Thistle Hotel London

In London we stayed in the Thistle Hotel across the street from Kensington Gardens. In the mornings we walked through the gardens on the way to our orientation at Imperial College and in the afternoons we went shopping and on tourist outings. My favorite ...

... idea I was going to go down to the Tate modern but the rain and darkness finally defeated me and I headed back to Mayfair and the hotel. London day 3 was still drizzling/raining so we went to Harrods and had a look see - the Diana dodi memorial was pretty ...

... was excited to be overnighting in a Roman monastery en route to the Sabaudia Feast site. The Kennedys and Elliotts checked into the Thistle Hotel and caught a few winks. At 6pm we met up with Bob and Elaine Carlisle and walked to the White Horse Inn ...

... like small fried potatoes. I took a bite of the pie and loved it! I plan to try to eat this again while here in London. Hopefully they are all made the same way! After talking to another American who was only in London for the evening and helping her ...

The overnight flight arrived in London as scheduled. We sailed though immigration and customs.  It seems that every other country than the US has easier access.  This is the first time that we have packed small enough to carry on everything ...

... of Kensington Palace. I decided to do Kensington Palace tomorrow afternoon since it is the closest place to my hotel. I got to see some more of London that I had not seen previously since the London Dungeon experience is one of the most further out ...

... had purchased tickets online through Golden Tours for a walking tour of the palace, followed by a high tea service at the Grosvenor Victoria Hotel.  The tour was okay; our guide gave us a brief intro to the palace, but she didn’t go through the ...

We arrived in London by train on Tuesday. Here are pics of King Cross Station, another Harry Potter site. Also our hotel, which was ...

Half day sightseeing tour of London's West End shows you Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace. **loved spaghetti ...

... The Sunday Times in New York and the time just flew by.   After arriving at Victoria Station in London we walked right next door to the Thistle Victoria Hotel for a hotel tour and to drop our luggage for the day. The hotel is really very special. ...

... to our hotel. After a long and winding trip through London as we dropped 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 ...

... a 22 hour 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 ...

... all these touristy places are at least £10 to get in and usually a lot more. Today we saw the following attractions; London Bridge Tower Bridge The Tower of London The Globe Theatre That bridge from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Geek! Although ...

... know so you can see what we saw (see-saw? hahahahaha). I guess that it's time to sign off. Thanks for watching to date and updates will follow shortly from our home town, along with a final thought on Paris, London and both hotel's that we stayed ...