On Monday we got up at 4:45am and went to drop of Michalka at Luton airport. Unsurprisingly M25 towards London was already bumper to bumper at 5:30am. I don't know what they to do make it happen. There cannot be that many people in England going to London every day and at any point of the day. One of the issues may be that they have digital displays that flash suggested speed based on the pattern ahead. To some people "suggested" may mean "required" so they slam on the breaks and so does everyone else around, and then it propagates. I don't know how long they will be watching this pattern for prior to arriving to some resolution - like turning off the displays.
At the airport they route cars with drop off passengers to a special zone and collect 2 pounds upon exit. If you pay with the credit card, that's another 1.35 pounds. And if you linger in that area for 15 minutes, you pay 80 pounds for parking. A brilliant example of nickle and diming.
Another interesting local specialty is that road construction projects display informational signs that state the start dates and the length of the project. As we started to notice those signs we also saw that everyone of those is late on delivery.
It was very very good to have Michalka with us! Kids loved her and it was so relaxing to sit together in the evening watching the swans in the river. Sorry about the biking injuries!!
Having seen how busy hotels get at this time of the year, we started to think about our next bit of travel. Next week Irina is leaving and we will go on vacation. Ireland sounds like a great place to go to.
Went to the local Korean take out Jiki for lunch. Deep fried stuff floating in oily orange goo. However here is another little delicacy we found. Tastes like caramelized condensed milk but the texture is much lighter. Check out the sign in Russian to confirm. Can take orders to staff our fridge for the guests :)
At the airport they route cars with drop off passengers to a special zone and collect 2 pounds upon exit. If you pay with the credit card, that's another 1.35 pounds. And if you linger in that area for 15 minutes, you pay 80 pounds for parking. A brilliant example of nickle and diming.
Another interesting local specialty is that road construction projects display informational signs that state the start dates and the length of the project. As we started to notice those signs we also saw that everyone of those is late on delivery.
It was very very good to have Michalka with us! Kids loved her and it was so relaxing to sit together in the evening watching the swans in the river. Sorry about the biking injuries!!Went to the local Korean take out Jiki for lunch. Deep fried stuff floating in oily orange goo. However here is another little delicacy we found. Tastes like caramelized condensed milk but the texture is much lighter. Check out the sign in Russian to confirm. Can take orders to staff our fridge for the guests :)
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