London, take two

I almost hesitate to write this lest I jinx it, but let’s try this again: we’re going to London! Thom and I had been thinking of destinations for a possible vacation in April (like a cruise or a road trip), and we finally thought, why not revive our previously thwarted trip to London? We’d done all that research on sights and so forth; why not get back up on that horse and have another go?

Our plan is to be there the last few days of April and the first couple days of May (which incidentally makes it sort of a pre-birthday trip). We’re taking a different tack on arrangements this time: I’ve reserved a couple of business-class tickets (or “BusinessFirst,” in Continental Airlines parlance) using some of the frequent flyer miles I’d been hoarding. Might as well redeem those miles and travel in style, right? And Thom has made a reservation at the City Inn Westminster, a chic and well-reviewed hotel that today came through on a promise to beat a lower rate we found on Expedia and other sites. So we’re right chuffed.

» See also: Thom, back in blogging business, beats me to the scoop.