Halftime
I arrived to London this morning just as the city was awaking. I’m Halfway to home.
Posts tagged ‘London’
Jan 20
(Quickly) Exploring London
The total travel time from Delhi to the west coast takes a while – about 30 hours door-to-door.
When booking airfare for this trip to India – knowing that I would be connecting through London, I decided to build in a 24 hour layover into the return leg, rather than continue onwards straightaway with a connecting flight. With sufficient time to break up my trip and still arrive home on Sunday, I had a good opportunity to leave the airport, grab a hotel in central London and spend time wandering around the city.
I’ve been to London a few times, but don’t know the city well. Mainly, I wandered for hours with no real plan … exploring the central city with no specific purpose other than simply enjoying a walk before boarding a 12 hour flight back to the US.
London Layover
London Heathrow (LHR) is a major international airport, and British Airways practically owns Terminal 5, the largest free standing structure in the UK. According to Wikipedia, Terminal 5 is designed to accommodate 35 million (yes, million) passengers annually – all of whom spend a few hours between here and there, killing time as they await a connecting flight.
Add me to that list … my connecting flight to New Delhi doesn’t depart for a few hours and in the meantime, I sit here killing time in the British Airways lounge.
Wandering With Purpose 