The flight from Lima to Schiphol was not the greatest. Albeit I booked through Air France the plane was KLM. That was not a problem in itself, except that it was extremely cramped.
I did have an interesting chat with a retired Dutch doctor who was sitting next to me. She was as serious traveller. I made that comment that the Dutch are on a per capita basis, the most widely travelled nationality on the planet. She responded that that could be true, “however if you only meet Dutch people outside of Holland, then by definition they are travellers.” She went on to say there are a lot of Dutch people that rarely move outside the country.
Landing at City Airport
After landing in Schiphol I changed planes for the short flight to London. Schiphol is a very large, but very efficient airport. I was able to make the connecting flight with ease.
I have never been to the City Airport before. It only takes small aircraft that cope with the small run way.
The experience was excellent. I swapped passports (Australian for British) and walked through the automatic gates. My luggage had already arrived and in no time on was on the DLR train having discovered that I had over GBP 15 on my Oyster Card.
After months of having to deal with new places and unfamiliar transport systems and foreign languages, it was great to be back in familiar territory.
Couple of days near The Tower London
I stayed in hostel over the weekend. My SW18 hosts were fully booked. This is not a surprise. They have a very high occupancy rate, particularly at this time of the year.
Back in SW18
After the weekend, I headed out to SW18 and my London host’s place.
It was great to be back in such familiar place and to be in ‘my room again’.
Collecting the Bike
The next I went out to Northwest London to collect my bike. I had given it to the shipping company in Sydney back in January just before I flew to Japan.
It was great to see it again.
Kinks Musical
On Tuesday I got a ticket to the musical ‘Sunday Afternoon’. It is based on the story of the Kinks. It is not simply a ‘Juke Box’ musical like ‘Let it Be’ – there is a story.
Elgar Concert
I also when to Sunday Afternoon concert and the Royal Albert Hall. This is my favourite concert venue. The programme included. His cello concerto that was made famous by
Flickr Links
London June 2015
https://www.flickr.com/gp/twwilko_photos/6pDJJ8
Elgar Concert
https://www.flickr.com/gp/twwilko_photos/dHt5S3
Garmin Link
On the bike again – Northwest London to SW18
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/799642377
Jacqueline Du Pre YouTube Link
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=du+pre+concerto&fr=ymyy-t-999&fr2=p%3Amy%2Cm%3Asb
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