OFF: Heathrow/London help

[M Holmes]

Frank Weil writes:

> My fiancee and I will have a short lay-over in London on the way to our
> honeymoon, and we would like to get some specific information.  Our
> flight gets into Heathrow Airport at 10:00 AM on a Saturday (18
> October) and doesn't leave until 4:35 PM that same day.  We are hoping
> to take public transportation (the tube?) into London, walk around for
> a while to see some sights and try to wake up, and then take public
> transportation back to the airport.  We won't have our luggage with,
> so that will make things easier.
>
> First, we plan to take the Piccadily Line Underground into the city,
> which is supposed to take 30 to 40 minutes.  Does anyone have any
> better suggestions?

I'd eave a litte onger on the way back, just in case...

> Second, can someone please suggest a good destination in London given
> that we will have a total of only two or three hours there?  We have
> both been to London before (but it has been a while).  We were
> thinking of going to an area like Piccadily to have lunch and walk
> around.  Does that sound reasonable?

What sort of things would you like to see and do in London. Piccadilly
is more or less the place that the tourists all hang out. There's the
Trocadero Centre for all the 'puter games. Lots of record shops on and
around Oxford Street which is about 5 minutes walk away.

FoFP