Megan had injured her knee (probably too much walking) so we had to take it easier than I had planned to. We walked around central Helsinki, visited Suomenlinna (a UNESCO World Heritage site), went to a cake buffet (Kakkugalleria on Fredrikinkatu in Helsinki) and saw some friends of mine. After four nights in Helsinki, we took an early morning flight through Copenhagen to London. Megan was fascinated by the Copenhagen airport which has a lot of stores, like H&M. I had seen it before so I wasn’t too excited. ;)
We landed in London in the afternoon and took the tube to Kings Cross station where we would meet my English friend Aaron. It was funny seeing Aaron again, because he had actually left Finland on the day Megan got there. Megan wanted to get her pic taken in front of Platform 9 and ¾, because of a Harry Potter thing. I couldn’t care less about Harry Potter but I took pics for her and held her stuff. Megan even dressed up as a Harry Potter character for the photo, dedication haha!
After she had taken the photo, we met up with another friend, Louisa, and decided to head to our hotel in Camden. We chose the New Market House Hotel in Camden, London, because it was the cheapest and had no mention of bed bugs, lol. It did say the carpets  were lumpy but Megan, Aaron and I felt like we could live with that.
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New Marker House in Camden, London. Photo from here.
We got to the hotel and I now realize we took no photos of it. Well, it wasn’t that great to be honest. It was quiet, I’ll give them that. When we arrived at the hotel we had to go into this pub to get the keys, and the pub was so noisy. I could almost feel Megan and Aaron’s disapproving stares on my back. I was worried I had picked out the worst hotel ever, but once we got the keys the receptionist/bar keeper took us to our room, which was in another part of the building. We couldn’t hear the pub there at all, which was great.
The room had one double bed and a twin bed. Megan and I were gonna share the double bed and Aaron got the twin bed to himself. When we booked the hotel it said we’d have a private bathroom but it wouldn’t be an ensuite. It was a separate bathroom with a shower, a teeny tiny sink and a toilet, only like 5 steps away from our room. It was alright, (freaking cold though), but the shower drain wasn’t working. I learned it the hard way. I am notorious for my long showers, but I had only been in there for about 7 minutes when I noticed that it was turning into a small bathtub and the water was up to my ankles. I still had shampoo in my hair so I wondered if I’d end up causing water damage or drowning before my hair was clean.
Got my hair clean and left, the water was still there. I had to inform my roommates that they could not take showers tonight. We also let the staff know and they said they’d fix it as soon as possible. After we were done we headed out for dinner. We went to Nando’s, which I had never been to. Nando’s was a bit of a disappointment, at least after all the hype. It was okay, but just another chain restaurant to me. We had a great evening nonetheless, and headed back to the hotel before midnight.
When we were going to bed, Megan and I noticed our blanket was the same size as Aaron’s, so not meant for a double bed or two people. Aaron had no problem, the blanket covered his sides, toes and almost his head, but our blanket that we shared, was so narrow we would have to have slept on top of each other for it to cover us both, or have our feet or shoulders without coverage, lol. We ended up choosing the latter and were a bit cold. The beds were not very good, you could feel the springs on your back. But it was quiet and I slept alright.
To be continued…