We arrived in London, took the Tube from Heathrow to Gloucester Road, and got to the Hotsel that we are staying at while here. We got there around 11 am… but we couldn’t check in until 2pm…
First they said we could stow our luggage down stair so we all started down only to stop with a third of the group downstairs, a third on the stairs (and were talkin’ tight, twisty Georgian era stairs and I was near the bottom), and a third still at the top because there wasn’t any space down stairs… So we had to go back up the stairs and wait in the lobby while we try to figure out what to do. We ended up being able to put all our bags in “The Guys” room until two when we could get the other rooms. After that we walked around a little bit in the area checking it out and grab a little bit to eat until the rooms were ready…
I went with a couple of folks to a little local place called “Paul’s” and had a latte, a French bacon and tomato thing, and some French custard and pastry layered thingy that was delicious! I was really glad I went to a local place instead of the BK or KFC that were right next door… I didn’t want my first meal in London to be at an American fast food place…
After finally getting into our rooms we had a little time to relax and get ready for a night on the town. I took a shower, which was great after a long day on planes and sitting in airports.
We left around 5pm to head into town for our first night in London. So we went to the Eye… But the first thing that we see when we came out of the Tube was the Parliament Building with Big Ben (the tower clock) staring right us. It looks awesome at night! In fact lots of London looks great at night is pretty…
Finally, it was bedtime… And sleep was much needed…
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