Venice to London

It was sad this morning saying goodbye to Nino. My pack, as I walked in for my coffee, was a dead giveaway.

The walk to the vaporetto, vaporetto to the airport, flight to London, train to Victoria tube station and walk from Victoria to Nell Gwyn House all went smoothly. It only took me 30 minutes to walk – there was a closer tube station but I wanted to see how long it took – and that included several map stops, several ‘look at the menu and prices at café’ stops and several ‘that looks an interesting shop’ stops.

My apartment is really nice. Nell Gwynn House is an old art deco building that has been done up inside into a series of studios and apartments. I have the second smallest – a basic double studio. It had a bathroom with all that you want plus plenty of shelf space and a bath and a heated towel rail. The main room has a small table at the large window the width of the room , a 2 seater lounge, TV, double bed, a wall of mirrors so that it appears light and spacious. There is a small well equipped kitchen. There are plenty of cupboards and a washing machine. There is a Sainsbury’s over the road that I bought some breakfast foods, peppermint tea, coffee, etc at .

This place charges for internet use by the 24hour period, so my posting may be done at less regular intervals – if I think carefully, I should be able to space my use out.

Tomorrow morning I will post some photos of Venice, but it is 7.30 – time for a shower and dinner and put the rest of my things away. I am going to wash my one and only jacket – my blue polartek one that most people know. I am assuming it will dry overnight, otherwise I will be wandering around tomorrow in my goretek rain jacket - not a good look in Kensington / Chelsea if it is sunny.