I got my bags packed on a roll.

Amateur Traveler episode 118.

Today the amateur traveler goes to London, England.

Learn about great walks, where you can get an inexpensive dinner,

and where else you can shop besides Harroids.

You know I love it.

I got to see you want more cathedral. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

Maybe not today.

I have two new stories for you today, and the first one involves Heathrow Airport, since we're talking about London today.

Heathrow's new Terminal 5 is getting the world's first personal rapid transit system.

It's a little set of tiny pods rather than train cars that will take business

travelers around the terminal. The individual pods travel 25 miles per hour taking

people between their cars and the terminal check-in,

and the airport claims they'll never be more than an 18-second

wait in between one pod of the next.

Take a look at the pictures for that at the show notes at amateur traveler.com and the second

story I've been saving for a little while it's an article from smarter travel

written by Ed Perkins about the New Open Skies Agreement.

It's his analysis of that new treaty which allows airlines in Europe and America to fly unrestricted

between the two areas provided they can get space at airports.

His prediction is that it won't actually lower most of the prices between the U.S. and

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