A Tour of London, England

The first time I traveled to Europe was in the fall of 2000, when I spent two weeks in England. I was glad my first "abroad" experience was in a country where I understood the language, because I really have no ear whatsoever for languages. This was evident the following year when I was in Paris, and even after studying French for four months prior to my trip, when I got there, I couldn't order a cup of hot chocolate in a restaurant without the servers looking at me as if I had two heads. In each place we went for dinner, I would order hot chocolate after dinner and somehow would "always" end up with some type of chocolate dessert or something with chocolate sauce on it. I definitely had an easier time in London!

Hotels:

At the time of this trip, I was a manager for Marriott, so we stayed in two very nice hotels for less than 60 pounds per night. We stayed in two Marriotts, one in the city itself, just a few blocks from the Marble Arch, and one in a town called Chesunt, which was approximately 30 minutes away from the city by train. Since this is a review of the city of London, I will not go in to great detail about these hotels, except to say that I do recommend them both, although the Marble Arch Marriott is not worth what most patrons will pay. As we only paid 49 pounds per night, it was nice, but I am not sure I would spend the 150 pounds per night that it's going for in August of this year. The Marriott in Chesunt, however, was lovely. The service and accommodations were both top notch, and I would highly recommend it, if you don't mind being a ways outside the city. Okay, now on to the important stuff......

Top Attractions (in my opinion):

London is full of museums, and truly, unless you are someone who can spend days on end in museums (I am not), there a few I recommend that will whet your appetite appropriately but won't bore you.