Mel and Darren Ok!

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Hi, We are still in London. We leave for Paris tomorrow. The bombings have been really shocking, but luckily we were not at any of those stations. We were waiting for after 9:30am to get a cheaper travel card, so that was a blessing. We are staying near Bayswater Station which is 2 or 3 stops away from Edgware Road Station. We got up this morning and went to Bayswater Station but it was closed due to a power failure - that's what they told us. No underground trains were running so we walked to Victoria Station ( a very long walk). Once there we were told that no buses were running either and all passengers were to remain vigilant. By then we figured something was going on so we decided to get out of London and go to Brighton for the day. When we went to buy tickets, that's hwen we heard about the explosions. The ticket guy told us that there had also been a threat at Brighton so he didn't think the train would be going. He said the best thing to do would be to go back to our hotel. We started to go out of the station to the internet cafe, but they were closing the gates and telling us all to get back. That was pretty scary, so we went out the other side of the station and walked to Hyde Park. We had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe then walked all the way back to the hotel and watched on the TV all the stuff that had been going on. We found out the reason they shut Victoria Station was because of a threat. So, that's been our day in London. We have tried to text people, but the phone network has also been disrupted and Darren's phone is getting no coverage. But you can tell everyone we are fine. We were still at our hotel at the time of the train bombings and no where near the bus that exploded. We are unsure of how we will get to the airport tomorrow. I am sure that there will still be disruptions, but we might just have to pay more to get the Heathrow Express. We're just glad we are ok and that we weren't trying to get to the airport today. We fly out at 7pm tomorrow. It's been a strange day. Yesterday everyone was so happy because of the Olympic announcement and today it's just been surreal. Anyway, if you can tell everyone we are fine, that would be good. We will keep trying to text and see when we can get through. Hope all is well at home. Love Mel and Darren.

Good to hear!