Travel Day to London – August 30-31, 2024

I got to the airport in Denver 3 hours before my plane’s scheduled departure.

A couple of days ago I read an article in the Denver Post warning travelers to get to the airport extra early because it was going to be a record breaking Labor Day weekend for travel at DIA. That turned out to be a false warning. I sat on the concourse by myself for two hours before people started to show up for the flight to London. Better early than late.

I paid a little extra for a bulkhead aisle seat. When I got on the plane I saw that the middle seat was occupied by a young mother and her six month old son, Oliver. I had a sudden horrifying vision of a nine hour flight sitting next to a screaming baby.

After we took off and got up to our cruising altitude mom fed Oliver and he fell asleep in a bassinet that the flight attendant attached to the bulkhead.

I have never seen this setup for a baby on a plane.

Oliver slept through almost the entire flight. What a rockstar baby.

My flight landed on time and clearing passport control and customs was a breeze. Sara and I took an Uber to Covent Garden and checked into our cozy two bedroom fifth floor apartment.

That is our apartment on the top floor and there is no elevator.

The apartment has a nice living room and kitchen and two small bedrooms.

After we got settled in we went out for lunch and a stroll around Hyde Park.

Memorial to the 55,000 British bomber crewmen who died during World War Two.

After a brief rest at the apartment we went out for dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant in Bloomsbury.

Hummus.
Falafel on a bed of hummus.
Sea Bream.
Lamb shawarma.
And for dessert a honey and date cheesecake.

That’s it from London. I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.

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