subject: Why Budget Hotels In The City Can Be Cosy During Winter [print this page] Flying into London and looking down at the houses visitors from the colonies are sometimes surprised by the cramped brown houses and their chimney pots. Once on the ground rooms in cheap hotel London may also seem cramped to people used to wide open spaces. They feel that they must tread softly when inside.
A large number of people and houses have to be fitted into a city the size of London. Space has been at a premium for many years and bedrooms might be two meters wide and three meters long. This might be satisfactory for Londoners but visitors from the Pampas might feel that they have to edge gingerly around the bed in a room that size in kings cross hotels.
As cold winter weather sets in it becomes more apparent to visitors why room dimensions are kept snug in England. Grey skies and showers of cold rain turn people indoors and then they are grateful for the compact rooms that are easy to heat. What might have seemed cramped in summer becomes cosy in winter.
A man once arrived in London by bus at 2 am. He came from Scotland and was loath to spend money for a night's hotel accommodation when there were only a few hours left before daybreak. Therefore he drew his coat about him, lugged his rucksack onto his shoulders and began walking around London in the small hours of a winter's night.
Remembering that William Wordsworth had been in a similar situation some years back the man set off for Westminster Bridge, hoping to see how the scene might have changed since the early nineteenth century. The heart of London was soundly asleep that night with even the people sleeping on the street absolutely still on the cardboard mattresses located near hot air vents.
Soon the novelty of re-living Wordsworth's London trip was expelled by the cold. It shriveled the man and shrunk his adventurous spirit. Hopefully he turned into an underground station hoping to find some warm conditioned air but implacable locked iron gates reminded him that he was homeless even if for a few hours only. He looked at the body of a person sleeping rough and wondered about shelters for the homeless and the price of freedom.
Though uncomfortable the man realized that the early morning hours spent tramping the streets had taught him an indelible lesson. Hotels are homes from home and he should have booked in advance, using a website to find a budget hotel near where he wanted to be. From there he could have sallied out, safe from feeling homeless and hopeless.
As businesses began opening their doors to the public he made his way into an Internet shop, searched the cheap hotels London site and booked himself in at the earliest possible moment. Soon he was in a small but warm room in the arms of clean sheets. He sank into a deep sleep and dreamed that Wordsworth was sleeping rough on a sheet of cardboard. Later he was able to shower and dress before setting out to further explore the historic city.
