9 Day Long Week Trip to London

1st Day | In the Air

• 7:40 pm: United flight to London

Day 2 | Bath

• 2:05 pm: Arrive in London at Heathrow Airport
• Went to Hertz – London Heathrow Airport
• Drove to Bath
• Checked into Holiday Inn Express Bath
• Ate a Bun at Sally Lunn bun
  • cinnamon and chocolate
• Ate fish and chips and Seafood’s

Day 3 | Bath

• Went to Thermae Bath Spa
  • bottom pool / steam rooms / roof top pool
• Dinner at Nonna’s Cucina Italiana
  • Got fooled by their king shrimp

Day 4 | Bath

• Breakfast at the hotel
  • Croissant / butter / beans / sausage
• Visited The Roman Baths
  • Drank some water of sulfur
• Drove to Stonehenge
  • Druids(?) showed up
• 12:00pm: Check out of the Holiday Inn Express Bath
• Go back to London
• Drove back to Hertz – London Heathrow Airport
• Took metro back to London Eye
• Rode London Eye
• Checked into Eccleston Square Hotel
• Went to pub for some ink stout and pub fare
• Dinner at Akari

Day 5 | London

• Relaxed in hotel’s Ecclestone Square Park
• Walked around
  • Victoria Station
  • Victoria Memorial
• Saw the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
• Walked around
  • Commonwealth Memorial Gates
  • Wellington Arch
  • Harrods
  • Hyde Park 
• 6:15 pm: Dinner at Berners Tavern
• 10:00 pm: Visit to Tonteria

Day 6 | London

• Went to more changing of the guard
  • Earlier for a better view
• Walked Around
  • St James’s Park
  • Trafalgar Square
  • The National Gallery
  • The British Museum
• 8:00pm: Dinner at The Goring

Day 7 | London

• Walked around
  • Canada Gate
  • New Bond Street, London, UK
  • Shopping in Oxford St
• 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (2.5 hrs): The Jack the Ripper Tour
  • (2 tickets for us purchased online with London Premier Walking Tours)
• Walked to Brick Ln
• Grabbed a bite at Beigel Bake

Day 8 | London

• Did some laundry
• Relaxed and walked around
  • Piccadilly Circus
• 9:00 pm: Drinks at bbar

Day 9 | On a Train

• Happy brunch!
• 3:00 pm: Late Lunch / Early Dinner at Duck and Waffle
• 8:00pm: Eurostar Train from London to Paris
  • (Departs London St Pancras Int’l
• 11:17pm: Arrive in Paris’ Gare Du Nord

Price Breakdown | $345 Per Person (minus hotel and airfare)

United Flight to London from San Francisco for both of us came to about $0 USD because of points.

The entire stay, after points, in London and Bath came down to $690 USD for the 2 of us minus airfare.

The price to stay in London for 2 people will vary widely depending on where you can stay and how you get to London.

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