After such a long time on the go, it was time to get to know london at a more leisurely pace. We had the experts (ben & ness) helping us along. They set us up with the essentials for any londoner such as an oyster card and a tube map and, of course, how to get home to their place! Other important information to know in london such as not to go to the dodgy areas and don’t eat from the fried chicken from the shop down the road.
It was when we got back to London that Nay finally agreed to see a doctor about her tonsillitis. By this time, the tonsillitis had been around for about 3 weeks and it was now time to get drugs as it was obviously not going away. So, we consulted the experts (ben and ness) about how to see a doctor and a medi centre was the way to go. Its not as easy as in Australia to see a doctor as you need to be registered and make an appointment. Luckily the medi centres are walk in places and no appointment is needed. 89 pounds later (eeekkk!!!), we finally had some drugs and a much happier nay! (well apart from the doctor checking her ears, only to find out that the infection had reached there, and that the ear looking implement caused a huge amount of pain for nay whilst she was getting checked up, that tears flowed from her eyes!!)
We managed to get heaps of sleep in the week that we stayed with ben and ness and also took our time at learning to get our way around. London is a great city with lots to see and do. Ness gave us some great ideas of what to do during the day and also the good and the bad touristy stuff to do. We saw all the usual things, Houses of Parliament, Westmininster, the London Eye, Harrods, Oxford Street a couple of funny looking bridges etc……. We also spent an evening in Greenwich which is a cute little town/city/suburb (not sure what to call it) on the thames. There is a huge park there with an observatory which is also where the Greenwich Mean Time line is.
On the weekend, we also headed to Kent, where Ben’s mum lives. We met Ben’s little brother, Stan. While Ben was visiting his mum, we headed to Canturbury where there is a huge cathedral. Canturbury is a gorgeous little town with lots of little cafes and shopping! While we were in Canterbury, we found a little café/food shop called Nasons – what a great name!!
Ness also took us to Brighton for the day, which is basically where the beach is and the world famous brighton pier! Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very warm day (how unusual) so no swimming, but we did explore the pier and the beachside. It was completely packed and seeing we were kind of at a fair, it was time to eat like we were – as you can see from the photos we made ourselves completely sick on fairy floss and sugar soaked donuts!
So again, it was time to say farewell to ness and ben and time to explore paris and see dad!!!
It was when we got back to London that Nay finally agreed to see a doctor about her tonsillitis. By this time, the tonsillitis had been around for about 3 weeks and it was now time to get drugs as it was obviously not going away. So, we consulted the experts (ben and ness) about how to see a doctor and a medi centre was the way to go. Its not as easy as in Australia to see a doctor as you need to be registered and make an appointment. Luckily the medi centres are walk in places and no appointment is needed. 89 pounds later (eeekkk!!!), we finally had some drugs and a much happier nay! (well apart from the doctor checking her ears, only to find out that the infection had reached there, and that the ear looking implement caused a huge amount of pain for nay whilst she was getting checked up, that tears flowed from her eyes!!)
We managed to get heaps of sleep in the week that we stayed with ben and ness and also took our time at learning to get our way around. London is a great city with lots to see and do. Ness gave us some great ideas of what to do during the day and also the good and the bad touristy stuff to do. We saw all the usual things, Houses of Parliament, Westmininster, the London Eye, Harrods, Oxford Street a couple of funny looking bridges etc……. We also spent an evening in Greenwich which is a cute little town/city/suburb (not sure what to call it) on the thames. There is a huge park there with an observatory which is also where the Greenwich Mean Time line is.
On the weekend, we also headed to Kent, where Ben’s mum lives. We met Ben’s little brother, Stan. While Ben was visiting his mum, we headed to Canturbury where there is a huge cathedral. Canturbury is a gorgeous little town with lots of little cafes and shopping! While we were in Canterbury, we found a little café/food shop called Nasons – what a great name!!
Ness also took us to Brighton for the day, which is basically where the beach is and the world famous brighton pier! Unfortunately, it wasn’t a very warm day (how unusual) so no swimming, but we did explore the pier and the beachside. It was completely packed and seeing we were kind of at a fair, it was time to eat like we were – as you can see from the photos we made ourselves completely sick on fairy floss and sugar soaked donuts!
So again, it was time to say farewell to ness and ben and time to explore paris and see dad!!!
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