Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Delta Airlines, England, London, United Kingdom on Jul 7th, 2012
This morning we awoke early, got ready, checked out of the hotel, and preceded to Delta’s terminal at Heathrow. SkyTeam has a really nice setup there… it makes travel a breeze (especially for those with status and/or lounge access). We went to the dedicated check-in area (no queues), buzzed through security, picked up some supplies […]
Posted in Airplane, England, Germany, London, Rental Car, United Kingdom on Jul 4th, 2012
Quick update: I’m writing this at London Heathrow on Day #19. After spending the morning yesterday in a drizzly Berlin (looking at art and having lunch), we flew to London Heathrow. We’re all set for our onward flight home — just didn’t have a chance to write more yesterday. Will provide full updates on Day […]
Today was another cool and drizzly day, but we managed to miss most of the rain. We also managed to avoid any disruptions caused by a bus drivers’ strike in London today (which followed yesterday’s doctors’ strike and next week’s cargo workers’ strike at Heathrow… not to mention firefighters in some other city). I’m all […]
Today was our first rainy day in London during this trip. It didn’t rain heavily or constantly. We just faced intermittent showers off and on throughout the day… really nothing more than a light drizzle. Since it wasn’t raining, Mom and I started off by taking Emerson to Holland Park to enjoy the playground. She […]
Posted in Wales on Jun 20th, 2012
We awoke early this morning in order to travel to Wales (+1 country). Why Wales? Why not? (Did I mention +1 country?) We departed Allen House around 7:30 for Paddington Station (of bear fame). I’d purchased our train tickets online a couple of nights prior and collected them at the automated kiosk without difficulty. After […]