Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The end of a whirlwind romance

We slept in and dined on the breakfast buffet before hauling our bags down to the lobby for the next few hours while we wander. We started off to find China Town. It was a much smaller version of the one Andrea, Aundre and I visited a few months ago in San Francisco. We grimaced at the raw creatures hanging in the windows advertising their freshness.
We decided to head towards the British Museum and found a quaint shopping district and spent a while nosing through shops. With little room to carry purchases it was mostly window shopping until we came across a Nike store that had computer stations where you could build your own sneakers. Aundre and Andrea were memorized. The selection in the store was unlike any I have seen at home. Both Aundre and Andrea found a pair that they could not live without and made purchases. We then made our way on to the British Museum. Andrea really wanted to see the Egyptian collection so we wandered through the school kids for an hour or so. Aundre found the Rosetta Stone which was impressive in size. It was a favorite attraction and was full surrounded with interested guests.


From there we headed back through the Covent Garden where we stopped at a street side cafe for lunch. We then made our way back to the hotel to collect our bags and hop a cab to the airport. This time we asked for a van so we had room to breathe. After a stringent inspection of our passports and tickets by the Heathrow staff we made our way through the duty free shops to the waiting area. From there we boarded our flight to Lusaka, Zambia. Once again we will wake up tomorrow in a different world, we have not idea how different.

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