Edward Hotel London

... where we did a tour of this magnificent Abbey. We were very lucky to be able to participate in a service in the chapel of Edward the Confessor. The chapel is normally closed off due to damage and the fragile state of the chapel. Sue and I were just lucky ...

It is 11pm at night.  Laura and I, now resting our weary feet at The Melbourne House Hotel, have completed our farewell London tour.  And boy was it a biggie.       The day began with blue skies once again, I set my ...

Today I left the leafy streets of Crowthorne, Berkshire, for the hustle and bustle of London. I had booked a room for a week at a rather grandiosely sounding hotel - Palace Court Hotel in Bayswater. The Priceline information said the hotel had been ...

Rather than make an entry for each day I spent in London over the 7 weeks, I have decided to condense my London experiences and this entry will include all experiences before and after the tours I went on. My arrival in London was pretty early in the ...

... at a Chinese restaurant and enjoyed a feast of dishes and Good Company. Our last indulgence was a trip back to our hotel in two traditional London black cabs. What a blast we have had in London, nonstop action and an assault on the senses. Tomorrow we ...

... glass windows were absolutely breathtaking. We went on a self-guided tour seeing the many tombs of famous people such as Edward I, Henry III, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Henry VII, and Mary Queen of Scots. There also were tombs of Charles Dickens, Winston ...

... any of the sorts of (historical) things that one casually otherwise appreciates at the Abbey.  We did see Henry VII Grave, plus Edward III, Richard II, and the poet’s corner, plus the musicians and scientists. The slow-moving crowds were a bit ...

... we ended up walking along most of the wall frame. From one side, we were able to get a really clear view of the London Bridge, which was really close by. The different rooms and towers were filled with so much history. Some famous people were imprisoned ...

... curtain call everyone was on their feet clapping and singing and dancing.  Really lots of fun!  And the theater, Prince Edward Hall, was beautiful.  A show in itself. We walked through Soho to get to the theater.  What a crazy place; ...

... early one. In my younger days I could have kept going until 2am. The next day I set out to show Dwayne around London. This meant walking for much of the day. We started with all of the typical sights, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, ...

... offically opened in its new location in 1854. The buildings were designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, and the grounds largely attributed to Edward Milner and Georger Eyles. The palace caught fire in 1936 and burned to the ground. All that remains now are the ...

... from York in the morning after dropping a couple of suitcases at the office for summer storage. After leaving my pack at the hotel in London, the sun was coming out & I decided to take a random wander. Caught the tube to Leister Square and picked up ...

After carrying our backpacks to the fourth floor of our beautiful hotel right in the middle of London, we started our tour of this beautiful city by walking from Marble Arch down to the Buckingham Palace. On we go past the Horse Guards and right into the ...

... . I enjoyed sitting up the top and seeing London from that viewpoint. So I had officially seen and done everything I had wanted to in London so I was very satisfied with my time spent there. I then went back to the hotel and grabbed my bags as I had left ...

... unheard of anywhere close to the major tourist attractions. That would be more typical of the price for one night in a modest London hotel. All the family rooms in the Travelodge hotels in or near the city were booked solid months before I was ready to ...

... vantage point we could still see across most of Central London, with the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey looking particularly good. “London's not as high rise as I expected,” said Angela as we neared the top of the ride. I nodded in ...

... and of Tower Bridge itself. Tower Bridge opened in 1894 and is now one of the most instantly recognised landmarks in London. Tower Bridge’s medieval style leads many to presume the bridge is much older, but it was purposely designed to complement ...

... Anyways, back to my travels...woke up, had a quick shower, quick coffee and i was off. 1st stop was the Tower of London. Quite interesting. From what I gathered, it was the first built castle in 1066 by one king or another (James or Edward maybe John ...

... in the cathedral. This particular cathedral was built in the late 1600s after the previous one was destroyed in the great fire of London, although there has been a cathedral dedicated to St. Paul at that location since 604. The inside has a lot of gold ...