Bergman Travel Diary

It turns out that setting the alarm last night for this morning was definitely not necessary!  Sleeping, on the other hand, was an entirely different scenario.  Planes roared overhead until around midnight, waking us just as we drifted off into sleep until they finally stopped and we could get some much needed rest.  Ahh, pillow! Adrenaline must be running high because even I was wide awake at 5am - madness! The skies were clear as we woke to our last morning in the UK.  We headed out on the free shuttle bus to Terminal 5 just after 7am to wait for our 10am flight to NYC.  Boarding was completely hassle free but the communication towers were having issues so we sat on the plane for almost 1.5 hours before we finally got the signal to take off.  Heathrow International airport is truly amazing.  Plane after plane takes off.  Our flight was actually in a queue - unreal! The flight out was so very st...

With today being the last part of our UK stay we decided to go for a wander around the amazingly historic area we are staying in.  Thought the motel/lodge we are staying in (Heathrow Lodge) is very standard the buildings around are nothing short of amazing.  Well worth the very reasonable lodge rates to be so close to the airport and such amazing history! We decided to venture out to the local pub for a traditional 'English' pub meal... only to find that the pub, and most of the older buildings around here, are all from Tudor times. 'The White Horse' in Longford Village is said to have been built in 1534, originally as a smoke house.  In 1601 it became an Inn... somewhere for travellers on the Bath Road (much like ourselves) could stop for a meal.  We ate in the bar part of the Inn (as the main restaurant doesn't open until later than we were eating).  It was so charming!  The food was definitely something worth stopping for. After our scrumptious me...

This John Denver song has been playing in my head over and over this week.  Our belongings left with the household movers on Thursday to head home to Australia ahead of us and the house is almost completely packed up. Once again we have seriously culled our belongings as we prepare for the homeward journey...just one more night in the house before we head into London to await our flight in 2 days time.  Where has the time gone? We have said sad farewells to so many new friends who will always remain in our hearts once we leave the UK. Our church family even sang 'Waltzing Matilda' for us on Sunday morning after presenting us with a beautiful framed image of our beloved St George's Waterlooville.  Zane is currently enjoying a movie at the cinemas with his best friend Tom (after he enjoyed a huge week at Scout camp) as Darian, Matt and I chill out watching 'Canon ball run' on TV. We are very excited about our trip home via America... just 2 days and we will be e...