Tue 26 Apr 2005
I finally booked my flight and saved a bit of money by having a 12 hour layover in London ($714 for the round trip from Boston). The cool thing is my flight arives in Heathrow at 8:30pm which gives me time to catch the 15 minute train ride into Paddington station where I can stash my luggage, go around London and finally park my keaster at some all night club if I can find one on a Thursday night (any ideas?) and catch the tube back some time after 5:00, preferably after I have had a propper helping of bangers and mash or a full english breakfast. My flight leaves at 8:00am on Friday for Stuttgart.
This all reminds me of my last semester of College spent running around London (and Europe) while trying to pack in as much fun as I could in a weekend on a budget. If anyone hasn’t gotten their tickets yet or will be in London at the same time and wants to come out for the fun drop me a line I will see if we can meet up.
What a great way to kick off what I am sure will be a productive conference.
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April 27th, 2005 at 4:17 am
Give a look at http://www.urban75.org/offline/index.html in brixton. 7pm to 2am and its free. My faveourite price.
April 27th, 2005 at 6:40 am
John,
I live an hour south of London in Brighton. You’re welcome to crash at my place if you want, if the dates suit (what date is the Thursday in question).
I had to wait in Kings Cross recently from 23:00 ’til a 06:30 train arrived and it wasn’t fun. So I don’t wish for you to have the same experiece. If you’re interested or don’t get an offer closer to London, drop me an email.
Aidan
April 27th, 2005 at 3:09 pm
What kind of place are you looking for? Club? Bar? Pub? Small? Big?
April 27th, 2005 at 6:55 pm
Anything say closing around 4:00-5:00. I know of a few places that close around 2:00 but that then gives us 3 hours before the Paddington train starts running to Heathrow again. I’m going to hop to all my old haunts but would like to close out the night somewhere within walking distance of Paddington (meaning 1 hour or less).