Cheerio!

Jet lag plus two children's Benadryl equals the best sleep ever - 10 hours long! 

We arrived in London after our 10 hour flights.  The AirBus 380 is an engineering marvel.  Quietest plane either of us have ever experienced.  Engines spin up but you barely hear them.  The flight passed easily enough and I managed to sleep a few hours which helped.  Plenty of movies and TV available as well along with dinner (late - 8:30ish SFO time) and breakfast.

Our first glitch of the trip was our driver who ended up leaving minutes before we finally got through customs.  Long saga in which I lost my temper and decided to cancel - and dispute through our credit card company because we've pre paid.  We ended up taking a very expensive cab to our hotel but oh well.  Lesson learned.  Always verify with your driver while you are in a super long customs line.  Our flight landed at 1:55PM but we didn't get through immigration and baggage until a bit after 3. 

We had dinner at a place we remembered from our trip here in 2014 and called it an early night.  We're up at 7AM and getting ready to head downstairs to breakfast and then off to our day.  Kensington Palace and Kew Gardens are on the agenda.

The weather is a bit chilly with wind - thanks to Hurricane Ophelia which is near.  J. didn't mention anything about her because he didn't want me to worry.  The pilots skirted around her for the most part - there was a little turbulence as we made our way across Ireland but it was mostly smooth. 

We're off!