There is so much to choose from!
One thing I did organise today was my National Trust of Australia renewal - this will get us a cheaper entry into all of those castles and heritage buildings in the UK that we want to go to.
Another thing we have done is finally decided on our first 3 night accommodation in London.
London being notoriously expensive it was a huge decision about where to stay - but as we are sticking to a tight (tight as a camel's arse in a sand storm tight!) budget, I finally went with the 'Ibis' at Whitechapel.
Its a couple of km's out of the city,but then everything is, unless you have a spare couple of 100 pounds per night right where all the action is!
Tripadvisor is an eye opener - worth a look at before booking anything overseas.
Stories of thick dirt on floors, disappearing or non existent staff, no towels, walls being so thin that you can hear the people in the next room talking all night, etc..etc..
The Ibis has a bus out the front of the Hotel and the underground is not far. Hopefully that will get us where we want to go. We have to start somewhere!
Hopefully I have made the right choice.
I guess we will also be close the the Jack the Ripper tours which we are hoping to do.
http://www.jack-the-ripper-walks.com
Might have to stick to a day tour due to Gayle's propensity to say sh*t and that will come thick and fast on all of our night time escapades.
Glad that you found somewhere to stay. If you are near an underground station nothing is too far away. Before you go check out all the places you want to visit as not everything is National Trust. We found that quite a lot were English Heritage and they had a good deal on a short term membership for visitors. We didn't take it up as we were all over the place and it was only for a short time but if you are only there for 3 weeks might be worth a look. I will look forward to reading about your adventures.
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