London on a budget is still bloody expensive!

We thought we'd just pop round the corner to London before heading South to well... South Africa. We left Spain at 10 at night on Friday and were set to fly out of London at 5 the next evening. So... we arrived in one of the busiest cities in the world at 1:30 am, dropped off by a bus in the business district with no plans or accommodation. After a quick chat with a taxi driver in which he told us we were crazy and the hostel we were interested in would be full, we went on our way. We found a bus going sort of the direction we wanted and even managed to find the hostel after walking for half an hour. They had a couple beds!! We were set... and then we realized that our plane didn't leave until Sunday... woops.
Turns out London is booked on Saturday nights... we called at least 20 hostels, getting rejected over and over... so we decided to try the airport hotels. What a great call that was!! for 10 pounds more than our crappy hostel we got a room at the Sheraton Heathrow. By far the best lodging we have had yet!
With that settled, we did our day of sightseeing and had some fish and chips.

By the way, do you recognize the coat of arms?