London! June 2

Landed at 11:00am Wed. Customs took about 20 min. And I decided to take the Heathrow Express instead of the tube. Took only 15 min. to Paddington but cost about 20 bucks. Tube would have cost about 7 bucks and takes about 50 min.
At Paddington, I bought an Oyster transport card for about 40 bucks. Unlimited tube or bus for a week. My stop is one over from Paddington but involved many stairs with my suitcase, blargh.
I got off at Bayswater and found my hotel without difficulty. Vancouver Studios on 30 Princes Sq. It's about a 5 min. Walk to the tube. It was really cool stepping out from the station and recognizing everything on the street from studying it on Google maps from home. I love it that you can see the street view. Checked in and was a bit dismayed I had to go up 50 stairs to my room! I normally wouldn't mind but difficult with a suitcase. No air cond. either. It wasn't bad after I cooled off. It must be in the mid to high 70s.
There's a pretty little garden courtyard too with a very friendly big orange cat. I walked to the Kensington Palace Orangerie for high tea. I love it! it's where I had tea last time.

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