Good Morning London!

On my flight to Barcelona, I had a layover at London (see my previous post at Celebrating the New Year in London).  Not only was it about 10 hours of layover, I had to change from Heathrow airport to Gatwick.  Best of all, we landed at Heathrow at 4:30am, which was the time that Heathrow was actually open (thought most major airports were opened 24/7) and so our flight was hovering for 5 mins since we got there early.

No sweat; at least I got to ride on British Airways business class.

British Airways

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Celebrating the New Year in London

Similar to the Paris post, this trip was done a year ago.  In fact, the Paris trip was a side trip from my couple of days in London.  The point is, it’s been a while and again I may not have the full details of this trip.  What I do remember vividly however, is arriving at about 5:30am to my hostel, hoping the sun would come out at about 8-9am, only to wait till 4pm before it appeared, before it quickly hid itself again at 6pm.  It’s official – I do not like the weather in London during the winter.  Raining everyday…  Dates I travelled: Dec. 29, 2013 to Jan. 7, 2014.  Below are a couple of useful tips and pictures along with descriptions for some of them. Continue reading Celebrating the New Year in London