So here we are in London, and in fact, just about to leave it, our first stop completed. It has *mostly* been brilliant. There were a few tears leaving our families, of course, and even more tears trying to carry our backpacks round the London underground. I am actually at a loss as to what the benefits of these things are - we only bought them because that's what everyone else seems to use, and I am already crying out for a nice trolley suitcase. We've taken it easy here, not venturing too far from our gorgeous hotel in Hoxton. Went to a great Tokyo Police Club gig on Thursday night in the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, window shopped round Brick Lane, and had a few in the very rough and ready but very cheap
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