By Deb Zulawski Blogger, artist, photographer, global traveler and soon to be expat currently living in the Pacific Northwest LONDON, ENGLAND - Following a three week safari through Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, I had planned an overnight stay in London to rest and regroup before flying back to Seattle. I arranged for a nice hotel about 15 minutes from the airport by the Underground, so it would be quick and easy to get to the airport in the morning for my flight back to the states.
I enjoyed a wonderful relaxing dinner in the hotel restaurant and then returned to my room to settle in for the evening. It was so wonderful to soak in a hot tub and climb into a cushy bed with crisp white linens after being on a hot and dusty safari and riding in an open air truck throughout the Serengeti for weeks. Climbing under the covers, I set the alarm in time to get up, have a quick cup of coffee and a bit of breakfast, before heading to the airport. I wanted to be well rested and ready for the upcoming long hours of travel before arriving home to Seattle, collecting the dog from the boarder and continuing north by car for another hour. It was going to be a long travel day. It had been a wonderful trip. Seeing the animals in their natural habit was a lifetime dream and hiking up to the high altitude mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountain jungles of Rwanda was beyond my expectations and more exciting than I could have ever imagined. I was, as I always am after a vacation, exhausted and energized, full of renewed enthusiasm for travel and appreciative for being able to see the world. The next morning I collected my bags, checked out of the hotel and headed to the underground which wasn’t more than a block away. I could see that it was going to be a beautiful day by the light of the dawn, as the sun rose over the horizon. I was refreshed. I had taken the underground to the hotel from the airport, so no problem getting back. The route is simply backwards from where I had come from yesterday. Easy. Or so I thought.
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By Deb Zulawski Blogger, artist, photographer, and soon to be expat, currently living in the Pacific Northwest.
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