Just download these pics and tell everyone you went there and took the pics.
Just download these pics and tell everyone you went there and took the pics.
Keep a stiff upper lip.
You’re going to see CHESS? Ugh. I hate you...out of pure jealousy! That would be so cool!
BANGKOK!
The Royal Mews near Buckingham Palace. This is where they keep the royal carriages, the horses and some of the beautiful cars (Bentleys, RR, etc). Also, head over to Hyde Park (I think thats it someone correct me if I’m wrong) and maybe catch some of the rehearsals for the Trooping of the Color. We were there one year the end of May and got to watch a full dress rehearsal. It was amazing! They have a rehearsal at Buckingham Palace, too on a Saturday, I think. London is wonderful - enjoy!!
Get insanely drunk and hang out for a day with a group of soccer hooligans. When will you ever get another chance?
Don’t be late if last call is early.
Between both trips, I took a boat ride on the Thames. Visited Westminster Abbey, visited Churchill's War Rooms, spent a day at The Tower of London. Went to the British Museum, took an evening Jack the Ripper walking tour which left from Tower Hill. Took the train to Bletchley Park. Visited the National Gallery. Visited the Petrie Museum of Egyptology, and Sir John Soane's Museum. Toured Buckingham Palace which is usually only open during the summer when the Queen is away. My visit was in August.
There are plenty of day trips you can take by booking them at your hotel. I took a day trip to the Cotswolds, and Blenheim Palace (Churchill's ancestral home). Another day I took a day trip to Windsor Castle, and Hampton Court Palace.
Sure wish I could have visited the Imperial War Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, plus many more places. There's just too many things to see, and so little time to see it in.
Not sure if you've been to London before, but some places won't let you take pictures. I had a ton of guide books and pamphlets that I'd collected on my first big trip in 2006. Had to put them all in my backpack, and they weighed a ton walking through Gatwick airport to get my flight home. Made me wish I'd packed them up, and mailed them all home.
My daughter and her group were told to avoid Whitechapel.
She went anyway.......and quickly left.
The British Museum is a must. If you like zoos, take a canal boat into the London Zoo and you get in for free.
Following this post and comments...as I am traveling there this Fall. Safe travels and enjoy! (I am somewhat nervous about going there, now, given all that has been happening over there, recently.)
London is one of the easiest cities in the world to visit.
Q: What do the Pyramids and the Parthenon have in common?
A: They were both too big to put in the British Museum.
Fortnam and Mason for tea and scones. It’s an old fashioned department store type structure. So many wonderful things to see there, on every level. Not to mention the adorable figures that emerge, on the hour, atop the front of the building.
There is an excellent fish and chips place , on a side street, just east of St Paul’s Cathedral.
You will truly enjoy the Churchill War Museum.
Have a great trip. Take your pillow and movies on your iPad, and have a good flight!
Also don’t forget to look RIGHT when crossing streets.
Instinctively , Americans look the wrong way.
We said “Look Right, Look Left...RUN!”
Also, make sure you take washcloths. If you haven’t been to Europe before, most hotels don’t provide washcloths.
Don’t get your head slowly sawed off over there in muzzie land.....
Have fun and enjoy yourself :)
Just “ Be Aware “ of your surroundings at all times + don’t let up no matter how comfortable you get. That’s what my parents told me, as I was going to go travel, just out of high school. NOW the world we live in, it’s so much more important.
Avoid Winchester Cathedral, it will only bring you down.