Off to London!

Sue and I are headed out of Vancouver to London.

The airport at YVR is beautiful. I never get tired of it.

We're flying Air Canada on their 777-300ER which is a new huge plane.  460 passengers!  When it took off it felt effortless...we were cruising at an altitude of 30,000 in no time and when it came to landing it was so quick without the usual feeling of the brakes being applied so hard that you are standing to attention in your seat.  Great flight.

After landing at Heathrow we made our way to the Heathrow Express which is an express train from the airport to Paddington Station.  £22 one way but worth it.  It only takes 15 minutes.  

We then made our way to our hotel with the help of a very nice construction worker who gave us directions.  It was about a 15 min. walk.

We then scouted the neighbourhood out.  Lots of shops, restaurants and pubs.  Trying to stay awake.  We go to an Italian restaurant called Bella Italia for pizza and beer.  There was a downpour while we ate dinner but cleared up nicely for the walk back.  It's time for bed...big day tomorrow starting with Kensington Palace.