Halfway There :)

We left our apartment at 3pm on Tuesday, May 29th and did not arrive into Cape Town until 9am on Thursday, May 31. Luckily we had a nice long layover in London to stretch our legs and see the city. We made the most of our short time in London and attempted to tire ourselves out so we would sleep the whole 12 hour plane ride to South Africa. It almost worked...

Our adventure started after getting our passport stamps at the airport. We seriously looked like two lost tourists wandering around with our heavy packs. Train, underground... aren't they the same thing? Apparently not. So we took the adventurous way using the Tube to get into downtown London. A fun French girl named Leslie took pity on us and rode the Picadilly line with us to get to Big Ben. If it hadn't been for her, we'd still be trying to navigate our way through the city.

We walked and walked and walked all over London, getting a beer at some restaurant claiming their portions were big enough for an elephant to eat (Thanks for the pounds, Papa Parker :) and laughing at the ads on the red double-decker buses (especially the one that said in big block lettering 'For the love of boobs'). It was misting and raining off and on all day, but we were so excited to be in London and out of our cramped airplane quarters that we hardly noticed.

All in all, it was a good day. It kept our mind off the 12 hour flight looming before us and tired us out enough that we couldn't wait to shut our eyes and doze off.

The flight to Cape Town was anything but exciting. Luckily the cabin was very empty so we were fortunate enough to each have our own row of seats so we could lay down and sleep most of the time. We thought we might actually feel rested by the time we arrived at Life Community Welfare :) we are so naive.