No Small Feet

Not quite believing our visit to England was over, we were dropped off at Heathrow airport by Oma and Opa and made our way through security to our gate. We were apprehensive as we had never heard of Jet Airways and were slightly concerned by how cheap this long haul cheap flight was going to be... As we boarded we wished we had dug deep for first class tickets as the pods with the complimentary champagne were very alluring. Accepting our budgetary consequences we trekked onwards to the economy class, passing through what we assumed was business class.  It wasn't until Matt noticed the numbers were higher than our tickets that the sectioned off seats we had assumed we're business class was in fact a lucky section of economy! Our seats were curtained between first class and the toilets, giving the illusion of an exclusive cabin. Impressed, we sat down and began to get comfortable. It was at this point we realised our worries about flying cheap were no longer valid. The wid...

Our last view of the, by now, familiar Windsor Castle. It is our last day in Maidenhead before we head of for Nepal. The last few days have been shared between frantically packing and spending time with Holly's family. But before we get to that, we had one more sight to see. On the 26th, we went to the Bovington Tank Museum. We had a great time and took plenty of pictures, so the best way to talk about it is to just post them here and go through our visit in the captions. Little Willie, the first ever tank, an experimental British design that preceded the Mk. I. British WWI tank (cant recall exactly which Mk.). Example of "female" design with two machine guns mounted in place of a heavy cannon. Mk. VIII "International" tank, a collaborative design with efforts from Britain, the US, and France. German WWI anti tank rifle. The infamous Tiger I, and apparently the only functional one left in the world. Elefant, a tank-destr...