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Old May 31st, 2008, 01:04 AM
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oops, sorry, I meant Prezzo in Salisbury, not Bath.
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This is a link to the exhibition in Brussels:

http://www.expo-royalcollection.be/E...nstelling.aspx

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll see if I want to go in about two weeks. We're flying to Rome from Brussels, so we'll have a few hours there.
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yk, I'm continuing to enjoy your report! Is Prezzo the place that has an outdoor eating area upstairs? We had just arrived and taken our seats outside (last table available) and it began to rain, so we had to find somewhere else to eat. Good to know about the b&b in Salisbury.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 05:36 AM
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Oh, and how fun to meet up with a fellow fodorite on your travels. I'd love to connect with a few but so far that hasn't worked.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 06:03 AM
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BTilke & 111op - The exhibition does seem good. I just realized DH & I should be in Brussels in Sept and we can catch it there just before it closes! Thanks for pointing it out and the link. IIRC, the admission for the Fine Arts Museum in Brussels is much lower than the Queen's Gallery in London.

noe - I think the Prezzo is Salisbury has an upstairs dining area, but I'm not sure if it's outdoors! The Prezzo is at the corner of High Street & Crane Street, about 50 yards down the street from Lemon Tree. It is housed in a half-timbered building.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 06:44 AM
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I think Prezzo is fairly new to Salisbury. I was there early this year and recall passing the site with an "opening soon" sign (if that's the place I'm thinking of).
I ended up grabbing a sandwich in the cathedral's cafe, although if I'd had a little more time, I would have liked to try the tea room in the square facing the cathedral.

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Old May 31st, 2008, 07:24 AM
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Besides the fire alarm and subsequent no hot water, would you recommend the hotel in London?
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Old May 31st, 2008, 08:04 AM
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Really enjoying your report.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 08:15 AM
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Very much enjoying your trip report, yk, especially the Bath/Salisbury parts. Looking forward to Stonehenge.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 08:22 AM
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Hi yk, enjoying your lovely report!
As we have just arrived home from 2 weeks in the UK a lot of your comments are still fresh in my mind.
We tried the North Sea Fish place on our first day in London but there is nowhere to sit down and eat, so gave it a miss. If it hadn't been blustery wind and pouring rain we could have found a bench somewhere in nearby Tavistock Square but the weather was awful.
Did I miss part of their restaurant or is it only take-out?
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Old May 31st, 2008, 08:27 AM
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The Salisbury Prezzo isn't new - I've eaten there several times over at least teh last few years.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 08:29 AM
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sounds like a nice trip so far, enjoy reading it and looking forward to more..........
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Old May 31st, 2008, 09:19 AM
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Thanks again to all your comments. I don't think I'll have time to finish the rest of the TR until at least tomorrow. And I'll have a full report of the hotels & the B&B at the end too.

To reply a few of you:

moxie- If I were paying the official hotel rate (can be 100-200GBP/n), I would NOT stay at the HI Regents Park. The room I got is very small, smaller than the other 4* Priceline London hotels I've gotten in the past. It would have been very cramped if 2 people were staying in my room. I also am not crazy about the location either - it's fine but just a bit far from the places I tend to go to, esp at night (Soho, Chinatown, Covent Garden etc). For that price, I'd rather stay in Bloomsbury. But in my case, it was convenient to get to/from Paddington Station where I had to use a few times.

tod- Yes, there is a sit-down restaurant at North Sea. It is right next door to the take-out section thru a separate door. Too bad you missed it, but there's always the next trip, right?
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Old May 31st, 2008, 10:48 AM
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yk... it was lovely to meet with you last Monday, despite the torrential rain! It only took me 45 minutes to get home - there was hardly any traffic and the roads were almost dry by then - and I thought of you on your walking tour, hoping you weren't getting too wet and cold.

It turned out the closed roads were due to the annual Woolsack Races in Tetbury... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetbury_Woolsack_Races

What a really great trip report you are posting, with so much helpful information for readers, and so quickly after your return too.

Many thanks for your thoughtful gift - it was much appreciated.

noe, janis, anyone else... I am happy to meet with fellow travellers if it works out. Do get in touch if you are in my part of the world, which is 30 miles north of Bath and Bristol, about the same distance from Stow-on-the-Wold, 12 miles east of the River Severn and 12 miles south of Cheltenham.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 11:52 AM
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yk, I'm really enjoying your trip report. How lovely that you got to meet julia_t!

Lee Ann
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Old May 31st, 2008, 12:59 PM
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Ah, what a difference 30 or 40 years makes. You've accomplished more in 6 days than we did in a month.
Thanks for the report. It's giving me ideas for our next few trips.
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Old May 31st, 2008, 02:19 PM
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hey yk! welcome back, always enjoy reading your reports...glad you made it to Spencer House and happy to hear you had a small group...makes it nicer I think.

Looking forward to hearing about where you stayed this time.
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Old Jun 1st, 2008, 06:43 AM
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FYI, there's a TV show tonight on National Geographic channel called "Stonehenge Decoded". It starts at 9pm ET. Not sure if it's any good but I'll be watching.
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yk, on Hotwire, did you choose 1 adult in the search box? If so, you were undoubtedly given a single room at HI Regents Park. With Priceline, you are always supposed to be given a double room, so that is something else to consider when deciding between the two services. That said, I think once I was given a single room with Priceline, because they saw I was only one person, but I didn't bother with it, because it was only one night.

I am enjoying the rest of your report. No matter how many times one goes to London, there is always more to do. I would also like to try some areas outside of London, and what you describe sounds very interesting.
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