A Monty Python sketch in real life

I was amazed when I read this:

"July 26, 1996 Iberia Flight 6621, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 flying from Madrid to Havana was hijacked mid-flight. The hijacker, a Lebanese national named Ibrahim Saada demanded the flight be diverted to Miami International Airport. Saada was later apprehended and faced up to 20 years in prison. No one was hurt and the flight later landed at Jose Marti International Airport some hours later."

Wow. There's a Python sketch where Cleese and I think Chapman are the pilots and Palin comes in with a gun, saying "Take this plane to Luton!" Cleese's reply: "This is a regularly scheduled flight to Cuba, sir!"

So, any opinions on Heathrow?

It looks like we're going to be doing a ten day river cruise from Prague to Berlin in a few weeks. One of the flight options is a six hour layover at Heathrow, and I thought that might be enough time to spend a three hours or so in London. I assume that we could take the tube in and back and wander around a bit.

The question is: would it be worth it or should we just aim for a shorter layover and just get some food and charge our devices? I have two concerns: our carry-on baggage and going back through Customs and security. I assume that if we stay in the airport that we won't pass the Customs barrier and that won't be an issue. But it would be an opportunity for me to get another stamp in my passport, a silly thing, but it is a virgin and UK would be its first stamp.

Fortunately it's only a two hour flight from Heathrow to Prague.

I wish we had more time. I think it'd be awesome to spend the ten days in Scotland and England, but the river cruise sounds absolutely incredible. I know we'll be shepherded around, but we'll be going to some great places and the photo opportunities will be tremendous. And the boat has WiFi! I can post pix en route!


Gotta remember to check with Verizon on adding international to our plan. That, or buy burner phones when we get there, might be cheaper and we could use them for future trips.