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Another Christmas Eve in London for me! This is the third year in a row I have gotten my Christmas Wish List from the Crew Desk. Wow. Just WOW! And, I flew with a friend, Julie, so that was great! We didn't do much--slept a little when we arrived, then walked all afternoon over Regent Street and the fully and festively decorated Oxford Street. Michelle, one of our flying partners had her cousin Jamie meet us and he hung out with us as we shopped amidst the hoards of Christmas Eve shoppers.

An alley of shops off Regent Street

These fresh hydrangeas and roses had glitter on them--much prettier in person, though!

This was a Marmite promotion where people uploaded their own picture online
and it was displayed for all the world to see!

A side window display at Selfridges

Jamie and his cousin Michelle

Julie and me

Bailey's, Sambuca and grenadine. Sounds awful, tastes great!

I hope that 2013 brings good health and great travels to us all!

Blondie

We're leaving for London in a couple of hours--the flight looks good for getting a standby seat. Tomorrow night, we having dinner with Anna-Ruby, a family friend I haven't seen in a couple of years. We're going to Mela, a terrific Indian restaurant--London is definitely the place to go to get spoiled with delicious Indian food!

So, running through the checklist--passport, laptop, camera--and I am just about ready to go!

In the meantime, here is a fun flight attendant blog--check out In Case of Emergency -- Life in the sky of an Aussie flight attendant, her crash pad on the 'net!

Had a great trip to London! I worked in Business going over with a London-based crew. Since I was the only one not based there, I was the only Flight Attendant going to the hotel. And, that was just fine, because I love being in London and am very comfortable finding my way around.

We worked the day flight over, so we arrived in London around 9:30 pm. Add another hour or so to the hotel in Central London--I checked into my room--and was given Room 1815. Took a little while to find it--it was behind this door (doh!) marked incorrectly:

Torrential rains the next morning made it perfect to sleep in. The skies cleared up a little afternoon, so I headed out for a bite to eat.

A block from the hotel I passed the Hyde Park mansions.

I walked through Marks and Spencer on my way over to the Edgware Road Tube Station. Interesting the way the shoes are displayed there-different from the way they are displayed in a

US store. After I snapped this picture, I had a Security guy follow me through the rest of the store. With the law following me, I made sure to stop and look at everything!!

Down the escalator to the the Bakerloo Line, which will take me right to Picadilly Circus, and only a few blocks from my favorite restaurant near there.

Getting closer...

Hey! Did you lose your tennis shoes?

Lower Regent Street, just a couple more blocks to New Burlington Street to....

...a Speck pizza at Strada. Described on the menu as: Slices of northern Italian smoked mountain ham, gorgonzola, tomato, mozzarella and rocket. (Rocket is arugula.)

Deeeee-lish!

Flying back Monday morning, I worked the Business Galley--we rocked out two hot meals and had fun doing it. I arrived home yesterday around 1 pm...and was in bed for a few hours a little later. Fun trip for me!

Blondie

See that building at Picadilly Circus with the flags flying on it? (Double-click on it to see it better.) It has become a Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. Bleh. Excuse my while I go hack up a hairball....

I don't know...I just don't like it there. Any other tool in the box called capitalism, sure. I love the Boots store there, and the Gap...but Ripley's? It just doesn't feel London enough for me...

Ack!

Blondie

My prayers have been answered...I received an international trip early this morning, and dammit! I am NOT in Frankfurt. This teeny post comes to you straight from my London hotel room...where it is 1:15 in the morning. Hopefully, I will have some pretty pictures to post tomorrow evening...I don't leave the hotel until 0530 Monday morning.

And, hopefully, the rain is gone. I'm just wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'.....
Blondie

Christmas in London

Leaving on a jet plane...

London for pizza!

London snob

Wishin' and hopin'....

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