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Goodbye country, Chicken wings and other wonderful things

On Tuesday we bid a fond farewell to Hockering and journeyed back to London. Our train to London Liverpool Street departed Norwich station at 19:30 - sak en pak with just 9 minutes to spare. The kids were still wide awake and we had the pleasure of an entire carriage to ourselves... So much for unreserved seating! As we approached the station, we passed Olympic city and Jorja was very excited to see the "Gherkin" up close. Unfortunately the camera was packed way underneath a pile of everything so there was no chance of a few snaps...

The trip didn't take long at all and Ethan even had a snooze. When we arrived in London though, it was literally and figuratively all stations go with 2 wheelie bags, 2 duffle bags, 1 back pack, 1 stroller and 2 kids in tow. P-J and the kids experienced their first London Underground trip to Aldgate and then Victoria and we boarded the number 2 bus just before 23:00. The 468 bus from Norwood brought us almost to the Wilcox residence front door and by this time we were exhausted.

Ethan, however, was still awake.

Taken earlier at the Weber residence


It's 01:00 and he's just called it a night! The rest of us are falling into our respective beds and tomorrow, with fresh eyes we will say good morning to London.

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