Day two in London

I was able to sleep in but missed the 10 am deadline for breakfast at the Travellers Club. It is fun to realise how easy it is to wander around central London - walking from Picadilly Circus, to Leicester Square (why is it not i before e except after c?) and Trafalgar Square. Going by tube, when you have not done it for a few years is an adventure. Luckily I allowed a lot of time to get to St Pancras as there was a signal problem on the Picadilly Line and I had to divert to the Northern line and change again. I met niece Helen and her partner Simi at the Hanson restauraunt in the St Pancras Renaisance hotel. We had a wonderful two hours together. Simi is from Lithuania and speaks Russian. They have done several adventure trips together and on one occassion rode a tandem bicycle through old farm tracks and other difficult and muddy places in Lithuania.