TAG | London
Spending one day in London before I left was a great idea. I got to do a few things I haven’t yet had a chance to do. And now that my flight has been delayed, I thought I would take this opportunity to try and blog about the day I had in London.
First, I travelled First Class on Virgin Trains from Coventry to London Euston station. The train ride was quite something. You first get access to the Virgin Trains First Class lounge where they have free drinks and munchies. I loaded up on Virgin Cola and their Lemonade. They also provided a sandwich which was quite tasty and repeated offerings of refreshments. This is definitely the way to travel, especially when the increased cost compared to the regular seats is only marginal.
This was followed by a short but grueling taxi ride to my hotel, the Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth. Or simply the Kenilworth. I thought it’d be nicely appropriate given that I was going to be living in Kenilworth next year. The hotel certainly was charming though not quite in the same way my future town would be. Nevertheless, here are some pictures of my little classically London hotel room.
The hotel was located conveniently near to the British museum, and I whiled away my time before dinner taking in the great antiquities of the world. Here’re some examples that I thought were particularly striking.
My dinner was at a brasserie that my mentor/gourmet extraordinaire Richard had recommended. Brasserie Roux, an outpost of the famed La Gavroche. Service was provided by a staff seemingly entirely composed of the French, and most of the dishes were of classic French bistro standards.
FOOD PORN after the Jump
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