What a crazy couple of days! It has been very tiring, and somewhat confusing, but also a lot of fun - a whole lot of new and exciting experiences for me. I had suspected something was up, since my parents had seemed so busy and a bit stressed over the past few days. But I had no idea what was going to happen.

It began on Monday around lunchtime when Grandpa came over. We then drove out to the airport, and said goodbye to Grandpa. There was then lots of waiting and queuing, filling out of forms, talking to official looking people, and walking through security checks. Eventually, after a long wait in which I played with another cute baby, we went through a door and onto the aeroplane.

The next 22 hours were a bit of a blur: lots of sitting in our seats; too much time spent trying to get the video screen to work so we could watch some films; numerous meals were brought to us; lots of fun people to make friends with; some other babies to play with; some songs and stories, but not much room to move. I also have a very vague memory of wandering around Singapore airport, and playing on the floor with a very friendly Swedish boy who was a very good crawler.

Then there was the sleeping. In the end I slept quite a lot, but it wasn’t the best sleep, and it wasn’t too comfortable in the little bassinet I was provided - I just fit into it. I did have one good stretch of sleeping with Wibbly for a few hours, but I really preferred to be on my mum.

The we arrived in London. Through immigrations and customs quickly and easily, but then my parents realised that they’d forgotten to pick up my porta-cot. So dad had to go back to get it. Then we caught a fancy train into London, got into a real London Taxi, and had a slow and scenic tour throught the middle of London: past Hyde park, Marble Arch, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, across the Thames and down the Old Kent Road to Lewisham and Catford (though our taxi driver got a bit lost, saying he hadn’t been to that part of London in 40 years - so much for “London Taxi drivers are the best and most knowledgeable in the world.”)

Now we are snugly set up in our house in Catford. We’ve slept a lot since arriving, and gone for a few walks in the cold crisp air. Yesterday, when we first went out, it was nice and sunny, but it was snowing lightly. Beautiful, but a bit of a shock after a hot Melbourne summer.

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