London suburbs are like no other IMO. Very busy, and you're often next door to a pub, so no worries. :)
I'm waiting on a friend who's actually in the industry over there to email me back. :) He just sold his B&B and is currently renovating rental properties I think. He's also a chef, so knows all the good spots. :) On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Ray Champagne <r...@raychampagne.com> wrote: > > Cool, thanks! I have stayed in a B&B exactly once, in Ireland, in the late > 90s. I did not care much for it. Maybe it was the one I stayed in, but I > really felt like I was staying in a home, with other strangers, and it was > kinda awkward. We really like the anonymity of a hotel. Did I just have a > weird experience, or am I too introverted to enjoy a stay like a B&B? > > Also, being in a suburb sounds like a hassle, but I never ventured outside > London downtown when I was there last (only stayed 48 hours and hardly > remember it). Are the burbs the same type of thing they are here in the > states? Call me weird, but I like being in a busy city, minutes away from > a deli or pub, or museum. > > On Thursday, February 9, 2012, Erika L. Rich <elr...@ruwebby.com> wrote: > > > > Don't stay in London center. Go into a suburb, stay in a B&B. If you give > > me a few days, I have a bunch of friends over there ... I can get a few > > good recommendations. > > > > Plenty of B&B spots in the suburbs close to the rail system. :) > > > > You'll have a blast! :) > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Ray Champagne <r...@raychampagne.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> So the wife and I bought tickets to see the Patriots/Rams game in London > in > >> October, kind of on a whim. We go to an away game every year and > decided > >> this was too good of an opportunity to pass up. But, sticker shock set > in > >> when trying to book a hotel in the city. Central London (or whatever > they > >> call it) is pretty expensive at $300+ a night. > >> > >> So, looking for advice as to areas to stay - we like to be in the heart > of > >> the action, with bars, pubs, restaurants, and public transportation > nearby. > >> The game is at Wembley, but it doesn't really matter if we're close to > it, > >> since it sounds like the tube goes right there. We're pretty much a > high > >> 3+ star couple when it comes to accommodations. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ray Champagne > >> r...@raychampagne.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
