In terms of flight time, our 9 hr 40 min flight was shorter than other flights, but we still arrived at Heathrow at 7 am feeling like zombies. During the flight, Marge found out that United has a lounge that has showers! We both took showers at the lounge as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately Marge discovered that she had dropped her raincoat and scarf between the plane and the lounge. She told the attendants, and to our great surprise they asked the airport people and informed Marge that the coat had been found and would be brought to us at the lounge! We were happy when the lounge attendant brought us the coat. Marge had been thinking that she would have to buy a new coat.
As we were leaving the terminal for the train to central London, e saw this nice p piece of art:
The inadvertently got on the wrong train into London, so we bought another train back to the terminal and got on the right train. We had difficulty finding the right connection of trains to take us close to our hotel so we ended up walking about 4/10 of a mile with our suitcases to the hotel.
We got to the hotel at about noon, and had something to drink while we waited for our room.
We got to the hotel at about noon, and had something to drink while we waited for our room. Our wait for our room was rewarded by the fact that they upgraded us to a two room suite with a kitchenette!
After we got settled in to our room and took another shower, we decided to walk over to a market that I had read about called the Leadenhall Market, a historic Victorian covered market. After a 10 minute walk, we found the market and it was a disappointment because it was mainly full of tourists. We were hungry and tired of walking so we ate at an Italian place called Pizza Express and had a bowl of ravioli Bolognese.
We managed to stay awake until 8 PM, and had a good nights sleep.
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