I'd be very happy to help you with a hotel in London. The problem is in narrowing down your search; there are millions of hotels to choose from. Speaking as someone with almost 100% Scots blood, I am horrified at the cost of hotels in the U.K. and London in particular but I know that everyone has different priorities.
Let me know what your criteria are (i.e. is location more important than price, size of room less important than ambiance etc.) and I can try to make some suggestions.
Beebee
Posts: 1954 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 09 September 2002
thanks anyway, but one of my friends has pulled through with a guest room! I can't wait, haven't been to London in ages! pla on seeing the Cirque du Soleil, the Aztec show at the Royal Academy and doing some flea markets! Some pub crawling... and perhaps an indian meal..
Excellent. Perhaps we should try and get a Slow Travelers get together. I am always very jealous of the messages that fly backwards and forwards organising meetings in Florence or San Francisco or New York. Now we can set up one in London if you have time.
Beebee
Posts: 1954 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 09 September 2002
Sounds like a good idea. I'm just back from a couple of days in London (family pre-Christmas visits) and it reminded me of the fact that, although I'm glad to have made the break from London (over 10 yrs ago now), there's a lot that I miss.
I'll be reasonably free around then: wife & son are away skiing until Sun 2nd (though I'm not feeling too abandoned: I've got cheap Go flights Bristol-Venice and 3 nights at La Calcina [thanks to Shannon for the recommendation] at the beginning of that week), so a GTG anytime from 31 Jan-2 Feb would be fine.
Should we post something on the GTG forum?
Jonathan
Posts: 2941 | Location: Stroud, UK | Registered: 18 November 2001
There's a good antique market at Camden Passage in Islington with an ok (not fabulous but not hideous either) pub in the centre called the Camden Head - pretty sure that's right.
There is also Portobello market, but I don't know any pubs there. I'm also inclined to think that Portobello will be more crowded than Camden Passage, but I might be wrong. Jonathan might have some suggestions.
Beebee
Posts: 1954 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 09 September 2002
I had hoped for a day in London on the Saturday, but some work has come up for the morning (in Cheltenham), so it looks unlikely that I'll make it to London. A pity: I was hoping to thank you in person, Judy: your website recommendation of Osteria dei Pazzi (just round the corner from the apt we rented for a few nights last October) provided us with a delicious and memorable meal. As you say, Paolo is a real star!
I hope you have some good finds in the fleamarkets
Jonathan
Posts: 2941 | Location: Stroud, UK | Registered: 18 November 2001
Beebee and I seem to have been engaged in some simultaneous writing! I'm afraid I can't be of much help: my London marketing was all rather a long time ago. Certainly Portobello always used to be hideously crowded.
Jonathan
Posts: 2941 | Location: Stroud, UK | Registered: 18 November 2001
There are so many great markets in London; it depends what you are after. I like Camden Passage because it has lots of places selling art nouveau and art deco, also it's set in Islington which is a nice but not particularly touristy part of London. But if you are after clothes, Camden Passage isn't the best market to go for.
Posts: 1954 | Location: London, UK | Registered: 09 September 2002
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