We ate lunch before Pam, Ted, Lisa and Jason left. There was no place open for lunch before 11 a.m., so we ate at the little coffee shop next door to the hotel.
I was finally able to change the “old” pounds to new pounds. Papa had given us some extra pounds from their visit in 2015, but that version of coin is no longer in service.
We rode the tube to Hyde Park and walked to Kensington Palace.
We walked through the sunken garden (a week later Prince Harry and Megan Markle will announced their engagement here).
We toured the King and Queen’s quarters and viewed the special exhibition, "Diana: Her Fashion Story." The exhibit was a collection of dresses and clothes that Princess Diana wore. It told why she wore it and where...*I* thought it was interesting...the males were bored.
We walked down Kensington street where we saw lots of American stores. England does not celebrate Thanksgiving so it was business as usual in London. Since it was Thanksgiving Day...we dined in style...ordering from the kiosk at McDonald’s.
Our Thanksgiving meal!
Tasted exactly like American McDonalds!
Near our hotel there was a cool "art gallery" or underground tunnel full of graffiti.
Friday, November 24
Bye bye London! We headed to Heathrow in the morning for a 12:15 p.m. flight. We took the tube to Paddington station, then got on a train. Checking our bags and going through security was pretty fast...the airport was not busy at all, contrary to what U.S. airports might be like today.
Scott got stopped at security for his bottle of booze. They had to check it before they would let him through.
We arrive in Chicago and have 1.5 hours to get our bags, go through immigration and customs and get to the next terminal for our flight. The line at immigration was super long, and for a while, we didn't know if we were going to make our next flight. We did see a cute drug smelling dog at the airport, so there's that.
We arrived back in Wichita at 6:45 p.m. - but to us it felt like 2:45 a.m.
Another crisis! I leave my backpack in the taxi-it has my laptop in it! Scott rushed back to the airport while I call the taxi service. I couldn't remember which service we used, but luckily there's only three in Wichita. The first one I called was able to help me...crisis averted and I got my laptop back!
Everyone is in bed by 8 p.m.
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