March 19, 2018 Monday
The flight felt longer than it was. I was not comfortable during flight. The whole right side of my face was painful and I felt so warm due to several layers of clothing I was wearing. The plane was small and seats were masikip.
We arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport mid-afternoon. My daughter made a 5 pm dental appointment for me so we were kind of feeling rushed. Heathrow is about 20 miles away and travel time could be as fast as 30 minutes to a slow two hours depending on the vehicle traffic.
We paid 120 pounds sterling or 9,000 pesos for an airport shuttle to bring us to our hotel in Trafalgar Square. It was a nice Ford sedan.
Edmund and I were glad Oyen picked this Thistle Trafalgar Hotel. We like its location being near the places we like to frequent.
Carolina is the hotel’s customer service manager and is originally from Croatia.
Since there were three of us, Oyen booked a suite room with a sofa bed.
Room 6002 has one king bed for me and husband and a sofa bed for Oyen
View from our bedroom
Our toilet from March 19-22, 2018
There’s a new hotel under construction beside Thistle Trafalfar Square and I found it interesting to watch the workers the crane, etc. I could watch it all day.
The hotel does not have a sprawling lobby similar to 5 star hotels but their lounge is decent in size and is nicely appointed.
Thistle is along a short and very narrow road good for one vehicle. The advantage is that the convenience stores in front are a hop away. There’s a sandwich bar, parlors, barber shop, massage, etc.
It was interesting to watch men with plenty of balahibo being groomed at the Pall Mall Barbers. Edmund wished meron din syang balbas.
Yen and I had an hour of body massage. All the masseuse were from mainland China.
Next to the massage salon is the Sante Waxing. There’s a prominent signage that says they do male waxing. I can’t imagine.
E—-“Ano ba yung waxing?”
A—-“Tinatanggal yung balahibo”.
E—-“Akala ko yung sa tenga”.
(ear waxing)
