedule from George and post here. Was just out to Westminster Abbey's website http://www.westminster-abbey.org/ and guess what? You can follow them on Twitter! wabbey is their account name.

They didn't have snow last year when George was there, but it would be kind of cool (pun intended) to have a least one day of snow. Isn't it gorgeous!

Can hardly wait!

Preparations for the Trip!

We've been planning for this trip for a few months with George driving us crazy with what shows to see and things to do. But thank god he does that because if it was left to me, we would probably miss out on more than a few great things to do.

George loves London! He is so excited to be sharing London with CJ and me. My main concern is getting a coat that is warm enough. I don't spend a lot of time out in the elements so it has to be one that is waterproof and warm!

Then there is footwear! Found a really nice pair of Crocs with fur lining that are cute (this being the primary concern), comfortable and warm.

Now what to wear.....

Well, I'll think about that after Christmas.

More later.....

Eli