London Day 0 - Travel there

By Mark Fitzgerald

Day 0 is to represent the day we actually take off from home. Being that we will be on an overnight flight, most of our travel takes place on Day 0. Our goal is to make sure that we only have one stop. We are in a small enough market that this makes it a little more challenging.

One of the things that has worked for us in the past is to actually have a really long layover. This gives us the change to leave the airport and explore the city we are in before heading to our final destination. For purposes in this itinerary I choose the most ideal flight. I am sure between price and the time we actually leave, we will have to modify this schedule.

Time in GMT
Activity	Arrive	Time at Destination	Depart	Travel Time to Next Dest
Depart Home			6:10 PM	0
Travel There	6:10 PM	0:20:00	6:30 PM	0
Check In	6:30 PM	0:20:00	6:50 PM	0:05:00
Security	6:55 PM	0:30:00	7:25 PM	0:05:00
Board	7:30 PM	0:40:00	8:10 PM	0:05:00
Fly	8:15 PM	2:45:00	11:00 PM	0:07:00
Lunch (bring with us)	11:07 PM	0:30:00	11:37 PM	0:07:00
wait	11:44 PM	2:10:00	1:54 AM	0
board	1:54 AM	0:45:00	2:39 AM	0:05:00
Fly	2:44 AM	1:20:00	4:04 AM	0
Dinner (on airplane)	4:04 AM	0:30:00	4:34 AM	0
Fly (Sleep)	4:34 AM	6:00:00	10:34 AM	0

Churchill War Rooms

Tips for visiting the Churchill War Rooms
By Mark Fitzgerald

Churchill War Room

The Churchill War Room museum is the original cabinet war rooms used by Churchill during World War II.  The site was closed down after the war.  It has limited use until it was formally opened as a museum in 1984 as a London attraction.

It is laid out pretty much in a set pattern.  Don't just run through the rooms.   Take the time and slow it down a little.  The first two rooms are the Cabinet and Telephone Rooms.  Spend about 10 minutes per room. You then head into the museum area.  Plan for about 40 minutes in this area.   The remaining 40 minutes would be going through the kitchen, staff rooms, broadcast room and then Churchill's personal area.

We plan to be there a little under 2 hours.  Some people have suggested 3 to 4 hours to visit there.  I love history, but that feels a little long.

 Floor plan of the Churchill War Room:

 

Map of the Churchill War Room:

The website for the Churchill War Rooms is:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms

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