Day 133... escape

“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.”

Yogi Berra

This stamp is one of the first that was placed in my passport; I first got my passport to travel to NZ but they didn't stamp it so when I travelled to Hong Kong, London, Paris and Bologna last year I was so excited to see the stamps appearing in my passport

Yesterday I lacked inspiration and turned to the theme "Travel", today I lacked time and so once again turned to the theme... I did have this idea after I posted yesterday's shot so it all worked out well

Day 132... packing

Basically, I love photography - and travel. You could say I travel to take photographs and take photographs to travel. - Rick Sammon

Today I lacked inspiration so I looked to the weekly theme, which was travel... no travel this week so I thought what do I do when I travel and the obvious answer... I pack and the first things I pack of course is my camera and everything that goes with it in my wonderful Crumpler bag, so here is my essentials whenever I do travel

Mty first day In London

I actually wrote this post in the early hours of the morning but as there was a problem with the internet I could not post it until now...
Well I can't tell you what I thought of London as I flew in, I didn't have the window seat... all because I was bumped up to Premium Economy. It was very nice; more leg room. wider seat, personal service... very nice. The flight was good (I was in Premium Economy after all) and I slept for five to six hours so when I arrived I felt good.
I hopped on the Express and headed into London town; arriving at Paddington station I grabbed my gear and headed along the platform when I saw my beautiful friend, Wiz, just the thing to bring a smile to my face.

When you think of London there are just some things that you think of... red double-decker buses, black cabs, red phone boxes and walking out of Paddington I saw all those things. As silly as it sounds I was excited and blown away with actually seeing them.

We headed to my place to drop off my gear (dragging some very heavy luggage up 4 levels, 8 flights of stairs) before heading to a little British pub for a drink or two,

It was great to have a drink with Wiz and Mona but just before dinner I just crashed and headed home to bed... From 8:30 to around 2, I slept solid but was then awake for an hour (I read until I felt tired) and then back to sleep until 7... a good sleep.

my adventures from today I will post after getting some sleep tonight.