#3 - Tuesday 3/7 In London town

Big day today - landed in Heathrow at about 5:15am and my head hit the pillow at about 9:30pm. No jet lag to speak of - I was stuffed and slept right through last night until 7am and feeling good. Yesterday I found a good bus trip for £30 which is hop on hop off for two days. Used that to get around the town and did the whole trip to know where things are - planning to do a bit of shopping (although yesterday's 5pm-8:30pm effort with nothing to show for it has puffed me out a bit!). I'll also do the touristy thing on these buses and take some happy snaps. Found the Apple shop too so feel like I'm a true international Apple-y prior to conference. My hotel is good - nice spot in Paddington, with some cool local pubs around. Checked out the Victoria yesterday and a cool Italian barmaid was there - I guessed Croatian, and I think she then charged an extra bound for my carlsberg - would you believe 'Stevo' who works there is ex-Perth? Unbelievable. There are 56 steps approx 15-20cm long to negotiate up to my room, and despite the musty smell it is nice and quite comfortable. Looking forward to Reading tomorrow and then the cool Truro pub that seems to be a gem of the area. Let the family history tracking begin! More soon.