Arriving in London

We arrived in London Gatwick airport at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning and took the Gatwick Express train to London which was a 1/2 hour ride. Then hopped a black cab and arrived at our bed and breakfast of Grovesnor Cottage at about 11:00 a.m. It is just off Park Lane on Culross Lane. We were delighted to meet June Makepeace Kerstner our hostess and her dogs Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch followed us up to our room each day and made himself at home on the sofa. Butch is an English Cocker, Sundance is a Field Spaniel. We had a large room with two single beds pushed together, sofa, several chairs and a television with satellite. By the sofa was a teapot, tea and coffee and chocolate bars. Connected to our room was a huge bath with marble floors, double sink, etc. Truly luxury for London! We were exhausted from our overnight flight. Mike went out for a beer while I napped and then he crashed for two hours while I read books on London and tried to figure out where we were going to go each day. We did get out for dinner the first day, but that was all we could muster. We tried to adjust to the five hour time change and get rest for our first full day in London.