I came back into my blog and realized I hadn't posted about London or done a post trip reflection.. so here it is... London Baby!
Going to South Africa, we had a 7 1/2 hour layover in London. We stayed in the airport the whole time and it was painful in soooo many ways. It was noisy and there were no comfy chairs where you could catch a sleep. So, coming back, we knew we had to look for an alternative. Our travel agent told us that we were able to ask for a temporary, 1 day visa to leave the airport. Thank goodness!
When we arrived back in London, on our way home, we had a 12 hour layover. We went straight to immigration and got our 1 day visa and headed out. The Heathrow Express was leaving in under 10 minutes so we got a discounted ticket and we bolted to the train.
A short, direct 45 minute train ride to Paddington Station and we were in London! It was very early in the day, so we were on a mission.. MacDonald's coffee and hop on a tour bus! We got a ticket for the hop-on hop-off bus tour. You can choose a variety of routes to see various sights around London. We chose the longest one so we could see the most!
It was a quiet morning but things started to pick up mid-morning and then the chaos hit! The buses were packed and all of the sights were so busy you could barely move sometimes.
I even had a bit of a confrontation with a lady on the bus... which resulted in other locals standing up for me and telling her to stop being so rude to me. I won't get into too many details but she was definitely rude and the fact that other Brits stood up for me and put her in her place was so wonderful and actually had me in tears!
Anyways, we saw soooo many sights and this was honestly the perfect way to do it!
We ended the day with fish and chips and headed back to the airport to prepare for our journey home! This was definitely an awesome way to spend the day!
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