Joe: The start of another trip.<\/p>\n
Kathleen: Sitting in the airport. Bored. Done shopping. That was boring.<\/p>\n
Joe: No waistcoats.<\/p>\n
Kathleen: Up far too early, at 4am, but the taxi came very early. We scheduled for 5am but he showed up at about 25 to 5! So we were off early and at the airport early. Luckily Heathrow opens this early and so we were able to get through security (just us and one other couple in the security queue; so why, when they are in front of us, do they take ages and act like they’ve never ever seen an airport security check before? They were from the US so they had to come over here some how.) Once through security had a nice breakfast and then a walk and a look in *every single* shop. <sigh><\/p>\n
Joe: Cause you were looking for a shawl.<\/p>\n
Kathleen: Nope, it was his waistcoat. He wants a waistcoat. Which apparently no one wears any longer. Cause you can’t find them anywhere. Well, except two small shops in London where they start at about \u00c2\u00a3150. ANYWAY, looked in every single shop and now am updating the blog. Obviously. Got a tour guide on NY so can see where we’re going. We booked our tickets to the Statue of Liberty last night, so now have two things booked. Which is something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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