London 2022/23 - Part 1

London

 

Wednesday - December 28th 2022

It became our tradition to travel to London over New Year's Eve, thanks to Covid-19 our London trips in 2020 and 2021 got cancelled. Luckily this year we finally could return to the UK. Since our flight to London departed early morning the next day, we decided to spend the night before at Novotel Munich Airport. After we arrived and checked in at the hotel, we took the metro to the airport and had dinner at McDonalds. Then we checked out the stores before returning to the hotel, where we spent the rest of the evening enjoying a couple of drinks at the hotel bar.

Dinner at McDonalds

Drinks at the Hotel Bar

Thursday - December 29th 2022

Unfortunately we had to get up pretty early, but once we were through security at the airport, we finally could sit down and enjoy our coffee. Soon we departed on our British airways flight to London, where we arrived about two hours later. From Heathrow Airport we took the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station and from there the metro to Waterloo Station. At MS Food we got two sandwiches and then we had to take another train to Wandsworth Town. Like during our last trips we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Wandworth. The hotel is nothing special, but we really like it there. Our room was already available and after we dropped off our luggage, we headed straight to our favourite pub The Alma to get a welcome beer. After our welcome drink we took a long walk along the River Thames to Battersea Power Station.

Breakfast

Paddington Station

Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth

The Alma

The Alma

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk along the Thames

Walk Along the Thames

Battersea Power Station

Bettersea Power Station underwent a major restoration over the past couple of years when it got transformed into that amazing shopping centre with lots of bars and restaurants. Our first stop was Clean Kitchen, a vegan burger restaurant, and lthough we had to wait nearly an hour to get our food, it was worth the visit, because the food was really good. Afterwards we checked out that stunning building with all its stores as well as the surrounding area. Later we took the metro to Waterloo and the train back to Wandsworth Town where we spent the evening at The Alma.

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Late Lunch at Clean Kitchen

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

London Waterloo Station