This morning we checked out of the Cardiff and walked to the Hilton Metropole to join our tour group. The Cardiff was good. Rooms are very small and the beds are tiny but there is plenty of hot water, the place is clean and there is a good breakfast. It is also 5 minutes down the road from Paddington Station.
At the Hilton, our room was ready which surprised me for a big hotel. We are on the 17th floor in the Tower. Also checked in with the Globus lady who gave us our times for the next couple of days. When we got up to the room, the first wrong thing was a double bed instead of two singles. Annoying. Later we discovered that the air con isn't working, it's about 26 in the room, and the fridge isn't turned on. VERY annoying. The room is marginally bigger than the one at the Cardiff and there is a bigger bathroom with a small bath with shower over. At least we get a bathmat here. I suppose.
Caught the tube from Edgware Rd station to Baker St for Madame Tussauds. It was raining again. We were early for our 12:30 timeslot so went into a café over the road for a cuppa. Inside Madam's, we collected our online purchased tickets and our Star Wars experience wristband and headed up the stairs to the lifts. But no. Our group can't catch the lifts up. We have to walk up stairs and stairs and stairs. It is hot inside and my legs are protesting after all the walking we have done.
First stop is the stars. Marilyn, Bruce, Arnie, the Duke, et al. Of course, we take pictures with them. We kept running into the same group of clueless teens, all chewing gum and taking forever to organise themselves cos it's all about them. And one mother and son who needed the perfect pic of junior. In the sports section, I was a bit clueless. Seemed to be a lot of football players, of various codes. We went to the 4D Marvel Heroes show. Not bad. The last attraction was the Star Wars experience. Of course, I needed pics with Chewy at the controls of the Falcon! Some of the figures don't look much like their real life counterparts while others are really good. It surprised me how small a lot of famous people are - short and/or skinny. Except Shrek and The Hulk.
We caught the train to Waterloo, intending to go up the London Eye but it was pouring when we got there. After waiting a little, we decided to give it a miss and caught the train back to Edgware Road.
Got dinner from the M & S over the road from hotel. They have a broad range of sandwiches or you can get prepared meals. We have no stove/microwave so are a bit restricted. It costs less than 10 pounds for a meal, roll, dessert and drink. I had an extra salad and thought I could just put it in the fridge for tomorrow. That was when we discovered it wasn't turned on. Grrrrr! The room was hot when we got back too; about 26.7 C. Fiddled with the air con but it didn't seem to change anything. We can't open the windows as they are double glazed and locked.
At the Hilton, our room was ready which surprised me for a big hotel. We are on the 17th floor in the Tower. Also checked in with the Globus lady who gave us our times for the next couple of days. When we got up to the room, the first wrong thing was a double bed instead of two singles. Annoying. Later we discovered that the air con isn't working, it's about 26 in the room, and the fridge isn't turned on. VERY annoying. The room is marginally bigger than the one at the Cardiff and there is a bigger bathroom with a small bath with shower over. At least we get a bathmat here. I suppose.
Caught the tube from Edgware Rd station to Baker St for Madame Tussauds. It was raining again. We were early for our 12:30 timeslot so went into a café over the road for a cuppa. Inside Madam's, we collected our online purchased tickets and our Star Wars experience wristband and headed up the stairs to the lifts. But no. Our group can't catch the lifts up. We have to walk up stairs and stairs and stairs. It is hot inside and my legs are protesting after all the walking we have done.
First stop is the stars. Marilyn, Bruce, Arnie, the Duke, et al. Of course, we take pictures with them. We kept running into the same group of clueless teens, all chewing gum and taking forever to organise themselves cos it's all about them. And one mother and son who needed the perfect pic of junior. In the sports section, I was a bit clueless. Seemed to be a lot of football players, of various codes. We went to the 4D Marvel Heroes show. Not bad. The last attraction was the Star Wars experience. Of course, I needed pics with Chewy at the controls of the Falcon! Some of the figures don't look much like their real life counterparts while others are really good. It surprised me how small a lot of famous people are - short and/or skinny. Except Shrek and The Hulk.
We caught the train to Waterloo, intending to go up the London Eye but it was pouring when we got there. After waiting a little, we decided to give it a miss and caught the train back to Edgware Road.
Got dinner from the M & S over the road from hotel. They have a broad range of sandwiches or you can get prepared meals. We have no stove/microwave so are a bit restricted. It costs less than 10 pounds for a meal, roll, dessert and drink. I had an extra salad and thought I could just put it in the fridge for tomorrow. That was when we discovered it wasn't turned on. Grrrrr! The room was hot when we got back too; about 26.7 C. Fiddled with the air con but it didn't seem to change anything. We can't open the windows as they are double glazed and locked.
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