Inside Paddington Station
Our hotel the Chrysos was a short five-minute walk from the train station on Norfolk Square.
We have stayed in half the hotels around this square (and there are at least a dozen) over the last twenty years. They are mostly budget and look shabbier every time we return. The square used to be a lovely green park, but it too has deteriorated. This picture was taken from our room. London hotel prices are enough to make you choke! Anything less than 100 £/night is a scary place you don't want to be in...
After we deposited our luggage in our room, we returned to Paddington and took the tube to Trafalgar Square.
Nelson's Column at Trafalgar
This picture is looking across the square to St. Martin's-in-the-Field, a beautiful old church that has a lovely Eventide program every evening open to the public. I took a picture from this identical spot, including the lamppost, but mine didn't turn out as well as this one. I think it's a painting.
Trafalgar Square is also the location of our favorite place of all--The National Gallery, one of the world's premier art museums.
It was not as quiet as this picture might suggest . . . it is always busy with tourists, but the paintings are beyond description. I borrowed this picture from their web site. It looks just like this--sans people.
The long trip and little sleep soon caught up with us, so we returned to our hotel and crashed... with the help of a little Excedrin PM.
