Wheres me jumpa

Despite having been to England and Wales a number of times as a young whippersnapper, I had never been to London before. After this weekend, I will definitely be back to see more of London.

We flew to Stansted and got a Terravision bus to Liverpool St. station. The bus journey took about 1 hour which was a tad annoying. Out hotel was about a five minute walk from Liverpool Station. We stayed in The City of London Apex Hotel. £90 sterling per night for a 4 star hotel was more than reasonable! The hotel and room were great, the only drawback being the location is in a business area, which meant the area was deserted at the weekend.

A major plus for the hotel was its proximity to the Tower Bridge and the  Tower of London which was two minutes away on foot. A bus tour in Rome put us off bus tours forever more, so we braved The Tube. We were lucky to be on the Red Line, which is pretty straight forward to understand. A day ticket costing £5.60 each got us around all the sights. You get a real sense of the size of London when on the underground. Our first stop was Notting Hill which was nearly 25 minutes way from Liverpool St Station on The Tube. Word of warning, dont eat in Notting Hill if you are like me, a bull in a china shop, the restaurants and most shops are tiny!

The highlight of the trip was definitely The London Eye. Although the queues seem large, they move pretty quickly. The “flight” itself takes around 30 minutes but the time literally “flies” by! We rounded off the weekend with dinner in The Ivy, in the hope of seeing some celebrities, a hairy, arrogant horse racing commentator was the closest we came!

Happy that we have seen all the major sights, we will definitely get back to London again to sample a bit more of what the city has to offer.