It’s about 7:30pm on Sunday and I’m desperately trying to stay awake. Peter’s been asleep for over an hour but if I go to bed too early, I’ll be awake in the middle of the night.
Our flight was quite nice. The plane was virtually empty; there couldn’t have been more than 50-60 passengers. Our section had 78 seats but there were only 9 of us so we got to spread out. I was in a row of 4 seats so manage to stretch out and get a little sleep. Peter curled up in another row.
In spite of all the horror stories we heard about Heathrow, our experience was quite the opposite. We got through immigrations and customs in about 30 minutes. There was a glitch in the car service so we had to wait about 45 minutes but that was no big deal.
We arrived at our flat around 2:30, and while small, it’s clean and comfy so I think it will fine for our 9-day stay. I’m having trouble connecting to the WiFi so I’m writing this from my phone, which is still on Verizon. The host is working on the internet so hopefully it will be fixed tomorrow.
After a quick freshen up, we headed to Trafalgar Square for dinner. It should have been a 25 minute bus ride but after 25 minutes we realized we were nowhere close. I think we got on the wrong bus. We found a pub on the corner and has a nice dinner there instead. We’ll save Trafalgar Square for another day. As soon as I get WiFi up and running I’ll upload the few pictures I took.
Tomorrow we’re off to Greenwich. It should be a great day.
It’s only 7:47 so I still have more time to kill. Maybe I’ll unpack the backpacks.
Night everyone.
So glad you made it & getting thru customs went well. Let the adventure begin!
Didn’t take long to have a mini adventure when we got on the wrong bus. We might have time to go to Trafalgar Square today after Greenwich. on our vacations, every day I’d an adventure of some sort.
Great shot of the two of you on the plane. So glad the flight wasn’t crowded. Hope you get some sleep.
Not bad considering we’d been lying around the plane for the 9 hours. At least we look awake.
Glad to hear you are there. Terry
Thanks Terry. So glad to have you with us on our travels.
Sounds like fun. I love London! Enjoy.
The real fun starts today with a boat ride on the Thames to Greenwich. Now all we need is WiFi and life would be perfect.
Was worried about what could happen and so glad to hear that all went smoothly! Looking forward to hearing more!
Couldn’t have been easier. Waited less than a minute for wheelchair pusher for Peter. It’s a very long walk from gates to immigrations so he hitched a ride and went to front of the line. But even if he hadn’t, the long was very short, probably no more than 5-10 minute wait. BTW. I just realized it’s only 3:15 in the morning. Fitbit says 7:15 so I though, cool ,I slept all night. Except not so much. Fitbit still on AZ time which is 8 hours earlier and only7:15 Sunday evening. I’m going back to bed and, hopefully to sleep for another couple of hours. Peter is also awake but he went to bed at 6:30 last night. I managed to stay awake until 9pm. Night all.
Looking forward to hearing about your trip. We have been to London many times but always stayed at a hotel. You are much better at finding the unique places.
Most of the time I find great places but this one is only marginal. It won’t be out favorite but we’ll be fine. Thanks for joining us on our travels. Lynn
I’m sure wherever you go it will be a fun and memorable experience.
Be safe!
Thanks Faith.
Awesome, Lynn and Peter! Looking forward to seeing your travels.
Michele and Dan
So glad you’re traveling with us. There are problems, again, with email notifications but I have Bluehost support helping me with it. I’m posting every night, thought, so something should be up by midday your time. Lynn