Athens to London

September 21:  Today, we are in travel-mode - lots of queues and standing around in airports, underground stations, subway cars and luggage return.

We left our hotel around 7:30 am, traveled via subway from central city to Airport, had breakfast  after arriving at the airport, checked bags and passed through Passport Control and Security with little to no waiting. The flight to London was over 3 hours long with a slight delay.  We had a long wait at Passport  control, and consequently no waiting for our luggage. We bought express train service to Paddington Station, which took only 20 minutes, and then rode the underground from Paddington to Kings Cross.  We walked about 1/4 mile to the Mentone.

We checked in, got a smallish room and retrieved our stored luggage.  We went to dinner at Carlucci's, an Italian restaurant inside St Pancras Station, within sight of the Eurostar trains.  We have eaten here on several prior visits to London.  It was light, delicious and just right after a day of waiting.  We enjoy a bottle of the white wine special.  We both had a smoked salmon fettuccine, preceeded by fried ravolis and salad caprese.  We had an apricot tart for dessert. 

We returned the hotel and watch an episode of DCI Banks.  London felt clean and fresh after Athens.