Ardmore House
Travel Blogs from London
Looking for the Queen
... 100,000 people who decided to view the changing of the guards. Pushing our way through the crazy crowds, with kids lofted high on shoulders, we all glimpsed the Queen's guards in their colourful uniforms, performing their change of shift. Next a visit to Trafalgar Square to climb on the lions and then straight to Covent Gardens for a bite to eat. After experiencing some of the street buskers and visiting Benjamin Pollock's toy shop, it ...
The Student's Tale
... the town its name in the first place.
At seeing the countryside, I knew in my heart of hearts that I was never nor will ever be a city girl. At least I won't ever be a huge city kind of girl. Like back home is nice with a great balance of personal space meets a thriving community, but London is a little too much. I actually feel quite bad because I think the longer I am in London, the grumpier I am actually getting. I don't know if its the lack of personal ...
A brief homecoming and Olympic fever!
... for our trip to South America. He just stared back blankly.
Olympic fever rose to the next level when we watched the brilliant Opening Ceremony. We can’t remember an event dominating conversation like Danny Boyle’s inventive eccentricity-athon, and have subsequently met people from all over the world while travelling in South America and the general consensus has been "I didn’t get bits of ...
One couple, two cities
... around the city pre-London. It took us through the Roman rule of London, through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Victorian age (with a really cool whole Victorian town set-up) and into the more modern times. We learned/re-learned a lot of London's history. In many ways, London's history is Britain's history because everything that happened in London seemed to affect the whole rest of the country, so it was a good background on a ...
All you need is love
... we were at Westminster. We saw Big Ben, Parliament and the works. Off to Westmister to view the incredible cathedral where the Kings and Queens are crowned and where many famous heros of England are buried. From there we are off to another pub....the the fish and chips, bangers and mash and meat pies are starting to where ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking