August 14, 2013

August 14, 2013

We left home in the late afternoon to catch our flight to London. The flight leaves at 7:35 pm and we arrive at London's Heathrow Airport at 2:05 pm, at 10 and a half hour flight.
We are flying business class so it won't be too bad. After checking in we spent an hour in United's Club Lounge. The flight was uneventful, which is the best way to fly. We both slept about five hours. We are staying overnight at the Sheraton hotel at the airport.

August 15 , 2013

The plane landed about 15 minutes late. Because we are flying business class we got to use the "fast pass" through immigrations, thou it wasn't very busy. After collecting our luggage we decided to take the airport bus to the hotel. It cost 9£ for two one-way tickets. We had to wait about 20-minutes for the bus and got no help getting the bags on board, should have taken a taxi.

The hotel is nice and they only charge 15£ for Internet in the room, so we are in the lobby using the free Internet. There is a Starbucks in the hotel and they have a number of the city mugs that Evelyn collects. We will buy here as it takes the pressure off when we are sightseeing.

We had dinner in the hotel at the sports bar. Prices are in £, but they look like dollars. A cheeseburger is 9.50 £, which is about $15US. There also seems to be a 20% VAT included in the prices.

We are going to to bed at the normal time tonight and hope we get back on schedule.


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Hal