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davidcook at 06:00pm on 19/09/2024
davidcook at 06:00pm on 19/09/2024(this is one of a series of back-dated posts about our family trip to the UK/France. The first part of each post is copied from my Facebook status posts from the trip, possibly then with additional notes added)
Sep 19
Landed in London. Smooth flight. Just waiting for Everyone Else to disembark, or at least start moving.
(Kids conked in taxi)
Notes: As above, the flights were smooth - Melbourne to Singapore, and Singapore to London. As we were arriving in Singapore quite late, and had 8 hours until the next leg, we booked some time in the in-terminal hotel, and managed to sleep a bit and freshen up. The flights were mostly smooth, a little mild turbulence here and there (carefully timed to delay meal service, of course), but nothing too bad. We arrived in London around 4pm-ish, took Heathrow Express to ... Paddington, I think, and then decided a taxi from there was the better option rather than attempting the Underground. As noted above, the kids both fell asleep in the back of the taxi on the way to the hotel. We went for the dinner option of most convenience (i.e. Maccas), and got off to sleep in reasonable time.
Sep 19
Landed in London. Smooth flight. Just waiting for Everyone Else to disembark, or at least start moving.
(Kids conked in taxi)
Notes: As above, the flights were smooth - Melbourne to Singapore, and Singapore to London. As we were arriving in Singapore quite late, and had 8 hours until the next leg, we booked some time in the in-terminal hotel, and managed to sleep a bit and freshen up. The flights were mostly smooth, a little mild turbulence here and there (carefully timed to delay meal service, of course), but nothing too bad. We arrived in London around 4pm-ish, took Heathrow Express to ... Paddington, I think, and then decided a taxi from there was the better option rather than attempting the Underground. As noted above, the kids both fell asleep in the back of the taxi on the way to the hotel. We went for the dinner option of most convenience (i.e. Maccas), and got off to sleep in reasonable time.
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