London (March 20)

Friday, March 20, 2026

Our British Airways BA597 flight landed in London's Heathrow airport at 19:15 GMT (from Venice, Italy). The flight was delayed about 15 minutes (with the original arrival time of 19:00 GMT).

After landing at Heathrow, we had to board buses (as our plane didn't have its own terminal). Inna and I almost got separated on different buses. Upon arrival at the terminal, we went through passport control. We had pre-booked hotel transfers to Egerton House, but our Golden Tours guide was not there (at Terminal 5 International Arrivals). I had to call 020-7233-7030 to reach the driver (who was waiting for us at the wrong location. She was supposed to be at Costa Coffee (which had recently closed). Eventually, she came over and found us, and we boarded her Land Rover for a short 35-minute ride to the Egerton House Hotel in London, arriving at around 20:45.

On arrival, we checked into our room #24 and asked the concierge to find us a restaurant for dinner. At first, he could not find anything available (being Friday evening), but he managed to reserve the Mayfair Chippy Knightsbridge restaurant for 21:20.

We walked about 5-minutes to the Mayfair (noticing the large number of Middle Eastern women wearing hijabs) and were seated upstairs, on the second floor. We looked at the menu and ordered the following items:

• Drinks: Belu Natural Sparkling Water, Frontier Lager London (pint)
• Appetizer: Crispy Oyster Mushrooms
• Inna: Cornish Crab Salad
• Boris: Fish (Haddock) & Chips Classic (curry, mashed peas)

The Fish & Chips were delicious (though I needed time to get used to the Haddock "fishy" flavor). I originally ordered an Apple Cider but got the Frontier Lager instead. Inna liked her Cornish Crab Salad.

Saturday, March 21, 2026

In the morning, I woke up, showered, and shaved. Since the customs threw away my shaving cream, I had to use the lotion as a substitute.

When Inna was ready, we went downstairs for our morning breakfast.

After breakfast, we planned to visit various nearby gardens and maybe one or two museums.

Links

• Egerton House Hotel (Knightsbridge)
• The Mayfair Chippy (Knightsbridge)