Tiny Hotel Rooms in London

London really surprised us. We had been told over and over how expensive London is, but we were surprised to find it reasonably priced compared to what we had built up in our minds. We spent our two nights here in the EasyHotel, a brand of hotels known for cheap prices, but very small rooms. It did not disappoint. No windows and the walls touched the bed on three full sides and half of the fourth side. Not much room, but a great value in a great part of the city, Earls Court. Having troubles uploading pictures currently but will try to have an album up tomorrow sometime.

We had two full days to explore London before we had to head back to Heathrow to officially start our RTW ticket. We headed out on foot as we normally do. Exploring new places on foot allows you to bump into the unexpected along the way and avoid the feeling of being on a strict sight seeing itinerary. We try to avoid the Chevy Chase National Lampoons European vacation experience. With that said, we picked up the free London map at the Easy Hotel the day we arrived and circled some spots of interest and then essentially played connect the dots. We hit up Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Parliament & Big Ben, London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge. We stepped off the beaten path along the way and found ourselves on some cobblestone alleyways built before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

The first night was spent drinking a beer and eating some supermarket food on our hotel bed and the second night we met up with a friend Ryan for some pints of cask conditioned beer (hard to find in the US but very common in England pubs) and dinner. Ryan is a friend of a friend from San Francisco we met through our good friends Rob and Betsy. He has been in London working for Gap the past few years and was kind enough to give us the heads up on EasyHotel and also ideas of what to see around London. Thanks Ryan!

We head to Jordan tonight for the next week, looking forward to our first taste of the Middle East. We expect the stories and experiences to pick up as we enter our first unfamiliar country!