Surprise! We're in London

After missing our flight to Seattle due to delays in Madrid and spending an hour walking through Heathrow to the various stations to get rebooked and arrange our hotel, we were too tired to do anything but get some hotel dinner and go to sleep. Below, Shawn and Andy sleep in ...

The next morning after breakfast, though, we were feeling refreshed. We realized that we had just enough time to take the underground into London and back (not a cab, because we didn't have our carseat -- British Airways wouldn't release our luggage), giving us exactly one hour in the city. Talk about a speedy visit! Here's what we managed to see in London in one hour: Green Park, Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guards, Admiralty Arch, Big Ben and Parliament, Regence Street and Picadilly Circus. Not bad! We were so glad we did it, and we got back to Heathrow exactly on time.

Finally, sleeping on the flight home...