Left in the morning to London via train and arrived at noon. Checked into our hotel somewhere near King's Cross Station. We stayed in this little place called Hotel Meridiana.
The reception area
This really old puzzle of the London underground - super love it.
The way to the breafast room
Communal toilet/shower - which is placed in quite an odd place. See next picture.
I don't know if you can tell, but it's right off a step in the middle of the turning of stairs... I mean if someone comes out the toilet and forget that they're stepping right out into a bunch of stairs, it's so easy to slip and roll down the stairs I guess.
That's our rooommm
The small desk with coffee/tea facilities and tiny wall mounted TV
The cabinet next to the toilet/shower with sliding door
Sink and the shower on the right which I didn't take pics of
The bed.
The view out our window lol.
Us prepared to go out for our bus tour
Going down stairs.
Roads outside out hotel
Haha graffiti on Barclay's building
Then went on a bus tour ride. I've booked for the bus ride through the Internet before we went to London and we just need to validate it at the main company. Plus, it was cheaper online :p
That's a big M&M superstore! It's at Leicester Square. I didn't have time to go in... was actually quite looking forward to browse inside. It's so pretty and colourful and inviting from the outside heheh.
So, I bought the tickets from The Original Tour. And this is us boarding the bus at one of the stop points.
I have to say first of all it was freaking cold in London and strong winds as well. It was freaking cold all throughout UK anyways. It's by far the coldest spring I have been in. I mean it's was in end on MARCH. I have also been and done the touristy thing in London three times now -_-, so I didn't take many pictures this time round.
The Original Tour main company at Trafalgar Square
The National Gallery
The lions at Nelson's column
Erm.... I think this might be the back of Buckingham palace. If you look closely, you can probably see the guards. Apparently, as told by the tour guide, the guards are only present when the Queen is in residence. True story,
Went past the Ritz. Fancy
That's the iconic Hard Rock Cafe, for those who goes nuts about their collectibles
A somehow skewed view of London Eye. I so so so want to go on it but Mr Dino doesn't like heights :(
St Paul's Cathedral
And Tower Bridge
All these from a bus point of view lol. After the tour, we were probably frozen into human-shaped popsicles, especially as we sat on the open top deck cause you can see better and the shaded part of the top deck was all occupied. We did change seats when people started getting off the bus as the tour goes on but still COLD.
Got dinner at teng teng teng........ BURGER KING. Haha. Fancy much. I do love Burger King in the UK though. And went home, shower and got on the underground to Mr Dino's uncle's place for a visit. And went home later at night.
Andddddd..........before we retreated to the hotel for a nice snooze. Since we were so close to King's Cross, we went in search for the famous Harry Potter platform to Hogwarts. The Platform 9 and 3/4. Hahaha.
Found it. Had to be in a queue as well lol. I'm going to Hogwarts to learn magic and potions. See ya!!
Just kidding. Didn't go to Hogwarts. Had full breakfast at the hotel the next day. No pics sowwy cause stupid befuddled me forgot to take camera or phone down. It was a pretty okay breakfast I have to say. I did enjoy my stay overall at the hotel. It's very old and in need of some renovation but for the price I paid for a night in London, it's okay actually. It was reasonably clean, I thought so not much to complain about. The staffs weren't the friendliest but hey ho, it was only a day and night. I wasn't bothered.
Later, took the train to Bath. Was really looking forward to that. But it was still really cold in Bath and I think that affected the holiday a bit.....:( Stayed at this B&B called Dorset Villa.
Stairs up to our room
Our room
The bed
The cupboard and cabinet with half a TV lol and coffee and tea facilities
A full body mirror suitable for camwhoring
After checking in, we went for a walk around Bath town. I didn't take a lot of pictures either cause I've been before and it was way too cold to take my camera out most of the time... First thing first, lunch! I was so looking forward to having Sally Lunn's buns in Bath. Still as yummilicious.
Meee
Mr Dino with a plate at the back saying Sally Lunn's House - the oldest house in Bath lol.
My cinnamon butter and clotted cream bun
Mr Dino's jam and clotted cream bun
We went to The Royal Bath museum place for a visit. We initially went there first to buy tickets and wanted to go eat something. Didn't realise that we need to have the a piece of paper signed and said we will be back and this is the original tickets sort of thing. Apparently to show that we didn't sell the tickets to someone else.... Also walked about the place, looking at shops and the Bath Abbey etc etc.
I saw Krispy Kreme while walking earlier in the day and was craving for donuts. We had nowhere else to go and so popped in for a drink and donuts :D
And silly me forgot to take pictures of the donuts! How could I? I usually whoop out my camera whenever there's food present. I blame it on tiredness from a long day of walking.
It's all gone!!
And then it's time for ehem dinner. Lol. I feel like all I did in Bath was eat... I wanted to go eat fish and chips and went back to the bar called Belushi Bar where I used to stay during my last visit. Well, I didn't stay at the bar last time, it's the St. Christopher's Inn upstairs that I stayed in.
Accompanied with a cup of hot choc - all frothy and creamy
Fish and chips. Yumms
I wanted to go to the Thermal Bath but Mr Dino wasn't particularly interested during a weather this cold so oh well, we left it. I've been in before anyway so wasn't too bothered I guess. After dinner, went back to the B&B to shower and rest and some heat!!
Tell you, it's another place with old furniture and in desperate need of renovation or redecoration, in my opinion. The radiator cover needs some wiping as well. I didn't think it was too dirty but a few stains here and there which is not very pleasant to see... Otherwise, the owner seemed really nice. And the breakfast was very good. Was very happy with it lol.
There was a continental breakfast option plus a full English breakfast as well!!
Table offering various selections of cereal and a menu of english breakfast on the wall
Over the other side, a selection of yogurts and coffee and orange juice
Our table
The English breakfast and pot of tea as well
After that, we needed to take the train back to London as I bought return tickets between London and Bath. And went back to Glasgow from London. There was a few hours between arriving in London and the departure. So, we had some lunch.
We actually had Burger King for lunch but I saw this American-based diner and really wanted to try it as well. So, when it was less crowded I dragged Mr Dino back there to get some snacks lol.
It's this place called Ed's Diner
I don't know if you can see the American-style bar diner
ooooohhh how I've missed A&W. We each had an A&W rootbeer float
And sweet potato fries
It was interesting and nice. On second thought, I should have gotten the onion rings instead. It was just too much sweetness with the sweet potato fries and the rootbeer. I would defo go back to try the milkshakes! They look amaziiinnngggg
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