The Alison Weir Wulfhall Tour began at 11:00 almost exactly 2 years after originally planned and paid for. So as far as my bank account knows I am on a free trip and can spend as much as I want on English souvenirs. I am only restricted by my luggage.

Day 2 got off to a lazy start. We were up a little later last night than usual. We wanted to make it past 8 but then somehow I was still up at 10:30. My first post was written during this time so any errors I blame on jet lag and for going on my 36 hour awake (other than a short little 30 minute nap on the plane right before they turned on the lights to serve breakfast). However, I am sure I will continue to have mistakes and will have no excuse so take this as a warning – grammar and spelling are not required for vacations.

We had the breakfast buffet at the hotel this morning. You know you are out of Texas when biscuits and gravy are not offered. Instead we could choose from cold cuts and several international flavors that looked way more like lunch. All served with good English tea.

We picked up our packets for the tour – name badge, luggage tags, hand sanitizer and a rapid Covid test. Nice reminder that things have changed. Anyway we got our luggage dropped off and headed out for a quick walk through Hyde Park. Our hotel is quite nicely situated and just a short walk to several sites. Hyde Park is more walking trails and green space than the flower gardens of St James Park that we walked through yesterday. There are flowers but father apart. The sun was shining so it made for a nice morning stroll. We went back by the Prince Albert’s memorial so a few more pictures of that will show up today. We also saw Diana’s fountain which is more wading lazy river than fountain. It had a nice peaceful feel to it even with the kids running through the water. We had to hurry back for the welcome lunch at the hotel. Excited to see some people from our last tour and get started.