Month: June 2015

Wow, yelp served us well again; it found us this great Sichuan restaurant near Tower Hill.  Thanks to our Asian travel companions we received some great recommendations from the staff and every dish was absolutely fantastic.

Tomorrow we fly to Munich for a Friday delivery.  

This afternoon we took in a self-guided tour through the Tower of London.  Very interesting history here; it makes me wish I would have studied world history a little more.

Crown Jewels were the highlight of the exhibit, but the wall walk was interesting as well. 

As of 6:00pm this evening I am officially on vacation.

A 4-star [Yelp] Thai restaurant within walking distance from our hotel continues our UK eating-around-the-world extravaganza.

 Fish cakes:
Chicken satay:  

      
… And this is what we look like after a 10pm fire alarm that evacuates the hotel.   

Hon, Jeff and I had an English Sunday tradition, beef roast and Yorkshire pudding, while Deloris and Jin Yi had the fish and chips.  Both were quite good.  Then we endulged in a traditional English sticky toffee pudding for desert – that was fabulous!

To close out the day we took the train to Westminster to see Big Ben and the London Eye.  What a great way to top off our first day in London.  Now, it is time for some sleep – Deloris has been a trooper and stayed up all day in an attempt to get over jet lag quickly, but now she is out.

By far my best experience on an airline to date.  Business class on Emirates is just awesome.

This is the Boeing 777 from Luanda to Dubai.

This is the Airbus A-380 from Dubai to London. 

Hon and I are waiting in the business class lounge to board an Emirates 777 for Dubai then a Dreamliner to London Heathrow.

Deloris will be heading to SFO in a couple hours to board a United 747 bound for London Heathrow.

It was great to catch up with David, a friend and former coworker from Angola LNG who is now enjoying a stint with Chevron in Luanda.  

Fazendeiro is a quaint little Italian place with great atmosphere and wonderful food.  We had two pizzas, one was salami and the other a specialty pizza I cannot pronounce.  They were both fantastic!  Granted, I just spent 29 days in Soyo, so the bar isn’t very high – but I do think is very good food even given the other awesome places I have eaten in Luanda.  Oh, and the prices weren’t bad.  Dinner and drinks was 17,000 Kwanza, which (at street exchange rates) means about $110 – a bargain for Luanda.

Leaving Soyo today, staying over in Luanda.

Green Hell is on the agenda … this is a great video of a 997 chasing an M3 on the Ring.