London

[paul_oshea]

not at 10.30 maybe at 3.30

[carrickharp]

i was in waxys meself, you werent the fella who kept walking round and bumping into people and then got thrown out by any chance dublinharp?!?!

Nope
The barman from Mayo had glasses and wasent working on Saturday, we were sitting upstairs at the table beside the "fireplace" really liked the fact that staff were really sound in there!

[paul_oshea]

ya staff in there are bang on alright. and you notice through the years very low attrition rate considering its a bar....good sign i spose!

[bennocelt]

I will be heading to London to start work in September, living and working in east London, not too far from west ham
looks like a well dodgy area

wonder has anyone here ever lived in East london, and give me the low done.........whats it really like, is going to a West Ham (or Grays Ath) games good craic, will I get mugged, do the BNP care if you are Irish these days, etc

[Pauro 76]

Only place ive lived in East London has been Aldgate, and that wasnt too bad to be honest. Whitechapel is apparantly quite trendy these days.. Keep the head down and you'll be ok. Ive a mate living in Barking and being Irish isnt an issue there, although a few bars are totally dodgy, its just like most other suburbs really...

[Dodge]

You're going to hate it bennocelt, full of brits

[Peadar]

Aldgate is in "The City" so it's nothing like where Bennocelt will be.

Bennocelt, you could always check out Charlton Ath. who are based south of the river from London City Airport.

If I were you, I'd go over on a reconessance mission.
You could stay somewhere like the Express Holiday Inn at Greenwich and use the tube to check out the area.
The public transport in London is fairly good so you don't have to live where you work.
Keep that in mind.
If you're using public transport, it's a good idea to get an Oyster Card.
It's a wonderful city, make the most of your time there.

[bennocelt]

You're going to hate it bennocelt, full of brits

yeah just like ireland then

Aldgate is in "The City" so it's nothing like where Bennocelt will be.

Bennocelt, you could always check out Charlton Ath. who are based south of the river from London City Airport.

If I were you, I'd go over on a reconessance mission.
You could stay somewhere like the Express Holiday Inn at Greenwich and use the tube to check out the area.
The public transport in London is fairly good so you don't have to live where you work.
Keep that in mind.
If you're using public transport, it's a good idea to get an Oyster Card.
It's a wonderful city, make the most of your time there.

tx p,
i have actually lived in London before, south, near kennington, and i loved London, but when i was in East London for the job interview, i was surprised at how much poverty i saw (you know in this day and age)

[Peadar]

tx p,
i have actually lived in London before, south, near kennington, and i loved London, but when i was in East London for the job interview, i was surprised at how much poverty i saw (you know in this day and age)

Given that there's almost twice as many people in the greater London area than there is in Ireland, you're bound to have more obvious examples of the social divide.
I'm sure it's not all bad out east though.

[Pauro 76]

I will say, that London is a very hard place to get used to at first. And finding your feet is the hardest part. If you dont have a job, do anything, bar work or something, its money coming in and you meet a lot of people that way if you dont know many people. Stick with it though, I love it now, but I had to go through the hard times first. Oh and a few words of advice, phones: dont go contract with 3. And gumtree.com is probably the best house-sharing website if you need to go that route.

[Dodge]

Going to London in October so starting to look at hotels. Can anyone recommend any decent hotels? Looking for something that's fairly close to all the touristy crap and won't cost too much.

[GavinZac]

we stayed in Rasool Court Hotel London in february, good location in Earls Court/Kensington next to a tube station, very basic room though but fairly cheap.

[paul_oshea]

Dodge, save your money and go somewhere else, london is crap!!! but if ye still want to go ill post up some info later. if ye book now ye will get decent enough accomodation.

if you want to be relatively close then earls court, gloucester road, kennsington etc are the kind of areas that are relatively cheap but close enough to the centre of town. if you are thinking of going to a football match fulham is close to all those areas too.

[Ash]

we stayed in Rasool Court Hotel London in february, good location in Earls Court/Kensington next to a tube station, very basic room though but fairly cheap.

I stayed in the Rasool before. A kip of the highest order.

Last time I was in London I stayed in the Holiday Inn in Brent Cross.
Hotel was very nice and its not that far on the tube to the touristy
stuff. Get the tube to Euston and then change for Kings Cross and
you can get to anywhere from there
Mind The Gap

[Dodge]

I'm going for the NFL game on the bank holiday weekend in Wembley, so yeah I kinda have to stay in London

[beautifulrock]

Dodge, Brent Cross is a good shout for Wembley cant be anymore than 10/15 mins away from the Stadium.

[passinginterest]

Stayed at Jurys Clifton Ford last April. It's a 4 star near Oxford Street. I'm as cheap as they come so I can tell you we got a good deal on room only by booking early! Not too inpressed by the room considering it was 4 star, had to move because first room they gave us smelled like sewer. Location wise it was great though.

[paul_oshea]

brent cross is out in zone 3, and the tube is a good walk away from the holiday inn ( i dont live too far from there myself ), plus its not a great area at night time either. you would be dependent on taxis. If you are going to wembley, the crown in cricklewood isnt that far ( not that cheap though, unless you tell them you are over with some GAA team or function ) and its really really nice.

but you are probably only going to be in wembley once and for a few hours so its probably handier to stay in town.

that jurys hotel is very central alright, never stayed in it though so dont know what its like.

[GavinZac]

I stayed in the Rasool before. A kip of the highest order.

I agree, but I thoought I'd be nice since they returned my digital camera after I left it in my room. A couple of weeks late, but to be honest I expected some cleaner to have pocketed it.

[Ash]

brent cross is out in zone 3, and the tube is a good walk away from the holiday inn ( i dont live too far from there myself ), plus its not a great area at night time either. you would be dependent on taxis.

True, looks fairly dodgy at night, but on the plus side, the Holiday Inn
have (or had last time I was there) a free taxi service every 15-20 mins
between the hotel and station.