Take a day to go walk the city...
by JJohnson
Take a day to go walk the city streets by yourself. It is nice to go at your own pace, see what you want, and discover things all on your own. Then take your friends or family back to your favorite spots! Some of mine are the market area at Covent Garden, Niel's Court, Carnaby Street, Spitalfields Market and Regent's Park. Hmm. I don't know if it is fond...but it's funny!! I went to see a jazz show at the Barbican and left a bit early. There are so many signs to follow and stairs to climb and walkways to go down, that I thought I should get out in the open to get a better view of which way the tube station might be. I looked down some steps and saw an empty fountain area, and then a level below the fountain. Always looking for the shortest way, I hopped down into the fountain area and then jumped down to the next level. Turns out that the next level was not the ground, but frozen solid ice. I went smashing through up to my navel. As I was climbing out I saw three people with stunned looks asking if I was ok. How do you make it seem like you actually MEANT to jump into a frozen pool of water?!
about tourist attractions
by alycat
There is usually a very long queue for tickets for the different museums n theaters, the best way to beat them all would be to buy tickets from other authorised outlets rather than quiing up outside. Get out of Tower Hill station and walk the ramp that takes u to the Tower Bridge u will find a souviner shop which sells tickets n passes to tourist attractions all over London. Saves time
Lincoln's Inn
by yooperprof
You won't find luxury accomodations at Lincoln's Inn - unless you are in the Bar! London has four "Inns of Court" - the others being Inner Temple, Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn. All are "great and good" medieval establishments for the study and practice of the Common Law. Lincoln's Inn is the largest and the best preserved, having escaped World War II without major damage. It's a place to feel connected with the past and with the generations of lawyers and legal scholars who have lived and worked in its buildings.
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in Central London. Many historic and interesting houses are here, including Sir John Soane's Museum. There used to be the most amazing collection of tall plane trees in the square, but many of them were toppled during the Hurricane of 1987.
Drive on the Right
by grandmaR
Our Big Bus tour guide told us that this small dead end street in front of the Savoy Theatre and Hotel is the only place in London where traffic keeps to the right, rather than on the left. And when we came a little early for "The Mikado", we could see that the cars and taxis were indeed driving on the right.
The story goes that the ladies did not want to get out and have to walk across the muddy street, so the vehicles pulled over to the side where the theatre was to let them out, and the theatre was on the right side of the street. So traffic stays to the right, and goes around in front of the hotel and then continues on the right out into London traffic which is all driving on the left.
The British political system...
by feline01
The British political system may not be to everyone's liking but they do seem quite polite. I wrote to them years ago regarding potentials for an American to obtain a British work visa. If such an inquiry was sent to a US political leader, it would have been trashed.
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