Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻawale i kou noho hōkele i ʻelua mau ʻāpana.I kekahi mau hihia, ʻo ka hōkele ke kikowaena a he wahi koʻikoʻi o ke kipa ʻana i kahi huakaʻi.Aia kekahi mau wahi kahi o kahi hōkele kahi wahi kūpono e noho ai i ka pō.
ʻO ke kumu hope loa i lawe mai ai iaʻu i ka Indigo London - Paddington Hotel, kahi hōkele IHG aia ma kahi kokoke i ke kihi mai Paddington Station, home i ka London Underground, ka Heathrow Express a me ka hoʻomaha nui hou ma ka laina Elizabeth, a me nā koho kaʻaahi ʻē aʻe. .
ʻAʻole wau makemake e uku hou no kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha.ʻO kaʻu mea e makemake ai he hōʻoluʻolu, hoʻihoʻi hou, ʻoluʻolu a me ka hana ma ke kumu kūʻai.
Ma hope o ka holo mua ʻana o JetBlue mai Bosetona i Lākana i ʻAukake, ua hoʻohana wau ma kahi o 48 mau hola ma ke kūlanakauhale.I koʻu noho pōkole ʻana ma Lākana, pono iaʻu e hana i ʻekolu mau mea: hoʻomaha ma mua o koʻu holo hoʻi wikiwiki ʻana, hoʻopau i nā hana he nui, a ʻike i ke kūlanakauhale ke loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa.
Noʻu, a no ka nui o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika e hoʻomaha pinepine a hoʻomaha paha i Lākana, ʻo ia kaʻu mau koho ʻelua: hiki iaʻu ke noho mamao mai ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, kokoke i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Heathrow (LHR) a hauʻoli i ke ala kūpono maikaʻi loa. .i koʻu kahua hoʻokele, a i ʻole hiki iaʻu ke noho ma kahi hōkele ma kahi kokoke iki i nā wahi hoʻokipa kaulana loa o ke kūlanakauhale me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ke kālā.
Ua hoʻoholo wau e koho i ka hope a noho ma Indigo London - Paddington Hotel.ʻO ka hope, kūpono ia ma nā ʻano āpau.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ua nānā au i loko o kēia hōkele me ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i Heathrow ma hope o ka lele ʻana i London Gatwick (LGW), akā makemake wau e ʻike pehea e hiki ai i kēia hōkele ke kōkua i nā poʻe hou aʻe e hōʻea ana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Passenger Airport.
Ma muli o kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Heathrow Airport, ma kahi o 15 mau mile mai Piccadilly Circus, nui ka poʻe kipa i Lākana e makemake ana e hele i kahi hōkele e koi ʻia e koho ma waena o kahi holo lōʻihi London Underground a me kahi kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole kaʻa kaʻa.
Eia naʻe, ma ke koho ʻana i ka Hotel Indigo London - Paddington i ko lākou home no ka manawa lōʻihi mai ka home, hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke komo i kahi koho hou aʻe.Ma kahi o ka lawe ʻana i ka Tube i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale no ka liʻiliʻi o $30, hiki i nā malihini ke lawe i ka Heathrow Express i Paddington i 15 mau minuke.
ʻO ke kaʻaahi hōʻike i ke kahua mokulele e lawe i nā malihini i kahi hele pōkole mai ka hōkele - 230 mau ʻanuʻu mai ka turnstile ma ke kahua kiʻekiʻe o ke kahua ʻo Paddington a i ka puka mua o ka hōkele.
Ke hele ʻoe i waho o ke kahua, e manaʻo maoli ʻoe e like me ʻoe ma ke alanui Ladana paʻa.I koʻu puka mua ʻana i waho o ke kahua ʻo Paddington, ua hoʻāla ʻia au e ke kani ʻana o nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻulaʻula lua ʻulaʻula ma hope o ka hiamoe ʻole i ka pō a me ka holo paipu.
Ke hele ʻoe ma lalo o Sussex Square no ʻelua mau minuke i ka hōkele, emi iki ka walaʻau a kokoke e hui pū ka hōkele me nā hale kūʻai like ʻole a me nā kaola e pili ana.Ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana, ua hōʻea ʻoe i loko o 20 mau minuke o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Heathrow.
No ka mea e kaʻa wale ana au ma mua o ke kaona ʻo Lākana i ka hola 6 aUa pololei koʻu manaʻo, no laila ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻomaka i koʻu noho ʻana me ka ʻai ʻai ma ka pā waho o ka hale ʻaina ma Bella Italia Paddington.
Ua ʻoluʻolu wau i ka pā hale.Inā pono wau e ala aʻe i kēia kakahiaka me ka ikaika haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole kēia he wahi maikaʻi ʻole e ʻai ai i ka ʻaina kakahiaka i ka ea kakahiaka 65-degere me nā mele mālie ambient wale nō e pāʻani ana ma hope.He hauʻoli ia mai ke kani ʻana o nā ʻenekini mokulele a me ka uwa o nā kaʻa kaʻaahi aʻu i lohe ai i nā hola ʻewalu a ʻeiwa i hala.
Hāʻawi ka pā hale i kahi lewa ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka lumi ʻaina o kahi hale ʻaina a he hale hoʻokele kino maikaʻi - a kūpono ke kumu kūʻai.ʻO kaʻu mau hua (~$7.99), ka wai ʻalani a me ka cappuccino (~$3.50) me ka ʻuala ka mea pono iaʻu e hoʻomāʻona i koʻu ʻai ma hope o kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ma ka papa ʻaina kakahiaka he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia i nā mea āu e ʻike ai ma Lākana, me ka pāʻina Pelekane maʻamau e like me ka pīni baked, croissants a me nā brioches baked.Inā makemake ʻoe i ka pōloli, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i kekahi mau ʻāpana ʻiʻo, ka palaoa ʻala, nā hua manu, a me nā pī no ka liʻiliʻi o £10 ($10.34).
No ka ʻaina ahiahi, nā kīʻaha Italian-themed, mai ka pasta a i ka pizza.Ma muli o koʻu puka aniani ʻaina ahiahi ma waena o ka lā palena manawa a me ka hālāwai Zoom, ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻi ma hope i koʻu kipa ʻana e hoʻāʻo i ka papa kuhikuhi ahiahi.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa, ʻike wau i ka meaʻai a me ka waina ma mua o ka lawa ʻana no kaʻu mau pono, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia i ka hōʻike a me ka ʻono.Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻiʻo a me nā ʻāpana ciabatta ($8), ka focaccia me ka focaccia ($15) a me ke kīʻaha chianti (ma kahi o $9) ua kāohi i koʻu pōloli no kekahi manawa.
Eia naʻe, hoʻokahi kī downside e hoʻomanaʻo i ke kaʻina uku.ʻAʻole like me ka hapa nui o nā hōkele e ʻae iā ʻoe e uku no ka meaʻai ma kāu lumi, ʻo ia ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui i kāu mau helu ma o ka uku waiwai, aia kēia hōkele i kahi kulekele uku lumi, no laila pono wau e uku no ka meaʻai me kahi kāleka hōʻaiʻē.
Ua manaʻo ka poʻe limahana o ka papa mua ua luhi wau i ka lele ʻana i ka pō a hele aku lākou e kiʻi iaʻu i koʻu lumi i kekahi mau hola ma mua aʻu e mahalo ai.
ʻOiai aia he elevator, makemake au i ke alapiʻi hāmama i koʻu lumi ma ka papahele ʻelua, no ka mea, hana ia i kahi lewa home, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka piʻi ʻana i ke alapiʻi i koʻu hale ponoʻī.
Ke hele ʻoe i kou lumi, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku a mahalo i ka puni.ʻOiai he keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe wale nā ​​paia, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi kiʻi kiʻi nani ma ke kaupaku a me kahi kāpeti i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ke anuenue ma lalo o ka wāwae.
I koʻu komo ʻana i loko o ka lumi, ua hoʻomaha koke wau i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ea.Ma muli o ka hawewe wela o ʻEulopa i kēia kauwela, ʻo ka mea hope loa aʻu e makemake ai e ʻike he lumi wela loa inā ʻike wau i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela i koʻu noho ʻana.
Ma ke ʻano he kunou ʻana i ka wahi o ka hōkele a me nā huakaʻi huakaʻi e like me aʻu, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka pepa kiʻi kiʻi o ka lumi i loko o ke kahua o Paddington a e kau ana nā kiʻi subway ma nā paia.Hoʻohui pū ʻia me ke kāpeti ʻulaʻula wiwo ʻole, ka hale kākela a me nā linen accent, hana kēia mau kikoʻī i kahi ʻokoʻa kūʻē i nā paia keʻokeʻo kū ʻole a me nā papahele lāʻau māmā.
I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka pili kokoke o ka hōkele i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, he wahi liʻiliʻi ka lumi i loko o ka lumi, akā aia nā mea a pau aʻu e pono ai no kahi noho pōkole.ʻO ka lumi he hoʻolālā hāmama me nā wahi kaʻawale no ka hiamoe, hana a hoʻomaha, a me kahi lumi lumi.
ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o ka moena mōʻīwahine – ʻo koʻu hoʻololi ʻana i ka manawa hou i hoʻopau i kaʻu hiamoe ma kekahi ʻano.Aia nā papa ʻaoʻao moe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o ka moena me nā puka puka he nui, ʻoiai makemake lākou i kahi mea hoʻopili plug UK e hoʻohana ai.
Pono wau e hana ma kēia huakaʻi a ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka nui o ka pākaukau.Hāʻawi ka pākaukau aniani ma lalo o ke kīwī pālahalaha iaʻu i ka manawa kūpono e hana ai me kaʻu kamepiula.ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kākoʻo lumbar o kēia noho ma mua o kou manaʻo i nā hola hana lōʻihi.
No ka mea, ua kau ʻia ka mīkini Nespresso ma luna o ka countertop, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ke kīʻaha kofe a i ʻole espresso me ke ala ʻole.Makemake au i kēia haʻawina no ka mea he ʻoluʻolu ia i loko o ka lumi a makemake wau e hoʻohui ʻia nā hōkele hou aʻe ma mua o nā mīkini kope kuʻuna.
Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke pākaukau he ʻaʻahu liʻiliʻi me kahi ʻeke ukana, kekahi mau pale lole, kekahi mau lole ʻauʻau, a me kahi papa hao nui.
E hoʻohuli i ka puka ma ka hema e ʻike i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ke keʻena, aia kahi palekana a me kahi pahu hau liʻiliʻi me ka soda manuahi, ka wai ʻalani a me ka wai.
ʻO kahi bonus i hoʻohui ʻia he ʻōmole micro manuahi o Vitelli prosecco ma ka papaʻaina.He paʻi maikaʻi kēia no ka poʻe makemake e hoʻolauleʻa i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i Lākana.
Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lumi nui kahi lumi ʻauʻau paʻa (akā i hoʻolako maikaʻi ʻia).E like me nā lumi lumi hōkele ma waena o ka US, aia kēia i nā mea a pau āu e pono ai, me kahi ʻauʻau ua hele wāwae, kahi lua, a me kahi pahu liʻiliʻi.
E like me nā hōkele ʻē aʻe e koho ana i nā hale lole hoʻomau, ʻo koʻu lumi ma Indigo London - Paddington i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka pauma piha o ka shampoo, conditioner, kopa lima, ka wai wai a me ka wai.Hoʻopili ʻia nā huahana mālama ʻili Bio-smart i ka paia e ka paila a me ka ʻauʻau.
Makemake au i ke kaʻa kāwele wela i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau.Eia kahi ʻano ʻEulopa kū hoʻokahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ʻAmelika.
ʻOiai makemake nui wau i kekahi mau ʻano o ka hōkele, ʻo kekahi o kaʻu mea punahele ʻo ia ka hale hōkele a me kahi lumi hoʻomaha.ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpana o ka Indigo London - Paddington Hotel, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia me ka hele ʻole i waho.
Aia ma kahi ala pōkole ma hope o ka hoʻokipa ʻana, he wahi maikaʻi ka lumi hoʻokipa no nā malihini o kēia hōkele a i ʻole ʻo Mercure London Hyde Park e leʻaleʻa i ka inu no ka mea e pili ana i nā mea ʻelua.
Aia i loko, maʻalahi ka hoʻomaha.Hāʻawi ka lumi hoʻokipa i ka nui o nā koho noho ʻoluʻolu, me nā noho kiʻekiʻe i nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻālohilohi a me nā lole paʻi holoholona, ​​nā noho bar contemporary a me nā sofa ʻili ʻili nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma nā kihi.ʻO nā kaupaku ʻeleʻele a me nā kukui liʻiliʻi e hoʻohālike i ka lani o ka pō e hana i kahi ea ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu.
Ma hope o ka lā lōʻihi ma ka hana, ua ʻike ʻia kēia wahi i kahi kūpono kūpono e hoʻomaha ai me kahi aniani o Merlot (~ $ 7.50) me ka hele ʻole i kahi mamao loa mai koʻu lumi.
Ma waho aʻe o kahi hoʻomaha kūpono no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e pono e hele i ke kahua mokulele, e hoʻi wau i ka ʻāina ʻo Paddington ma muli o kona kumukūʻai kūpono a me ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i nā wahi hoihoi āpau o Lākana.
Mai laila mai hiki iā ʻoe ke iho i lalo i ka escalator a lawe i ke kaʻaahi.Na ka Bakerloo Line e lawe iā ʻoe i ʻelima mau kukū i Oxford Circus a ʻeono hoʻi i Piccadilly Circus.He 10 mau minuke ka mamao o na ku ana elua.
Inā kūʻai ʻoe i London Transport Day Pass, e hele wāwae ana ma ka Paddington Underground, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻea i ke koena o Lākana e like me ka maʻalahi o ka hele ʻana i nā alanui a puni kou hōkele e ʻimi i kahi e ʻai ai.ʻO kekahi ala?Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i 10 mau minuke ma ke alanui a hiki i kahi pā e pili ana i ka hōkele āu e ʻike ai ma ka pūnaewele (a he nui), a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ke metro i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale i ka manawa like.
Ma muli o kahi āu e makemake ai e hele, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i ka Elizabeth Line, i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka Mōʻīwahine Elizabeth II i hala.
I kaʻu mau huakaʻi hana pōkole, ua maʻalahi iaʻu e hoʻopaʻa i kahi hālāwai Zoom ma koʻu lumi (a ua loli nui ka wikiwiki) a laila lawe i ka paipu i kekahi ʻāpana o ke kūlanakauhale (e like me Oxford Circus) e hoʻopau ai.ʻOi aku ka hana, e ʻōlelo i ka wehe ʻana i hale kūʻai kofe ma ke alanui ʻoluʻolu me ka hoʻolilo ʻole ʻana i ka manawa nui ma nā kaʻa kaʻa.
Ua ʻike au he mea maʻalahi ke kiʻi ʻana i ka Laina Apana o Tube a hiki i Southfields (ma kahi o 15 mau minuke kaʻa kaʻa) e hele i kahi mea mai kaʻu papa helu bākeke: kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, ʻike ʻia hoʻi. Wimbledon. Ua ʻike au he mea maʻalahi ke kiʻi ʻana i ka Laina Apana o Tube a hiki i Southfields (ma kahi o 15 mau minuke kaʻa kaʻa) e hele i kahi mea mai kaʻu papa helu bākeke: kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, ʻike ʻia hoʻi. Wimbledon.Ua ʻike maʻalahi iaʻu e lawe i ka Laina Apana i Southfields (ma kahi o 15 mau minuke ka lōʻihi) e hele i kaʻu papa inoa makemake: kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, i kapa ʻia ʻo Wimbledon.He mea maʻalahi loa iaʻu ke hele i ka laina ʻāpana i Southfields (ma kahi o 15 mau minuke kaʻa) e ʻaʻa i kahi mea mai kaʻu papa inoa makemake: kahi kipa i ka All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, ʻike ʻia ʻo Wimbledon.ʻO ka maʻalahi o kēia huakaʻi he hōʻoia hou aʻe e hiki ai i kahi noho ma Paddington ke koho kūpono no ka leʻaleʻa a me ka huakaʻi.
E like me ka hapa nui o nā hōkele, pili nui nā kumukūʻai ma Indigo London Paddington i kou wā e noho ai a me kāu makemake i kēlā pō.Eia naʻe, ke nānā nei au i nā mahina e hiki mai ana, ʻike pinepine au i nā kumukūʻai e lele ana ma kahi o £270 ($300) no kahi lumi maʻamau.No ka laʻana, he $278 ($322) kahi lumi papa komo i ka lā pule ma ʻOkakopa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke uku ma kahi o £35 ($40) ʻoi aʻe no nā lumi "premium" kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kuhikuhi ka pūnaewele i nā mea hou e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa no nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka "wahi a me ka hōʻoluʻolu."
ʻOiai ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 60,000 IHG ​​​​One Rewards Points e koi i kēlā pō, ua hiki iaʻu ke kākau i kahi lumi maʻamau ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o 49,000 mau helu no ka pō mua a me 54,000 mau helu no ka lua o ka pō.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kēia helu hoʻolaha ma kahi o £230 ($255) i kēlā me kēia pō e like me ka manaʻo hou a TPG, maopopo iaʻu e loaʻa iaʻu ka nui no koʻu lumi, ʻoi aku ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea āpau aʻu i hauʻoli ai i koʻu noho ʻana.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i ka waiwai i ka wā e kipa aku ai iā Lākana, ʻaʻole paha ʻo Indigo London – Paddington kahi kūpono nou.
Eia naʻe, inā pōkole kāu huakaʻi a makemake ʻoe e noho ma kahi kūpono i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka hapa nui o kou manawa ma ke kūlanakauhale me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokele mamao loa mai ke kahua mokulele, a laila ʻo kēia ka hōkele no ʻoe.ʻO kahi kūpono e kau ai i kou mau pāpale.