Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
So, the London trip. I think I will have 2 days there, the 2nd night I will want to stay near Heathrow, for an early flight the next morning. I should have 1 or 2 other nights in London. What areas are good to stay, close to the sites, convenient to the tube, etc? I will be alone on the corp card, so hotels only, no vacation rentals, airbnb, or anything like that.
Second, with 2 days, what are the must sees in London, what do I need to sign up for ahead of time (tours and such) and are there any pubs or restaurants that I need to visit?
Thanks ahead of time.
Haven't been in a 'few' yrs but we only had 3 days last time I went.
-Hop on Hop off was tour buses were worth it for us. You can ride around, get off and on when you want and it goes to all the 'sites' so you have at least seen where they are. When we went it included being able to take the ferry down the Thames under the London Bridge.
-Things open at 10 and a lot of the touristy places last tour is at 2 or 3. You can't string many things together so decide what is most important and get there as early as possible. We are seasoned travellers and I lived over there when a kid. No matter how we planned we couldn't do more than 2 things a day
-Places you would expect to stay open into the evening do not- The Abbey, The Tower. I think they are still renovating Big Ben.
-If you want to see the changing of the guard in a different way go down by the barracks/Mews. (closer to Picadilly.) I like there better than the Palace. You can also walk thru the Mews (maybe this is the carriage house) to the Left of the palace for free (or you used to be able to).
-Westminster Abbey you can sit in the Quire for Evensong- that was really cool. The choir processes in, directly in front of you, and sits on either side of the aisle. Acoustics are amazing. -not sure if it happens every day.
-Going to the top of St Paul is cool- you go up a million steps through the dome and end up at the top- great panoramic views.
-Tower tours are OK but the timing was off for us when I went with mr and lil. The last one was at 2:30.
-London Eye is supposed to be cool but we didn't do it.
-Loved Kew Gardens but not enough time to enjoy it properly.
-British Museum you could spend days in. Has all sorts of really neat stuff. We never made it in because we ran out of time.
Check with ordering any sort of tix to hop on hop off over here. We got tube passes from British Rail for sig less. When we went you could buy them over here for deep discounts. I think we got the Hop on Hop Off from there too. I think it was a third of what we would have paid when we got there. AAA was helpful for some things.
I would like to be first in line to be smuggled in as your Admin Asst. SO jealous!
Steak and Kidney pie- YUM!!!!
McVites Digestive biscuits with dark chocolate YUUUUUUMMMYYYY!!!
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