A little pre trip info:
We were supposed to fly out on Sunday morning around 10:00am. Brandon commented that the first flight probably left late b/c it was so foggy. We got to the ariport after a teary good-bye (us, not him) to our son and saw a sign that they were bumping. I was very bummed b/c we couldn't screw up all our connections for a domestic bump. When I asked about it (b/c I couldn't resist!) I was informed that our flight would be delayed and we would be missing our connection anway. So of course I quickly said, "Sign us up!" So we got bumped-meaning we each received a $300 voucher for a future flight, we got re-routed (skipped a layover in Detroit and flew straight from Mpls to London) and only arrived in London 4 hours later than scheduled. Plus we got to spend more time with Cayden and take a quick nap:)
When we arrived in London we figured out how to get from the airport to the train station, where we bought a 7 day tube/bus/rail pass. (By researching ahead of time I found that if we purchased the pass from the train station and not the sub station we qualified for buy 1 get 1 free deals at area attracations-and they were the same price at either location) and then from the train station to our hotel. We crashed for a little while after settling in and then went to see the sights:
Piccadilly Circus is London's version of Time Square
We were supposed to fly out on Sunday morning around 10:00am. Brandon commented that the first flight probably left late b/c it was so foggy. We got to the ariport after a teary good-bye (us, not him) to our son and saw a sign that they were bumping. I was very bummed b/c we couldn't screw up all our connections for a domestic bump. When I asked about it (b/c I couldn't resist!) I was informed that our flight would be delayed and we would be missing our connection anway. So of course I quickly said, "Sign us up!" So we got bumped-meaning we each received a $300 voucher for a future flight, we got re-routed (skipped a layover in Detroit and flew straight from Mpls to London) and only arrived in London 4 hours later than scheduled. Plus we got to spend more time with Cayden and take a quick nap:)
When we arrived in London we figured out how to get from the airport to the train station, where we bought a 7 day tube/bus/rail pass. (By researching ahead of time I found that if we purchased the pass from the train station and not the sub station we qualified for buy 1 get 1 free deals at area attracations-and they were the same price at either location) and then from the train station to our hotel. We crashed for a little while after settling in and then went to see the sights:
Piccadilly Circus is London's version of Time Square
We went to Hard Rock for our first dinner in London and all the prices were what we were used to, $12 for a hamburger and fries was typical for Hard Rock. I had heard that London was very expensive, but I thought it was typical. What wasn't typical? The value of our dollar! We had to pay almost 2 American Dollars for every Britsh Pound. So our $12 hamburger and fries was almost $25pp! A $5 McDonalds meal was priced the same, but in pounds, so we'd have to pay $10 for a McDonalds value meal!
Street Shot
4 comments:
It looks like you had an amazing trip! Many of the buildings in London are so beautiful!
Can't wait to hear about Ireland too! :)
~Eliza
Thats way cool! European architecture is so fun!! :) Wish i could have seen it all with you!
Yay! Pictures! Keep posting, Lyndi!
Chelsea
Looking forward to seeing the remaining 3,900 pictures!
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