Alison was a great hostess, greeting us when we arrived. It was nice to meet her and have her explain a few things to us. She was there our first night, but left us her flat for the following night. Check in and out was really easy and she was flexible enough to allow us to stay a little longer than the check out time seeing as we had a late flight it worked out perfectly for us. She was nice enough to send us directions for the underground train from the airport to her place which was relatively easy once you understood the transit system. Her Flat was close enough to walk to most touristy sites, Buckingham Palace was a good 20-30 minute walk or so. There are a variety of cafés and restaurants close by. We did a lot of walking around and had purchased a 2 day Big Bus Tour pass which ended around 6pm, but we were able to catch the Underground from just about anywhere and managed to find our way back to Alison’s.
Our first day there we arrived early in the morning but had flown a night flight and landed by 9:30am from Canada and could not sleep. We toured London for a bit but our bodies were really exhausted so we came back to her flat by about 5pm thinking we could take a nap and then head out for dinner somewhere. Our nap ended up being longer than anticipated, but it was quite soothing as Alison was playing the violin and it helped us nap, we woke up about 4 hours later to watch a movie and went back to bed afterwards.
Our stay was great, we could come and go as we pleased, we had our privacy and had access to the living room and kitchen if needed. We aren’t too fussy, so the room and bed were perfect for us, we had the window open, with a bit of traffic on the street so you can hear a bit of noise but it did not bother us. Great location.