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| Our A380 on the stand at Heathrow Terminal 5 |
We arrived at Purple Parking Heathrow after a longer than planned trip to avoid the M25 which was at a standstill. Check in was quick and we bought a sandwich and went straight to the gate waiting area - Terminal 5 is enormous! Our aircraft - shown on the stand is an A380 and was 3 weeks old. We flew Premium Economy and had a cabin on the upper deck over the wings. We had a spectacular view of Greenland from 38,000 feet. The sea was frozen in the fjords and everything was covered in snow. Our departure and arrival were both delayed as there were problems with the walkway that connects to the aircraft - in both cases they could not get it to retract outbound and get close enough inbound.
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| Greenland under snow |
It took 3 hours from landing to clear immigration and customs and get our car. We then had to content with Route 405 to San Diego being closed and the diversion was not well signed. We eventually got to our hotel at 0115 pacific time somewhat knackered -22 hours door to door!
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