Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Day 117: New York to London
September 20: Spent the day flying from New York (JFK) to London (Heathrow).
The British Airways catering dispute is now supposedly over, so we got fed. Wasn't a full flight so I managed to find some seats down the back to spread out on and sleep. I ended up getting three hours sleep last night, and this flight left at 9am... so with 7 hours to kill, I slept about half the time, watched the Adam Sandler movie, "The Longest Yard" and ate the remainder of the time.
Arrived in London late in the evening. Made my way by minicab to Belsize Park (family friends) where I'll be staying the next few days.
Had a chat with them, Mr and Mrs Luksenberg - Mrs Luksenberg went to school with my maternal grandfather in Poland together, and was good friends with him after the War as well. Their daughter Suzannah was also over to greet me. Late night, but nice catching up.
Time for bed - long day!
The British Airways catering dispute is now supposedly over, so we got fed. Wasn't a full flight so I managed to find some seats down the back to spread out on and sleep. I ended up getting three hours sleep last night, and this flight left at 9am... so with 7 hours to kill, I slept about half the time, watched the Adam Sandler movie, "The Longest Yard" and ate the remainder of the time.
Arrived in London late in the evening. Made my way by minicab to Belsize Park (family friends) where I'll be staying the next few days.
Had a chat with them, Mr and Mrs Luksenberg - Mrs Luksenberg went to school with my maternal grandfather in Poland together, and was good friends with him after the War as well. Their daughter Suzannah was also over to greet me. Late night, but nice catching up.
Time for bed - long day!
# posted by mishij @ 3:34 PM 
