August 15 - 16. Still at the Radisson Blu!

It’s our last day here across from Heathrow Airport.  Our routine is the same every day - get up, get dressed, go to McDonald’s for breakfast, come back to our patio seats watching the world go by, decide what to do for lunch, back to the room or the patio to check for email and comments on the blog as North America wakes up, go to dinner, watch a bit of terrible TV, lights out! Repeat! LOL

We’ve seen a passing parade of people.  I guess I would say McDonald’s is a cross section of life in the UK!  Business men in suits, the helmet guys, young people, older people, families, average Joes, tourists (the ones wearing masks!), and everything in between!  

It’s been interesting to watch the system at the Golden Arches. The people behind the counter seem to be trained to do every job as yesterday’s cashier is handing out orders the next day or pouring the drinks, and the people preparing the meals are at different stations each day.  I guess it’s good to train everyone to do all the tasks so if an employee is off sick or has a day off, someone else can easily step in.

TV has been very limited!  We have mainly watched the European Games and Sky News, an independent news channel.  The channel is simply reporting the stories with no apparent bias!  We have watched a bit of BBC and it’s been interesting to see how much they report on Africa.  We’ve hardly heard the ‘T word’ since we arrived here last Friday; he’s not top of mind in Britain! LOL

We’ve had great dinners at Carluccio’s (and thus the decision to return there every night).  The food was always excellent and it gave us a bit of a walk after so much sitting during the day.  Tonight we will try the fare at our own Hotel.

Sorry that the blogs are getting more and more boring every day!  But really, what do we have to tell?  We talked before we left home that this could be a possibility and we were as prepared as we could be - and we have survived!  We are grateful that neither of us had severe symptoms, in fact, we didn’t really feel ill at all.  Too bad it was so hot and we didn’t feel like trying to get into London, but the temps were sweltering and we didn’t really want to risk being on a public bus or in a crowd.

So it’s off to Gatwick tomorrow.  We’ve ordered a car to come for us at noon and we’ll enjoy the hour long trip taking in the scenery.  The next time you hear from us we will likely be in Alliston!

Ciao for now!

The Adventurers!