Almost exactly 8 hours after taking off, we've arrived in London! We left at 7:40pm EDT and arrived at 8:40am BST. That was the shortest night I've ever had, the sun was down for about 3 hours. ;)
We had a 170mph tail wind a good part of the way which made our effective ground speed over 750 mph! Excellent timing!
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After landing we picked up our luggage, converted some dollars to pounds (at an alarming rate of 2.18 to 1!), went through customs, and then...
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...took the Heathrow Express (Train) to...
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...Paddington Station (which was cool!)
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Here's a view from our room the Grand at Trafalgar Square - you can see Big Ben & Westminster Abbey if you look.
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Right away we went to Westminster Abbey...
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...and got to sight seeing. Very cool indeed.
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For lunch we ate at Sherlock Holmes Pub, it was DELICIOUS!
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A view from our table.
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