Eleven hours in London.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:27 pm

Well, Heathrow, to be exact. BA has this lovely flight that leaves US soil at 10pm and arrives in Abuja two calendar days later, in the morning. Brutal. I'll be half dead when I get there, as usual.

I have an 11 hour layover at Heathrow. I plan to jump on the Tube and walk around London, or something!! What's to do? Anyone recommend anything to kill an hour or three? Meet me for lunch??

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:34 pm

Ah, Deer, I wish. Sadly Lincoln is too far, and we only have one train a day to and from London direct. I would go to St Paul's Cathedral, or to Westminster Abbey. You could easily spend 3 hours in either and not see everything that there is to see. Have a good trip, and stay safe.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:39 pm

Thanks for the tip!

Post by **aliantha** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:02 am

Have you done the London Eye? That was pretty cool.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:15 am

Haven't, once when we walked by, the queue went on forever.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:46 am

Eleven hours in London.

think i shall steal that title for a poem.

Post by **aliantha** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:24 pm

deer of the dawn wrote:Haven't, once when we walked by, the queue went on forever.

Yeah, that's a definite drawback.

British Museum? We never got past the first floor, with the Egyptian stuff and the Elgin marbles. I'd like to go back one of these days and see the rest of the place.

But my favorite thing *ever* in London was the British Library. They had an exhibit -- and I think it was a permanent exhibit -- of manuscripts by famous people. John Lennon's scrawl of the lyrics to something-or-other on the back of a napkin; Charlotte Bronte's handwritten manuscript for "Jane Eyre"; and on and on. It was freaking amazing.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:52 pm

That sounds great, ali! And it's FREE!!! We'll see how long my feet and energy last. I won't have had more than a couple hours sleep (if I'm lucky).

Post by **Ananda** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:54 pm

Shoe shopping!

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:23 am

Actually, one thing I need badly is a school bag for my daughter. All the stores in the US are filled with summer stuff, nothing for school yet... Hoping to find something fashionable yet durable for her senior year.

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:09 pm

We didn't make it to Harrod's when we were there.

Also didn't see the V&A at all. And we didn't get out to Stonehenge.

Damn. I'm starting to think I need to go back....

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:24 pm

I've never been to Harrods either, but someone once gave me something in a Harrods bag, which I carried around nonchanently as if I shopped in Harrods every day

Have been to the V&A though, and Stonehenge, in the days when you were allowed to actually touch the stones!

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:49 am

You can't touch the stones? Whaaaattt?? They're STONES.

Post by **MsMary** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:23 am

It kills the lichens on the stones when you touch them. So you are not allowed to touch.

We went on an afterhours tour with a small group and went right into the center of the stones and walked all around them.

It was amazing!

Post by **aliantha** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:09 am

MsMary wrote:We went on an afterhours tour with a small group and went right into the center of the stones and walked all around them.

It was amazing!

I'd love to do that!

One of my attorneys brought me back something with a Harrod's logo on it -- a six-pack cooler, I think it was. I used it so much that it finally wore out!

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:28 am

my ex-captain told me there was a group of stones further north that you are allowed to touch.

anyone know of this?

Post by **aliantha** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:35 pm

Yup, it's Avebury. The stones surround part of the town. We did make it there. I'll look for pictures to post later.

Post by **MsMary** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:56 pm

Yup, we were at Avebury Henge, too.

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:34 am

aliantha wrote:Yup, it's Avebury. The stones surround part of the town. We did make it there. I'll look for pictures to post later.

awesome!

Post by **balon!** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:17 am

sgt.null wrote:Eleven hours in London.

think i shall steal that title for a poem.

i was thinking a bandname.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Eleven hours in London.

Eleven hours in London.