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- From: sheen@cs.uwp.edu (Leslie Sheen)
- Subject: Re: Where to stay?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.182022.2223@cs.uwp.edu>
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:20:22 GMT
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- Raphael Cabrera (rcabrera@netcom.com) wrote:
- : In article <1992Nov23.124336.10463@iitmax.iit.edu>, boarjas@elof.iit.edu (Jason Boardman) writes:
- : >
- : >
- : > I am planning on flying to London sometime soon just as
- : > an exploration trip. From there I want to go straight
- : > to Scotland by train or bus. The question is...where
- : > can a student stay for cheap? I have heard about
- : > hostels over there, what are they? Where are they?
- : > How do I find them? I plan on spending 6 or 7 days
- : > total...while moving around quite a bit. Please
- : > advise on what I should look into. Thanks in
- : > advance!
- : >
- : > Jason Boardman
- : > boarjas@elof.iit.edu
- : >
- :
- :
- : You can find quite a few places to stay while roaming around Victoria
- : Station. There are offices all around this station with people ready to
- : take your money. Some of the inexpensive hostel hostels have bars, which
- : allow you to drink on the premise all night - these are the most fun
- : because all of the pubs close at 10 or 10:30pm. Bayswater is a great
- : place to stay- NW11. I found several terrible hostels in St James and
- : several excellent ones inGolder's green; however, when you travel
- : cheap, you get what you pay for. If you stay at a authorized Internation
- : Youth Hostel (IYH) you will find a very clean, rather boring, (no drinking)
- : place to stay.I'd recommend picking up the magazine Time Out, while you
- : are in the states. You can find them at most internatinal newstands. When you
- : are in London pick up the mag City Limits for a less consevative,
- : watered down, site seein g magazine. Also, please read the Guardian,
- : not the Times.
- : cheers.
-
- I found the Palace Court Hotel in the Bayswater Area to be a great place
- to stay. Tons of students, a bar and a deli and cheap - about 8-9 pounds a
- night. In the Lets Go! book (any bookstore) the hotel is advertised with a
- phone number and address.
-