This from our Host Neil Martin: Best directions for Chartered Accountants' Hall http://maps.google.co.uk/maps enter post code of EC2R 6EA, it is slightly awkward to find as it is up a small side street, worth a look in the hybrid mode. Transport for London has special tickets for visitors http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tickets/2007/visitors.asp#where-buy A zone 1-2, travel card for 7 days for an is Adult @ £23.20 GBP and the 3 days is - Adult @ £16.40 GBP A tube map is available here http://cache.tfl.gov.uk/tube/downloads/pdf/maps/LPTM2.pdf The 2 nearest tube stations are Moorgate or Liverpool Street, a maximum of 10 minutes walk. I doubt any one would be tempted but if you take a car (bad idea) you will have to pay a congestion charge http://www.cclondon.com/ as well as parking. The congestion charge can be paid online But you need to know the make/model of vehicle and number plate before you pay. ============================================================================ ======= Hotels, Almost anywhere in the West end or City is going to be a short tube ride. ============================================================================ ======= Friends from New Zeland stayed at the hotel below, which they said was OK but compact: http://www.central-hotel-london.com/tariff/ Other than that the usual suspects would be : www.Premiertravelinn.com Any of the travel lodges are cheap and cheerful Travelodge London Covent Garden 10 Drury Lane High Holborn London London WC2B 5RE United Kingdom Travelodge London High Holborn 166 High Holburn London WC1V 6TT United Kingdom More Expensive (Hyatt) Great Eastern Hotel 40 Liverpool St, London, EC2M 7QN 020 7618 5000 - Rated 4.3 out of 5.0 London, EC2M 7QN 020 7618 5000 great-eastern-hotel.co.uk Novotel Tower Bridge 10 Pepys St London, EC3N 2NR 020 7265 6000 novotel.com Crowne Plaza London the City 19 New Bridge St London, EC4V 6DB 0870 400 9068 crowneplaza.com -- jb - ------------------------------------------------------ I am changing my email address to benito@bluepilot.com