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CHAS’ & SUSAN’S
EXCELLENT
UK ADVENTURE
Day One

After a 7-hour intercontinental flight (thank Gawd for the personal computers at EACH seat, offering a wide selection of In-Flight MOVIES – ‘cause I sure couldn’t SLEEP!!!), we arrived at Gatwick Airport.

Thence, we took the “Gatwick Express” train to Victoria Station.

From there, we used the London “TUBE” (“underground” … “SUBWAY”) system to get to our London B&B. Unfortunately, this meant dragging our luggage up and down stairs – multiple times – as we changed from Tube Line to Tube Line, to finally get to our destination.

 FUTURE TRAVEL NOTE:
Whether you fly into London’s Gatwick, Heathrow, or Stansted airports, there is a lovely Express Train that will take you (relatively cheaply) from each airport into London. USE IT.
But, when traveling with LUGGAGE in tow,
TAKE A TAXI from the place that the airport train
drops you off, to your London digs!!!!
The TUBE completely SUCKS when you have to drag
ANY amount of luggage along!!!
If you are traveling with 4 or more persons, it may actually be CHEAPER for you to take
a TAXI from the AIRPORT to your London digs (splitting the cost 4-ways).
With only two persons, however, it’s cheaper to take the train, THEN take a taxi.

Huffing and puffing,
we finally arrived at
The Admiral Hotel
– our London B&B.

It was a perfectly lovely B&B …
e’en though the Hostess was in a “bad mood”
when she received us! (She was polite.
Just not incredibly “friendly!”)

It was clean and very
WELL LOCATED … easy to
get to and from ALL the spots
in London’s City Center!

What is interesting: There are TONS
o’ B&B’s – like “row houses” –
all up and down both sides
of the street The Admiral was on.
(See photo ABOVE and at LEFT)

I suspect that there are
TONS MORE Streets,
FULL of B&B rowhouses,
ALL over London.

Basically, I don’t think you can
“go wrong” with any
of these B&Bs!


Our Bedroom at the Admiral Hotel

The Admiral Hotel’s Dining room.

Like I said: clean, comfortable, well-located.
Our room even had a PRIVATE toilet/shower!
The Admiral was a great place to stay!


Here’s the VIEW from one
of our room’s windows.

Here’s the VIEW from the
other of our room’s windows.

What a HOOT! Obviously, the view from where you CRASH (sleep) ain’t “important!”
But … What’s with the WINE BOTTLE and TOILET PLUNGER?!!!
(In the VIEW at right.) I was rather preoccupied with that conundrum! LOL!!!
Seems to me that there likely is a VERY INTERESTING story there!
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