After a long and frustrating process, I was able to post my pictures. Dara's friend Patrick gave me a tip that fixed my problems.
My stay in London was err... good and bad. We arrived an hour later than expected (11:30pm) because London-Heathrow (the airport) was closed. The airport had been closed for most of the afternoon and as a result, all of the flights arrived at once. This caused a huge crowd of people coming through customs. I waited 2 hours to get through. The fact that they didn't have more than 2 employees on duty checking passports didn't help either.
By the time I got through customs and claimed my baggage it was nearly 2:30am. The express train from the airport closed at 2am. All of the subways were also closed. I had to take a 45 minute cab ride from Heathrow to my hotel in central London. You can imagine the price!
I checked in around 3:30am. I went straight to my room and fell asleep. Around 10am, a HUGELY ANNOYING burglar sounding alarm started to go off in my room. I called the front desk, and they informed me that they were testing the alarms and would be finished within 15 minutes. I already have weird sleeping problems, and this alarm caused some serious terror and panic. Due to jet lag and the stupid alarm scaring me out of sleep, I didn't get up until the afternoon.
The Marriott County Hall was next to the London Eye, and only across the bridge from Big Ben and the houses of Parliament.
By the time I got through customs and claimed my baggage it was nearly 2:30am. The express train from the airport closed at 2am. All of the subways were also closed. I had to take a 45 minute cab ride from Heathrow to my hotel in central London. You can imagine the price!
I checked in around 3:30am. I went straight to my room and fell asleep. Around 10am, a HUGELY ANNOYING burglar sounding alarm started to go off in my room. I called the front desk, and they informed me that they were testing the alarms and would be finished within 15 minutes. I already have weird sleeping problems, and this alarm caused some serious terror and panic. Due to jet lag and the stupid alarm scaring me out of sleep, I didn't get up until the afternoon.
The Marriott County Hall was next to the London Eye, and only across the bridge from Big Ben and the houses of Parliament.
On my first night out, I walked up and down the Thames river. This is the London Eye, and to the right is the London Aquarium and the Marriott Hotel.
The concierge recommended this restaurant as having traditional British food.
I had half a roast chicken with potatoes, carrots, green beans, stuffing and sage sauce.
My hotel was just across the Westminster Bridge from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
I love Bus tours. I like them because you hear commentary on different sites that you might not have known about. Of course I had planned on getting a few pictures of the London (Tower) bridge, but I recommend them to anyone traveling.
Cleopatra's needle was under construction. The two sphinx statues are supposed to face away as guards, but they were improperly placed and have never been corrected.
This is not my photo. I took a picture of the Tower of London, but it wasn't very good. If I had had more time in London, I would've really loved to spend some time in here. The tour guide recommended dedicating a whole half day to this site alone.
Fountain outside Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham Palace.
The fountain was still running even though most of the water was frozen over.
Inside Harrods, one of the largest department stores in the world.
Also inside Harrods. They had all kinds of food inside including Sushi, Chinese, Indian, French etc.
Something I didn't expect, Krispy Creme is all over London. Every grocery store had a little spot for Krispy Creme doughnuts. This shop is inside Harrods.
Big Ben by day.
Big Ben and the houses of Parliament.
I couldn't leave London without taking photos of the telephone booths and a double decker bus!
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