Southampton, UK

Ok, so there's a gap without pictures... I honestly just forgot to take pictures amidst the chaos.
Let me catch you up....

We flew to London. Our coach bus that was supposed to take us to Southampton was almost an hour late picking us up... but that's just the beginning.

By the time we arrived in Southampton, the fireworks were already going off for the Guy Fawkes event. We could hear them as we walked in the rain to our hotel.

Our hotel got overbooked. So, a mix of good and bad news... We got bumped. But they refunded our money for our hotel stay, they paid for a room at the hotel next door for us and they paid for our breakfast for tomorrow. The replacement hotel is not as nice as the one we booked, and our room ended up being a disability room so everything in the room was a little weird. Within minutes of entering the room, Matt already accidentally set off the panic assist alarm. 😳

Tired, we decide to just go eat at the restaurant in the hotel. We quickly learn that between all the cruise ship people and the people pouring out of the Guy Fawkes party, all the restaurants around this area are packed and booked solid.

We came to terms that we won't be getting a nice British meal... heck we even couldn't get into the Nandos. With a bit of wait, we managed a table at TGI Fridays. 🤣🤣 The food was fine, but not what we had hoped to eat for our only meal in England.

We've now hobbled back to our room and are going to sleep. Not bothering with room photos, the room is fairly ugly and weve already scattered a mess of things all over the place. LolRead more