Airport Woes Part 2

This was written about a day and a half ago around 11am English time and everything is written as such.

So my first flight sucked. Small seats, less leg room and no individual tv. On a 5 hour flight I really think individual tv's are needed, mostly cause I looked up at the tv screen once and saw pasty face. For those who don't know pasty face is Robert Pattinson, the guy who plays Edward in Twilight.

Since the movie was ruined with pasty face in it and I was really tired I decided to sleep through most of the flight. Unfortunately that backfired since I could only sleep for about an hour or two during my second flight but oat least the second flight had personal tv;s and like 40 movies to choose from.

The best thing about both flights was that I had a window seat. Actually I saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time today as I was landing in Newark, New Jersey. The other cool thing is that during my second flight the middle person was missing so I didn't have to worry about crowding anyone and bumping into them a ton.

I don't actually have anything to complain about at the Newark airport, probably cause I didn't have to deal with my two big suitcases...

Now London. Oh my God London! Have you heard of this new invention called an elevator? The airport was fine other than a small scare where I thought one of my suitcases got lost, but it turns out it just fell off the conveyer belt around the corner where I couldn't see it. They had elevators but this annoying gap between the trains and the platform. lets do some quick calculations shall we? Two suitcases that are just over 50 pounds each and 1 girl. Now I'm strong but that's hard to do, especially when rushed since everyone else wants to get off the train too.

Anyway, from the airport I took the Heathrow Express to Paddington station. This first part was awesome since I got it for free as part of my BritRail pass. What that is, is unlimited above ground train rides for eight days in England. So that means I still have to pay for the London underground but since I'm not hanging out in London its the smart way to go. For instance I got the Heathrow Express as part of it and others have to pay 20 pounds one way! 20 pounds one way, 37 pounds round trip, that's almost 80 dollars right there and I only paid about 200 dollars for my pass. Smart way to go? I think so!

Moving on, from Paddington station I had to take the underground to Kings Cross. Here's the main area where they need elevators. I've got to say I hate stairs and friendly helpful random passerby's. Without them I probably would not have made it on the train I'm on right now!

Before I move on though I want you all to know I paid 4 pounds for the little stint I did in the underground, 8 dollars for like 5 stops! And I thought Caltrain was expensive!

Now this next part is also really annoying. Since I have a BritRail pass I can just hop on any train but they have assigned seating for those that reserve their spots early. I had to search and I mean really search for a place to sit. I ended up finding a pretty awesome spot though since my luggage is right next to me where I can keep an eye on it.

I'm going to stop here and continue in a separate post of what I've done since then.