UK Trip - Day 8: Edinburgh to London

An approximation of our journey 400 miles south from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, England

Today was mainly a travel day. After breakfast, we checked out of our university hotel wishing we had more time in Edinburgh.

At 11am we took the five hour train arriving in London at 4pm. It is a little bit less than 400 miles from Edinburgh to London.

At 4:50 we arrived at the Holiday Inn Park Royal. It was at that point that we realized that this particular hotel, though close to the subway, was about 15 min. outside of central London... And unlike our other hotels, it was not as convenient as we'd anticipated, as it was not in walking distance of any particular attractions. The trade-off though was a stay in a "real" hotel with room service, satellite tv, phones, continental breakfast... unlike say, our first hostel. Although that said, Chancellors Court (the university hotel) in Edinburgh had all the benefits of a hotel with the convenience of a hostel. I have to say, that was probably my favorite overnight accommodation (and ironically where we stayed for the least nights).

Our only other activity that night was sauntering over to the local Tesco Express (sort of a grocery/convenience store). One other downside to our hotel: no refrigerator. Both previous hostel/hotels had "community" fridges, but no such luck here. So in this case, we won't be able to save perishables or really buy any groceries that we don't plan to eat immediately.