Airports!!!

Well once again we are in another airport - Heathrow - although we are going to be here for a little bit longer than expected. Why you might ask? Well we missed our first flight today from London to Newcastle. We were 35mins before the flight departed but still we were late. A little bit stricter on closing time here :( But luckily we have been able to catch another flight 3 hours later. Fortunately we didn't have to pay for another ticket. I think the charm of Kylie replying to the ticketing office of why we missed our flight 'Just a couple of kiwi's totally under estimating how long it takes to get to Heathrow on the tube' got us off paying. The guy next to us didn't seem to be happy as he had to pay for his.

Today is the 27th and our London leg is officially over. Christmas went well in the country - even played tennis on Christmas day! But no back yard cricket. It was weird not having any of the usual Christmas traditions so it didn't make it feel like Christmas at all. The only thing that did make it feel like Christmas was the feeling of I ate too much.

Oh well, gotta fly - literally. I hope you are all enjoying daylight, the one thing I am certainly missing as it gets dark at 4pm.

Give me some Seoul

It has now been just over a week since we've been away and it has been such a whirlwind. We are now in London getting ready to go to my first ever English Football game. Fulham vs Westham. I am super excited.

Seoul was so amazing. It was such a culture shock and so huge. Buildings for as far as the eye could see and no grass to be seen. Everything open 24/7 and people everywhere. But we had so much fun with Youngjae, our friendly Korean :) My highlight of Seoul had to be the World Cup stadium. We took a tour of the stadium where we could go down to the pitch and into the locker rooms and then an interactive museum - I was like a little kid in a candy store. So much more to say, but that will have to wait until we get home. Oh, almost forgot, you can't talk about Seoul without the food we were subjected to. It was actually quite nice except Youngjae's mum continually feed us until we were bursting at the seems. Will try to post some pictures later of what we ate but as an idea we were having whole chickens for BREAKFAST!!!!! My stomach hurt after breakfast. Is it too much to ask for a single bowl of cereal.

We have now been in London for 5 days and Korea is becoming a distant memory already. So many new sites everyday to take in, luckily we have been taking so many photos that I don't need to expand my brain to remember everything. London has been fun seeing all the historical sites and museums. Every corner has something new to see. I think today's football game is going to be my highlight, but as we haven't being to the game yet so I would say the Tower of London is winning so far. Oh, and we are having a single bowl of cereal for breakfast everyday - the simple things in life are so good.

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas. Missing you all :)

4 and a 1/2 sleeps to go

That is right. 4 and a 1/2 sleeps until Kylie and I are on our way to start our journey with the first leg starting off in Seoul, South Korea. I am super excited, but not sure what I am excited about. Everything is going to be so new so I don't really know what to expect, except that is maybe a little cold. I guess that is the exciting bit, the unknown, the adventure.

I was out at Maretai yesterday morning and took a few photos. It is kind of sad to leave NZ just as it's getting so beautiful with the pohutakawa's just starting to bloom. Ahh the kiwi Christmas.

Anyway, if you want to know what is happening with us as we navigate the world, then check back here once and a while for an update and where we are and what is the Locke low down.