Lancaster Hotel London

Today we said goodbye to the Lancaster Hotel and headed to the Royal National Hotel, our home for the next night and also our meeting place for CONTIKI!!! Looked like the biggest tourists lugging all our crap around London. Once we were able to check in, ...

After a ride from Heathrow into London in a Range Rover we arrived at the Royal Lancaster Hotel at 7:00 am and were able to check into one of our rooms!  Michael put his luggage in our room and we headed out to explore - working on the adage of ...

... flight from Chicago (jet lag blows). We managed, looking ridiculously, to maneuver ourselves and our oversized luggage to our hotel in Lancaster Gate, London via the tube (which is what they call the underground trains in case you didn't know... I didn't ...

This morning we caught the No. 94 bus to Piccadilly Circus then No. 15 to the Tower of London where we joined many other tourists to explore the Tower.  We started with a tour by one of the beefeaters, a funny man with lots of very old jokes.  ...

... also very good and there were only 4 on it so we were able to set the pace.   Once again we returned to the hotel after a delightful day - feeling tired, but not too tired for a dinner at a nearby pub.  Tom and Michael drank the local Fullers ...

... off other passengers we arrived at the hotel, Thistle Lancaster Gate. After checking in we went to Lancaster Gate tube station and activated our London Travel Cards before catching the tube to Marble Arch forlunch. After lunch we caught the tube to ...

... managed to get a few photos before crossing the Millenium Bridge and catching the tube from St.Paul's back to Lancaster Gate. We rested for a while at the hotel then went down to Queensway to check our email for the last time. After lunch we walked down ...

... flight from Melbourne. Passed through immigration and customs without any problemsand then caught our Hotelink minibus to our hotel, Thistle Lancaster Gate, arriving at 6:45am. Went for a walk through Kensington Gardens while we waited for our hotel room ...

... to Lancaster Gate then relaxed at hotel until 11:30am. Met Shell's brother, Mark, at 11:30 in front of Lancaster Gate tube station for his guided tour of London to see the sights we had missed over the last 4 days. Started by walking to Marble Arch via ...

Got organised early as we were booked in to go on the BA London Eye at 10:30am. Tried to catch tube from Lancaster Gate station only to find out Central Line was blocked by broken down train. We had to walk to nearby Paddington station and catch Circle ...

... ), we finally reached the area our hotel would be located. Yet instead of searching for this hotel, I was more intrigued with finding the little differences between London and America. One thing I found fascinating was that when you go to cross the road, ...

... and the British Museum. I awakened Mike from his jetlag nap at 9:30 a.m., and we departed the hotel at 10:06 to head out to begin our London sightseeing. We first walked through Green Park over to Buckingham Palace, where the TV broadcasting booths were ...

... " to pay for numerous Tube rides on the London subway system), and finishing with a Tube ride to Lancaster Gate, our stop very near our London Guards hotel were all accomplished in short order.      Exiting Lancaster Gate station with ...

... so we made sure to go back there to check it out. Next we headed for our hotel. We stayed at the commodore hotel in Lancaster Gate, Central London so getting around was very easy and quick. After dropping off our bags we walked up the road to the next ...