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Adventures in an airport & more fun

I've decided to try and make a few semi regular updates. This is partly in exchange for my sister Megan making updates to her blog while she is travelling to more exciting places. If you've stumbled across my blog by accident, you should check hers out too http://megs-meanders.blogspot.co.uk/

As I am not travelling very far at the moment, I'm not sure how far I will get or how interesting it will be.

Yesterday I took the day off work in order to see Megan off at the airport with my Mum. She's off to teach in Indonesia for a year. We met at the bus stop in Teddington and got the fast bus over to Heathrow. Once in Heathrow, we checked Meg's bags in and decided our next priority was to get coffee. By this point, I was struggling not to feel very jealous of the people who were actually catching a plane to somewhere exciting so welcomed a distraction.

Megan & Mum at the airport

 



After making our coffees last an impressive amount of time, we wandered over to the security gates. It was time to say goodbye. We're not an overly emotional family so I think Megan found it a bit awkward but we had a hug and waited until Megan had disappeared behind the security gates.

As we'd booked the whole day off, Mum and I decided to go over to Greenwich for the afternoon. We headed off onto the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines in order to reach North Greenwich, home of the O2 (formally the Millennium Dome. Our plan was to have some lunch and then go on the Emirates Cable Car that has been open for just over a year.

Unfortunately, shortly after our lunch it started raining. Big style. We waited it out to see if it would eventually ease off or even stop. Luckily, we only had to wait about 15 minutes until the clouds cleared and the sun came back out.

The cable car itself was not very busy so Mum and I got a gondola to ourselves. As you can see from the photo, you could almost pretend it hadn't just been raining.

 

 

The only disappointing element for me was the view. The O2 and Canary Wharf are interesting enough but those were the only real landmarks I knew well enough to recognise. I'm sure people living in the Greenwich area would disagree but to me, the tower blocks all start merging into one. Despite that, it was a fun trip and definitely worth it.

 

After that, we got onto the DLR at Royal Docks and headed back to Bank. By that point it was nearly 4pm and we were keen to avoid rush hour. As a result, we decided to get the Waterloo & City line back to Waterloo then get a train back to Teddington.

 

Not quite as exciting as a trip abroad or a year in a foreign country but stick with it, I may write something good soon.