September 30 - Heathrow

We had a very nice flight on British Airways in one of their A380's.  Talk about a huge plane!  There were two jetways to board passengers, one for the upper deck and one for the lower, and I think there were somewhere around 600 people on the flight.  We were able to use miles to get first class seats.  They are quite comfortable but not as nice as those on Emirates last year.  Unfortunately I didn't sleep at all and Al only got an hour or so of fitful sleep.  British border control was awful.  We were in a Fast Track line that barely inched along.  I wish I could have taken a photo because we were about the only ones without our smartphones in hand busily texting and typing.  It was kind of comical really since there were big signs saying no cell phones and no photos.

We decided to spend the night here at Heathrow because the connection time to the flight to Venice was kind of tight.  It was a wise decision! I doubt we would have made it today.  We had thought we'd take advantage of the layover to go into London for a few hours.  After finally checking in and getting cleaned up we found we really needed a nap.  Getting older can be tough in many ways.  So, we are spending the afternoon chilling out in the hotel lounge.  There will be other days to see more of London.

Tomorrow morning we'll have a very early wake-up call and we'll be off to Venezia!  No photos today.  I'll try to do better in the future.