We have been back to the UK for the day - some people go on day trips during their holiday so we decided to do the same - to England! OK so it is a bit over the top I know - but Steve had a medical appointment that he wanted to attend so off we went.
What a long day - but everything went well and the travel was straightforward. Good old Ryanair did us a cheap deal from Bergamo to Luton airport - we left the camp at 8am, drove the 30 miles along the autostrada to the airport, parked the car and waited the hour or so until the flight left. We only took hand luggage so it was a walk on, walk off journey. The plane took off on time, we managed to get exit seats so Steve long legs was comfortable, on both flights amazingly, and we landed at Luton to get straight on the shuttle bus to the railway station.
The trains leave every 10 minutes or so to central London so that was easy too, then the underground until we reached our destination. Appointment over with and we found an internet cafe, confirmed our return flights and printed off our boarding cards. Then I phoned my brother, Graham, to tell him which train we were catching back to Luton - he and Sue then drove down to meet us, we went for a pizza (yes I know - flying from Italy to eat a pizza in England!) as we didn't have long before the return flight. They dropped us off at the airport and we caught the plane back to Bergamo. Then we drove back to Esmerelda and slept very well.
On the whole we were impressed by the efficiency of the travel services in England and we had thought it would be nice to hear English being spoken again - but no way! every other language yes - but hardly any English. Sign of the times I suppose. We were impressed with St Pancras Station though - very, very nice. I had wanted to see it since it was renovated and it didn't disappoint. See pics - Steve looks good beside Sir John Betjeman doesn't he?
We did feel decidedly chilly in England although the temperature was about 20c - that shows we must be acclimatising to the hot weather in Italy. It was lovely to get off the plane in Italy and smell the warm (well hot actually) night air again. When we left Italy at 9am it was 27c and that was pleasant to us - it was 29c at 11pm when we landed and that was enjoyable to us. The whole idea of coming back to Italy was good for us - we are not feleing homesick at all - not one bit! Especially when we read the newspapers and saw what a mess Gordon is making of it all.
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