The last few days have brought glorious weather to England, for which we are eternally grateful - days so far have been 17-19 degrees and sunny. But before that - a word on Frankfurt airport -its HUGE. We had to change planes there with a 1 hr 40 min switch-over between landing at one gate and taking off for London at another. Fine, right? WRONG! We ended up late getting off one plane, partially due to some disobedient passenger standing up when she should have been in her seat, leading to the us taxi-ing down the runway with pissed off cabin crew shouting into the intercom "SIT DOWN NOW!!!" ...so by the time we disembarked we had about 30 minutes before boarding the next flight....which just happened to be so far from the gate we landed ... read more

So it is 20 days until we leave and I am FREAKING OUT. I've done almost all the doing that needs doing but still. This is a big deal. a BIG FREAKING DEAL. What happens if we miss a flight or a train? If one of our airbnb places turns out to be infested with vermin or frequented by persons of questionable hygiene? If I get lost on the A1 heading north out of London and end up in Wales? I'm it. I'm the adult in charge. I'm Charles (in Charge)..which you will only get if a) you are over 35 or b) you watched Scrubs a lot. It's exciting, it's scary and it's HAPPENING!!!!!... read more