Westminster and the Thames

Normally this time of year, we land at Heathrow in the dark, but we were a couple of hours late due to a diversion in Shannon, Ireland on the way home.  We had an ill passenger but thankfully had a doctor on board (a professor of medicine from John Hopkins in Maryland, no less!).  Together with our on-call doctors on the ground, it was decided to divert and get this woman to the hospital.  I think she will be OK but I am glad that they made that decision.  

I've never landed in Shannon before and it was completely dark - though I suppose I should have taken a picture of the Are Lingus plane at the gate next to ours - that would have been an appropriate blip for my hour on Irish soil!  

Thankfully, it was a beautiful sunny morning in London so I got a few nice shots over the city.  In this one you can see the Thames, the houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the now iconic London Eye.  

It's a good thing I got this shot because the rest of the day (after a brief nap) was way too busy for taking any more pictures.  I met with the kitchen designer and went over the plans.  I am really happy with them, although there may be some tweaking here and there and I may source the appliances elsewhere to save some money.  I am hoping to get the kitchen done in July/August so there is plenty of time to make adjustments.  The meeting today took 4 hours!!  I was exhausted!  Then a mad dash home to get packed and ready for my big adventure tomorrow!  I'm going travelling!!  (proper travelling, not work travelling!)

I miss Dolly though - I left her at the dog-sitters since my time at home was so short.  She would NOT have liked to have seen me packing again right away!