First - We left the United States on a Thursday evening around 7:30 p.m. and arrived in London Heathrow the next day about 1:20 p.m. No, the flight did not take this long, just the eight hour time difference made it sound like a long trip. Sitting in an airline seat for nearly 11 hours was really rough. I am not good at sleeping 'on the road', but did manage to get a cat nap here and there. Once arriving in Heathrow, we had to maneuver our way through Heathrow and find the Picadilly Line. Boarding with all our luggage, and hopes high, we rode the tube to our destination. Our host to the apartment (flat as it is called in London) picked us up from the tube station. Caution for those choosing to travel via the Tube from the airport, there was no elevator or escalator at the station where we had to get off, so there we were, lugging 2 huge suitcases up 2 flights of stairs!! Not fun!! There are also no toilets at most of these 'sub' stations, only at the larger, main stations!!
There was also a set of stairs just like this we had just climbed - with our luggage, so I guess that makes it 3 flights of stairs?? ugh!! Live and Learn!!
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Here is a picture of the view from our apartment (flat) in London! Beautiful View!!
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| This is called 'Royal Victoria Patriotic Building' which was right next to our apartment. It was built in 1858 in Gothic Victorian style. Through the years, it has served numerous purposes. Complete history of this magnificent building is located in the next blog. |
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| Our apartment was on the 8th floor - and yes, thankfully, this building had an elevator!! Beautiful views all around us. More pictures of the area upcoming on the next blog page! |
Our apartment is somewhere up there on the 8th floor! This tree out in the courtyard looks so perfectly shaped, I just had to take its picture as I sat outside on a bench waiting for my husband to come downstairs.
