Our flight arrived relatively on time around 11:30am and we quickly got through the arrival formalities.  Our prebooked Blackberry car was waiting.

It took close to an hour to drive from Heathrow to our hotel, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge.  We have stayed here previously so knew what to expect.  Our driver was very chatty and totally not politically correct, which is quite refreshing.

My review of the Park Plaza Westminster can be read here: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d1657415-r466414424-Park_Plaza_Westminster_Bridge_London-London_England.html

Once we arrived at the Park Plaza we faced a long wait for checking in but eventually got to our room with a lovely view of the top half of the London Eye.  We quickly showered and walked outside to a damp, drizzly London day.

After crossing Westminster Bridge, our first stop was to top up our Oyster Cards at Westminster Tube station.  It was our first time using the machines as the last trip we had a paper travel card.  My parents had given us their cards from their trip earlier in the year.  It was simple to top them up.

We went for a brisk walk towards Trafalgar Square, eventually ending up at the Charles Tyrwhitt store in Jermyn Street where G was interested in looking at some of their shirts as he frequently buys them online. 

We then headed back towards Trafalgar Square in persistent drizzle to visit the St Martin in the Field church.

We were feeling fairly tired by then after no sleep for 24 hours so headed back to the hotel.  We had Executive Lounge access with our room which meant we received complimentary snacks, cocktails and wine or spirits with a sensational view over Westminster Bridge to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. 

We spent a relaxing hour having a couple of glasses of wine before heading to the hotel restaurant Brasserie Joel for an earlyish, by our standards, dinner.  Our meal of pork belly was fairly uninspiring but we were dead on our feet so didn’t really care.  We were in bed asleep by 10:00pm