We sleep in a bit as we know we have a long time before we'll be back in a comfortable bed. We pack up and get ready but get a little later checkout of 1pm so that we can browse some stores on Oxford St. before heading to the airport. I had scoped out a store the night before when grabbing a Popeye's chicken sandwich that I thought Carrie would like and we started there. Carrie picked up a few trinkets and then we headed to some other store around the British Museum for something for the boys. I had thought that we might pop into the British Museum on our last day to see the Rosetta stone but it looked busier than the Victoria and Albert and I think we weren't up for it. At least I got a snap of the museum we didn't go to.
We take the Elizabeth line to Heathrow and arrive 3 hours before our departure (yeah, there really are people that take that advice to heart). I was planning on arriving 2 hours but we didn't have the energy to do much else and we had 2 more free passes to the lounge so I figured we'd just get our bags checked and go and have a few drinks in the lounge before the plane. It was a much busier lounge than the one in Ottawa and the first chairs we found weren't super comfortable but after a few minutes we got to move into some comfy armchairs making the wait much more tolerable.
We boarded and got in the air early and the entertainment on the flight was great. We had shopped around for some cheap disposable headphones that you used to be able to buy at the dollar store here for $1 of $2 but we could only find ones for £10 or more to use on the plane - as Air Transat was selling cheapo headphone for $10 on the plane. Turns out Virgin provided the cheapo headsets which didn't fit well but were still functional. I watched the entire first season of "The Chair Company" which is funny and Tim Robinson weird/absurd much like "I think You Should Leave". I come armed with lots of entertainment though on my phone with my big screen projection glasses in case the in flight entertainment sucks (like it did on the Air Transat flight coming to London), but in this case I didn't need it. A much more pleasant flight but we had another 2+ hour layover in Toronto and by the time we got home it was after midnight and we had been awake for 21+ hours so we were fried by the time we got home and got to bed. The doggies were super happy to see us and we were super grateful to Maria and Mike for watching them while we were gone.
