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“He who is tired of London is tired of life. “
We’re not tired of London, and are already plotting a return trip. But it’s time to move on to the Cotswolds for five nights and we won’t miss our cramped little hotel room near Paddington.
On Sunday, I made good on my threat to attend [...]

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We leave in 2 hours. Yeah, we like to hang around OHare and not run late.
The TSA guy was way too cheerful; what’s in his coffee?
We’re on standby for business class and it’s nice that AA’s gate monitor actually shows our request. I got a courtesy Space-A upgrade put in the record by the [...]

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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain:
Air reservations

American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available)

Hotel reservations

London
Stow-on-the-Wold
York
Dublin

Rail and transit

Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day
Ordered

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Next up, a free application shows the status of the London tube lines in a slightly different way… clean, simple, but there’s not a lot to it:

Pretty straightforward - when you click the blue i for more information, you get:

And that’s it - no maps, no routefinder, but more updates are promised in future versions [...]

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This little app won’t be that useful on our upcoming trip to Britain, but we should be able to access it via hotel wifi. It’s called “Tewks London Tube.”

The first screenshot shows our closest station as the crow flies. A Londoner might find this feature useful, especially when deciding between several nearby stations. For us, [...]

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