London

Trip Start Aug 14, 2008
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Trip End Jan 24, 2009


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Sunday, August 24, 2008

London - 24th Aug. On our way to London we flew over the Swiss Alps covered in snow. Arrived at Heathrow airport at 9:30pm Sunday night. Took a transfer with dot2dot for half the price of a cab. Our driver asked if we were here for the carnival? Apparently today was the start of the Notting Hill Festival right near our hotel and tomorrow was a public holiday for Bank Day in the UK. No we weren't aware of this. There were people everywhere in the streets because of the carnival and we couldn't get close to our hotel as the roads were all blocked off. So we were dropped as close as possible and walked with our luggage from the main road down to Princes Square, Bayswater. It didn't end up being too far. Our hotel room was tiny.

Aug 25th - Walked down the main street of Bayswater at 9am remembered it was a public holiday so not much was open. We returned to the hotel and got in contact with friends and planned our trip to see them in Fulham. We caught the tube to Hammersmith which took about 15 mins with 3 changes. The Underground is unreal as soon as you get off one the next is waiting and off you go. We met up with Aaron and Michelle and went out for dinner at an Aussie pub. Fulham seems like a a great place. Had a good night drinking and catching up.

Aug 26th - Moved our luggage across to Kings Cross for the start of our tour the following day. This hotel was the best so far and should have been for $320 Aus a night!




 
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