Caroline and Nicks Trip Day 1

[torres_fan]

Sorry I have only just started writing this my boyfriends nan died on Friday so havent had the time. Hopefully writing this is going to make me feel better.

Anyway:

Me (Caroline) - 21
Nick - 22

Me and Nick travelled to London from Norwich on Friday 27th March and stayed in the Mellenium Hotel Mayfair. I got this on lastminute.com for £10 on a special deal (couldnt believe it). It was very central London and just a street away from Oxford Street.

I booked the hotel after I had booked the trip to disney and the eurostar so therefore didnt think we would get down to London in time to get the early train so had to get the 12.58 train to Disney. This meant we had to change at lille and arrived at 5.10pm in Disney. The change at Lille was really simply, however there are stairs down the the platform which can be difficult with a case.

We arrived at 5pm and we werent to hungry so decided to go for a drink in the sports bar before getting something to eat. I had a cocktail and my boyfriend had a beer. As the euro is so bad for British people at the moment we found the drinks very expensive. 6.50 euros for a pint of beer and 7.00 euros for a cocktail. We had both agreed not to worry to much about money and just have what we wanted.

We decided about 6.30pm that it was a good time to head over to Billy Bobs for the beffet.

What a fantastic choice of restraunt. Thanks to all whom recommended this its gorgeous and such great food choices.

This was my starter:

My boyfriends main:

Sorry forgot to take pictures of the desserts as I had a bit to much wine...but trust me gorgeous. I would definatly recommened this restraunt. Im not a massive meat eater so ate a lot of the starters and my boyfriend loved the mains full of beef and ribs.

The shuttle bus to the radisson stops at 8.30pm so we had to get a taxi to the hotel. This cost us 12 euros but we wernt to bothered as we just wanted to get there. This hotel is lovely and really modern. Its a quality hotel and the shuttle bus runs every 20 minutes from 8am to 8.30pm!

We had no problem checking in and the reception staff were lovely. This cost us 70 euros a night which was a lot cheaper than we could get any on site hotel for. I would highly recommened this hotel but would be better if you had your own transport.

I will do the 2 days in the park later. Hope you enjoyed our first day.

 

[poppie123]

Fantastic start to your trip, you were very lucky to get the Millenium hotel for £10.
I am glad you say the change at Lille is simple to do, i have got to change there in May.

 

[jillrobinson]

I'm still grieving over our missed Billy Bob's meal, will def. be back on the list for next time.
Nice to see some pics of the Raddisson, looks lovely.
Looking forward to reading about your days in the park

 

[Tillybud]

wow what a bargain you got on your hotel in London, just fab !! The food you had looks yummy, can't wait to see and read some more

 

[Bolanette87]

Looking forward to reading more!

Sorry to hear about your DBFs Nan.... s to you both...

Bob xoxooxoxox

 

[cap'njack.]

Great start!

Sorry to hear about your boyfriends nan.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

The offsite hotel you stayed in is really nice, shame the bus service doesnt run a bit later though.

 

[torres_fan]

Ive added day 2 now in a new topic. Hope you enjoy reading! And yes the hotel was lovely, really nice. I didnt think to ask if the bus ran later in the summer months.

Thanks for sympathy for bf nan too, very much appreciated.

 

[Dianetigger]

Fabulous first day trip report Caroline, going to find the others now. Sorry to hear about your boyfriends Nan too.

 

[tennisfan]

Great start with fab photos. Sorry to hear about your boyfriends nan

 

[HolidayLover]

Sorry to hear about you bfs nan. Pics are great that hotel looks lovely thinking I might add billy bobs to my list now the food looks great!