Arrival Thursday 6 October: Arrival - spent about 20 minutes in holding patterns over London after crossing the Atlantic an hour ahead of schedule. Immigration and customs were easy, as was the Heathrow Express into town. On to Paddington and a cab to Athenaeum hotel. Napped until 3pm, and then walked to Buckingham Palace, then down to the Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square. Cross the Jubilee/Hungerford Bridge, past the London Eye, then back across the Westminster Bridge. Looked around the exterior of Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. Dinner at the Greencoat Boy off Victoria St., then walked back to hotel via Buckingham Palace.