Tag: taxi

All Aboard!

In a previous post we discussed how to get around London, Underground, Red Bus, and Black Cab. But what if you want to go elsewhere in England? Well, we did mention driving, but there is another way to get around: Trains.

In the US, where we live, the train system does have passenger trains, particularly on the East Coast in the Boston-New York-Philadelphia-DC corridor where Amtrak runs regular trains at relatively high …

Wait? You Mean the Airport Is Not Actually IN London?

You are in England, at the airport, have passed through His Majesty’s Customs and have entered into the Arrivals area of the airport. What will you see? What is next?

First, you’ll see a couple of hundred people holding up signs with names of people, or companies, or organizations, written or printed on paper, or on an electronic tablet. If you have booked a driver to take you somewhere (we’ll touch on that subject later.) …