We take the double decker bus #23 from Hilton Metropole to the Royal Courts in the morning 9am. It’s 2.8 miles, needs 33 minutes, passing throught various neigborhoods, and ends at Waldorf Hotel, which is a part of Hilton chain. This hotel was created by William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) who was born in New York City. He was the only child of John Jacob Astor III (1822-90).
… the neighborhoods, according to my iPhone location info:
Virgin Atlantic was created in 1984 by Richard Branson (1950-), headquartered in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The maiden flight from London’s Gatwick to Newark was on June 22, 1984.
Today’s flight VS47 is from London‘s Heathrow lhr T3 15:45 to New York’s JFK‘s T4, 18:50.
Aircraft: Boeing 787-9; 1, 1, 1
Seat A5, w/ the sun on my side.
Duration: 06:50
Toiletries: REN Clean Skincare
Service: 5/5 Foods & drinks: 4/5
Comfort of the seat: 4/5
The business section is full, but from the announcement, the economy isn’t: it asks the passengers to sit where they’re assigned for the balance at take off; then they can make themselves comfortable wherever.
It’s a day flight. We’ll have a full menu shortly after taking off, and a high tea before landing.
Heathrow Airport (LHR), was named London Airport until 1966. It’s the primary and largest international airport serving London. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others being Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City and Southend).
I use this airport often. One reason is the Heathrow Express, a direct light rail which takes all but 15 minutes to Paddington Station / city center.
This time, we came in from krk/fra (T1) to LHR’s T2 on Lufthansa. Leaving from T3, on VS47 to JFK (T4).
T3 is busy and a little choatic, with endless shops, restaurants, lounges, and more.
This is one of two ports in Santorini for cruise ships to tender their passengers from their ships to shore.
There is nothing around it, except for the extremely winding and narrow upward road. So, the transfer from the tender boat to the bus takes just a minute or two.
Cruise ships can’t anchor because it’s too deep, according to Nicklas, so they drift while we’re onshore. The tender boat ride to shore is short 8 minutes, including the load and unload. We’re the last few got on, and the transfer to bus is only about a minute or two. But the ride back to our boat takes much longer. Get on at 8:21, left port 8:34, off 8:46.
