Trip Report: London, England

On Monday I took a "daytrip" from Amsterdam over to London and back. Easyjet had somewhat lower fares to London-Gatwick and London-Stansted but both airports are far out of town and the train fares are expensive. By flying into London-Heathrow, I was able to travel into central London via the Underground/Tube. So I flew British Airways.

On approach at Heathrow, flying over Windsor Castle.

There are three separate Underground stations for Terminal 5, Terminal 4 and Terminals 1,2,3.

The Terminal 5 station is right in the basement of the airport and offers Piccadilly Line services directly into the heart of London.

And when I came up out of the ground at Piccadilly Circus, it was a wow moment!

Nearby Regent Street heading north towards Oxford Circus.

Of course had to visit Hamley's Toys!

Lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe!

A visit to the main branch of Topshop/Topman.

Stopping at the Marble Arch.

Soon it was time to return to Amsterdam. You can fly nonstop from Orlando International Airport to London on British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Thomas Cook Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle or from Orlando Sanford International Airport on TUI Airways. All services are to Gatwick though so if you want to land at Heathrow you'd have to connect somewhere else first.