We left Salt Lake at 9:35am on a flight bound for
Boston. In Boston we met up with our son
Alex and his fiancé Brenda. We then flew
from Boston to London Heathrow airport.
We landed at terminal 4 (at about 6:15am on the 19th) and had
to get to the bus station so we could catch a National Express bus to Victoria
Coach station in downtown London. We
asked the bus people and they told us to board a bus that would take us to
terminal 1. That was about a 20-minute
bus ride through the area around Heathrow.
It was all kind of strange.
Eventually we made it at about 7:35, and had to wait around for the 8:30
bus. We made it to the Coach station and
then hoofed it over to our hotel – The Doubletree by Hilton which was about 3
blocks away. We checked in, but our room
wasn’t ready yet, so we left our luggage with the concierge and went out to see
the sights.
Brenda and Alex had heard that the London Zoo was terrific,
so we bought a Travelcard pass (inside Victoria train station which was just
across the street from our hotel) for the tube that with some vouchers that
Julie had downloaded ahead of time got us into the Zoo for 2 for the price of
1. (note – you had to buy the travel day pass in a rail station in order to get
the deal). The tube is amazingly
efficient and a joy to ride (although very crowded on this Saturday). We had to change trains once, but eventually
made it to the stop near the Zoo. We
then wandered around the zoo. It was ok,
but nothing terribly special. Not being
parochial, but I think even Salt Lake’s zoo is better.
Note - sorry, no pictures as we forgot and left the camera in bag that was checked at the hotel.
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