Hi, Tim and Esnayder,
What great hosts you are! Thanks a lot for your hospitality and precious help in many fields. We loved staying in your comfortable well-designed house... with such a charming garden !!!
Islington is the perfect location too for everyday shopping and (bus/tube) connections to any part of London.
We had a Traveller Card. It took us everywhere. We particularly loved Leighton House, Holland Park and St James's, the walk on the Canal from Camden Lock to Little Venice, Handel House, Borough Market, the food department at Harrod's. The walk to the British Museum. The Museum itself as well as Victoria and Albert Museum. The Cutty Sark, Greenwich Village and Hill (in spite of the rain...). The bus boats and the buses in general.
The weather wasn't so bad after all (except on Monday). Most of the time we had mixed weather. The rain never lasted long.
We ate good pub food as well as tea time patisseries, drank very decent wines and good beer. Whisky at *the Harlequin* only...
We found people in general were really friendly.
So we obviously enjoyed ourselves and will probably want to come back because there's plenty more to discover or get to know better anyway. We'll see...
Very best regards.
Luce, Philippe, Bernadette et Raymond.