I headed from work on Monday night to Heathrow airport to pick up the folks who were flying in from Bangkok. It had been 9 months since leaving Aus when Mum and Dad dropped Darren, Mai and I off at Sydney airport. So it was great to see them walk through the gateway. After a few hugs I led them down to the metro and headed to Walthamstow, which they would use as a base for the next 5 weeks. After settling in, we went to see Spamalot in the west end, which was a riotous musical based on Monty Python’s Holy Grail. We visited Ronnie Scotts, a famous Jazz club, and they saw the sights and delights of London, including the Tower, The Tower Bridge, Soho and Oxford St. The following weekend we grabbed a
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