Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Getting There

Check in for this flight at United was a breeze since we didn’t have to go through Tom Bradley International. Our first leg had a stop and change of equipment at IAD (Washington Dulles). Except for a crying baby, things were great to London Heathrow.

At London, since we had approximately 9 hours to play with, we took London’s famous subway system, The Tube, which connects directly to Terminal 4 at LHR, in to Central London.

First stop: Green Park station – picked up sandwiches/salads at “Pret” – recommended to me by Simon Blackburn from the Kingston Royals – nice place, though rather crowded. Walked through St. James Park to Buckingham Palace – she was at home – the royal standard was flying above the palace!

We also hurried over to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, then finally, an audio tour of Westminster Abbey – then The Tube back to London Heathrow for one of the longest segment of our trip: 8 hours to Nairobi.

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