We went to London for a long weekend at the beginning of September 2009 to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We have both said how the time has flown and we don't feel any different in our relationship than we did when we were not married, we feel this is good.
We stayed in a Travelodge hotel in Covent Garden as we had also booked tickets to see 'Thriller Live' in the West End and thought walking distance between the hotel and theatre would be a good idea. Additional plans to the weekend was to do some sight seeing as Andy hadn't visited London since he was a child, so some of the usual tourist traps were on the cards.
We spent our first day doing a lot of walking! We walked from the hotel to Trafalgar square and onto Westminster, stopping of course to take in the sights. We spent the day visiting the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War rooms, Parliament and Big Ben, HMS Belfast, the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels and Ripley's Believe it or Not museum. A very full on day and Steph had broken one of her own rules which caused some discomfort! Steph was wearing new trainers and didn't think they would rub and cause blisters, but whenever Steph has new shoes, she always rubs vaseline on potential blister areas on her feet to prevent any and it has always worked. Steph had neglected to put vaseline on this time and had pretty sore feet at the end of the day. Fortunately we stopped at a pharmacy and found a miracle cure, Compeed blister plasters, Steph recommends them highly!
Ok, so after taking in Trafalgar, we carried on towards Westminster, stopping at the gates that lead to number 10 and stopping at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War rooms. It's a pity you can't get any closer to number 10, but oh well not much to see anyway. The war rooms are well worth a visit if you're interested in Mr Churchill and Britain during the second World War.
The museum is actually set in the underground rooms where Churchill and his staff spent most of the war. It would have been hard going for the staff as it wasn't very comfortable and quite claustrophobic in places. The museum contains all the rooms recreated as they were back then. You can see Mr Churchill's room and Mrs Churchill's room, they had separate rooms. Cabinet staff rooms, strategic and meeting rooms, intelligence rooms, etc... All containing original furniture and accessories. There is a fairly large room which contains artifacts including Churchill's clothes, honours, letters, etc... There is also an interactive table where you can touch certain eras of the war and find out information, pretty impressive.
We stayed in the Travelodge in Covent Garden, £89 a night for a double room.
The entrance fee for Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms is £14.95 per adult.
We ate our evening meal at the Loon Fung restaurant in Chinatown.
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