After an uneventful flight I have arrived in London and have been resting and repacking in the house of my friends Linda and Mark, who live in Balham, a section of south London. They just left on a trip to Iran but left keys to their place with a neighbor.  Going to wander down the street and get a little Indian takeout and some fruit in the shop across the road. Heading back to Heathrow about 10 tonight on the tube in order to avoid an $80 taxi ride in the morning.  By the way I just passed a gas station and gas is about $9 per gallon, so we still have it easy in the US.