madeinatlantis LONDON TRAVEL GUIDE RUSSELL SQUARE Bernard Street Emerging from the Russell Square station, you'll be on Bernard Street, which juts off from the Square, and which consists of virtually nothing other than a solid row of British guest houses-homey and little brownstones. These little buildings have no elevators-they are homes that have been converted into hotels. They have living room-lounges with familytype "tellies" (tv sets); they have breakfast rooms with sideboards, from which the big morning feast is served; some of them permit you to use washing machines, outdoor lines and ironing boards; and all of them are patronized by the average middle-class Englishman from out of town. Nothing could be more British or more typically representative of English life. On Bernard Street, you'll find at least twelve recommended choices within a 100-yard walk. My favorites are the Harley House Hotel, 15-16 Bernard Street, which lets you hang your drip-n-dry wash in the backyard and iron it downstairs (an exceptionally friendly, happy establishment); the Edinburgh House, 23 Bernard Street; unusually pleasant proprietors who promise to "burn the bacon" for American guests); and the Alambra Private Hotel, 33 Bernard Street, which permits ironing and washing on the premises. Elsewhere on the street, the Hotel Cecil, 14 Bernard Street, light airy rooms; the Garden House Hotel, 19 Bernard Street, reduction for children; the Olympic at #22, nice proprietors; the Hamilton at #20; the somewhat basic Osbourne Hotel, 17-18 Bernard Street, and the large Devon House Hotel, 38 Bernard Street have all been checked out and found clean and suitable, although the Devon House just barely makes the list.		The British Museum Parliament The Tower of London Madame Tussaud's St. Paul's Cathedral Along The Strand Charing Cross Westminster The West-End Parks and Palaces The East-End The Surrey Side The Suburbs RESTAURANTS Restaurants in London The Corner Houses The Lyons Tea Shops The Marble Arch Barbecues The Non-Chain Budget Restaurants HOTELS RUSSELL SQUARE Bernard Street Bedford Place Bloomsbury and Gower Streets Guilford and Coram Streets Tavistock Place Cartwright Gardens HISTORY Roman Britain After the Romans Saxon and Norman Tudor Charles II George II London circa 1700-1815 GREAT BRITAIN The life of Metropolitan England Britain is a world by itself The Climates of Britain The English Plain Great Britain Strategic Geography Great Britain - Ireland Great Britain - Scotland