h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Let me preface this by saying not only was my Internet dodgy and I couldn't post day 3 but I'm just now recovered enough to not use thoroughly able language when referring to the first hotel I stayed in here in London.
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PC left Reading for Portsmouth in the morning and sent a car to take me directly to London around noon. I had an uneventful bfast and crammed everything in my suitcase then hopped in the car to enjoy the stand still traffic into London.

The plan was to stay at the Strand Palace Hotel until Saturday morning, with PC and the other s checking in the following afternoon. I can only assume that it’s called the Strand Palace because the people in marketing thought it would be a bad idea and call it the Strand Ratsnest. Except perhaps that even rats and roaches had more self-respect than to haunt that place.

After a night in complete misery there (seriously, I’ve seen nicer dorm rooms) with no AC, and dodgy internet - not to mention questionable security and nonexistent comfort – I checked out the following morning and wasted a few hours in a Starbucks because it at least had AC and Internet going for it. Then set about finding a nicer, or at least livable place to spend the rest of our trip.

I’m happy to announce we will be spending the next couple nights at The Savoy. Rats and roaches not allowed. Very first thing we did was take a nice relaxing shower to rinse off the mood and the day. And the previous night.

We had dinner at a publike place called The Wellington, down the road. Very good actually. A nice, peaceful area upstairs as we were both tired from the day. BTW PC actually got stuck in a bonafide dorm room in Portsmouth, so we were both pretty much in the same circumstances as far as being fed up and needing rest.

After dinner we came back to the hotel and just to make sure the previous night and earlier part of today were all gone I soaked in the tub for a while. I’m happy to report I’m doing much better now.

That's an eventful trip, so far. I'm glad you are feeling better, now.

And how big of a secondary suitcase did you bring for "souvenirs". Like a particular shower-head, and what-ever other amenities you might like to 'borrow'?

I am pleased to hear that the remains of the time should be in comfort and hopefully over-all more enjoyable. And of course, I'm terribly jealous. But I'd never say that in a public forum.

Oooops, I just did, didn't I? Drat ...


*wanders off mumbling and grumbling*

Please remember this is england, we don't do Air Con we do Central Heating

and our showers, tend to do the old "scald....freeze...scald.....freeze" routine

and its only recently that "soft toilet paper" has made an apperance, before it was the "WW2 wartime mentality" of don't waste paper, so only the basic type was avaliable, the "tracing paper" type of toilet paper that is, well for "something you can only use once" was the thought of the day


RJR here to inform

Sorry your original hotel was so c**p, but the Savoy should be good! I hope you and PC are out enjoying London as we speak and you have a safe flight home