I hadn’t planned to post tonight but it’s only 6:30pm and I’m desperately trying to stay awake for a few more hours so I thought this would keep me busy for a while.
The flight was very comfortable and uneventful. Sitting in Polaris class was like having my own little travel pod. Even though the seat laid flat and was quite comfortable, I still didn’t sleep. The timing just didn’t work. I don’t usually sleep on planes unless I’m drugged and by the time we had dinner and it got late enough to be sleepy, we only had another 4-5 hours to go, not enough time to take an Ambien. I dozed a little but didn’t really sleep.
We landed a little early at 11am and I breezed through immigrations in less than a minute. But it took an hour to get my bag, another 20 minutes for my driver to arrive and about 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to the hotel. I could have taken the express train from Heathrow but in the past I’ve found it easier to hire a car. Well, not today. Traffic was a nightmare so by the time I got to the hotel it was over 3 1/2 hours after we landed. The good news is that it was late enough to be able to check into the hotel.
After a shower and a bit of a rest, I headed out for dinner at the Traitor’s Gate Pub just a few blocks from the Doubletree…
….where I had a delicious dinner of fish and chips and a Strawberry Bellini.
After dinner I took a walk, partly to walk off the dinner and partly because it was still only 5pm and way too early to go back to the hotel. I strolled to All Hallows by the Tower, the oldest church in the city of London, opening in 675AD. John Adams once went to service here. Pretty cool.
Then it was a walk across the Tower Bridge where I caught a nice picture of the Tower of London. I’ll visit that in June when I’m back with my niece and her daughters.
Ok, well this didn’t take as long as I had hoped….it’s only 6:45. Rats. But, I found Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on TV so hopefully that will keep me awake for a few more hours.
As always, thanks for following my adventures and I’ll post again soon. Love to all.