4 Days in London: Day 4 = Thurs. Dec 5, 2024

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 - Although they were calling for "Rain" today, it looks like I will have a rain-free window from 8 AM to 1 PM. Plenty of time for me to to grab Post Offices North-and-West of my hotel:

It is a nice day for a walk-about:

It is FUN to "peek-over-the-wall" once in a while:

Although I was in "non-rain", it had rained throughout the night. I'm sure these sidewalks made Wonderful Sense when they were designed (and even installed), but when you GET RAIN on them, they are VERY SLICK and Great Attention must be paid just to walk on them:

More FUN Houses-in-London:

I wound up collecting 9 Post Offices today. My favorite is when the building/location is exclusively a "Post Office" (W9 3ND - London, UK):

I find them much-less-appealing when the "Post Office function" is just a small part of the business (W9 1EU - London, UK, for example):

I was just about done with my 7-mile-hike at noon, and had lunch at Harrison's Coffee:

The view to my right from my lunch-table:

Back to the Hotel as the rain started coming down (had to get a bag of chips on the way). I worked on my computer, and read my Science-Fiction book, and packed. It turns out that I grabbed 34 Post Offices over 4 days:

4 on Monday (purple)
12 on Tuesday (orange)
9 on Wednesday (black)
9 on Thursday (blue):

And I wound up walking 42.2 miles over those 4 days:

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Friday, Dec 6, 2024
My flight home is Virgin Atlantic #4011 - Economy Class (handled by Delta)
Terminal 3 (Gate 23?)
Heathrow Airport, London, UK, 08:50 AM - Logan Airport, Boston, MA, US, 11:45 AM

Heathrow Express From Paddington: every 15 minutes from 5:10am to 11:25pm

I got up after 4 AM; cleaned up and got out of there. Reached Paddington Station at 4:51

I went down to the end of the platform and looked back:

15-minute ride to The Airport:

When you get off the train, you first look right:

And then you look left. Well, I am flying Virgin-and-Delta, so this LOOKS GOOD:

I checked-in, got through Security, and the tried to find the Gate for my Flight-to-Boston. So glad I got here early:

I think Heathrow has taken lessons from The Museums - the Only Way to the Gates is through The Gift Shops:

I finally found a seat among some nice little stores:

Nice plane with a lot of room:

Taking off from Heathrow:

Cool window seat:

Landing at Boston - that's My Plane:

WOW - Thank you God for all these wonderful "Adventures-in-London" days! (and for Safe Travels hither-thither-and-yon)

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