A few weeks back when it was freezing cold (and our heaters weren’t working properly), all we could think about was being warm. Finally one day, Kristy snapped, and started looking for a hotel that we could stay in for a few nights. She managed to find a deal for a soft opening at a “mystey five star hotel” in the city, and so – treating ourselves just a little bit – we booked ourselves in for a mid-week break.
Mystery hotel turned out to be The Grange Hotel at St Paul’s, part of “The Grange” chain of independent hotels around London. Admittedly, I had never heard of this chain before, but since I’ve also never stayed in a hotel in London before, I guess these two things go together like espresso and steamed milk.
Since it’s a five star hotel, we were expecting it to be both fancy and pantsy, and that’s pretty much exactly what it was. Our room simple and stylish – most importantly, it had a really comfy bed, and it was warm!
Notice also that there are not one, but two layers of blackout curtains covering the windows! When the alarm went off at 7:30 AM, we thought it was still the middle of the night! We’ll definitely be investing in some of those bad-boys when we’re living in a place of our own.
The only thing that we found a bit weird about the hotel was the giant pillar of extremely brightly coloured LED lights that greeted you as you walked into the foyer. As you watched, it changed from images of falling leaves, through to various colours, and then to various patterns, then the whole thing started again. There was nothing wrong with it; but it did feel a wee-bit out of place compared to the rest of the hotel’s décor. Just wish I’d have taken a photo of it!
Anyway, overall it was a lovely experience! Since we rarely go into the City of London, it was really cool to actually go and stay there for a few nights!
Happy driving!
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Nice you had a wee lux break (and hunted a couple of city caches while you were at it
, but so crap that your flat is that cold! I take it you’ve got the heating up high as?