Day 1: Arrival

My mom, Rose, joined us on a trip to London. She had been there before, just last year, but agreed to go again.

For our plane ride over, we tried something different. Most USA-Europe flights (including all the ones we've taken in the past) leave in the evening and arrive (with the time difference) the following morning.

Since we were unable to leave Friday evening, we decided to take a flight that left Saturday morning, putting us into London around 10:30 at night. We figured that would allow us to get a good night's sleep and therefore a better start on our sightseeing Sunday morning. I think that worked quite well!

Here's Brian, standing in line:
We had a direct flight, which was nice. The London Tube system does not run 24 hours a day, so we were a bit worried about making it off of the plane in time. Luckily, we had no problems and were soon heading towards our apartment!

Here are Rose and Brian on the Tube:
As we've done on past trips, we rented an apartment instead of getting a hotel. The owner sent us the keys ahead of time, so we were all set when we arrived just around midnight.

Obviously, very little sightseeing was done this day; however, the apartment was right by the Tower of London, so we were able to catch a glimpse of this historic complex as we made our way towards what would be home for the next week.

After saying goodnight, we settled in for our first night in London!