There are so many things to do...
by shiran_d
There are so many things to do in London.
So you must be absolutly make out alist of places you are going to visit, here's mine;
Sight seeing, put on top of your list
Tower of London
St pauls Catedral
Hosue of Perliment
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Place
Piccadilly circus
In your list of must things, is shopping here's what I think you must;
Harrods, must see it even if you don't buy any thing
Oxford Street
Piccadilly Gallery
Conran shops
Bon Street
Kings Road,
Art, Is your must see list,
TATE morden
Travel on the new Jubilee line extention all the way to Stratford to see all the new and morden stations and architecture
One very good stop is Canery warf get out of the station and have a look a rounf the square. You will like it.
Place to eat
No problems any part of london you can find you type of food,
There are over 8000 places to eat and you will not be left out at all,
Choise is your where you eat and how much you spend, there is always a place vine and dine in full relaxing mood,
May the mood be a loving or a chill out you'll be looked after by London eateries.
Have a great trip
Best regards
Shiran And alway feel free to contact me when ever you are in london. I'll be please to meet you.
Caio, Here Pic and some details of the Queen's Jubilee party at the Palace. I was great show.
More than a million people gathered in London to listen to some of the world's greatest rock and pop legends perform at Buckingham Palace in honour of the Queen's 50 years on the throne.
The normally sedate palace grounds rocked to an eclectic line-up of stars, including Sir Elton John, Dame Shirley Bassey, gothic rocker Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Jones, S Club 7 and Beach Boys stalwart Brian Wilson.
Nelson's Tomb
by Blatherwick
For those of you that don't know, 2005 is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. So I felt the need to go see Vice-Admiral Nelson in the crypts of St. Pauls. I got there pretty early on Saturday morning so that I could sneak a shot off there. Let's face it, if you have to pay to enter a place of worship then it becomes a den of thieves and you can take pictures.
Coming sign of the apocalypse - I asked a guard at Westminster Abbey if Nelson was over in St. Pauls. His reply was, "Who is Nelson?"
Go over to Trafalgar Square...
by S_R_NAIDU
Go over to Trafalgar Square and see the Nelson's Column, a great granite finger, is 187ft tall featuring the one-eyed, one-armed British hero, Lord Horatio Nelson. Its base has four lions and was unveiled in 1870.
Trafalgar Square Fountains - One of two fountains in the Square designed by Lutyens in 1939 with fine sculptures by Charles Wheeler and W. McMillan.
The Strand, one of London's most famous thoroughfares runs east from Trafalgar Square just to the south of Covent Garden.
A walk on the REALLY wild side...
by MJB123
Every year it seems at around Jan 9 this fraternity of college lads from Cambridge head on down to London to dine and drink their own body weight in alcohol at a Medieval Banquet restuarant at the Ivory House, St. Katherine's dock "Tower Hill."
It is comforting to know that these prim and proper gents with a stiff upper lip are very much in touch with their ancient barbarian past as they holler for more "Mead" and drink more beer and wine than can be found on the enitre island of Ibiza.
Talking to these folks was an awesome experience I will never forget. These are the nicest guys you will ever meet and when they found out I was from America they all shouted "USA! USA! USA!..." quite enthustistically and supportively . I was so touched by this gesture I still have a lump in my throte.
I'm sure they don't remember that night-- being so drunk. But I will always toast the town of Cambridge whenever I have a glass of wine or mug of beer or mead.
"Mead" is by the way an alcoholic honey drink that was drunk by newlyweds after their weddings for its aphrodisiac effects, hence, the name "Honeymoon".
Europe's smallest capital city?
by KennetRose
The City of London, sometimes known as the Square Mile, is a real oddity. Although it is the workplace of many hundreds of thousands of people on weekdays, its resident population is no more than about 6,000, slighly smaller than the population of Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Nevertheless, it is fiercely independent of the heaving morass that is generally called London. This, and only this, is the fiefdom of the famous Lord Mayor - the rest of London has a mere Mayor, the charismatic Ken Livingstone, though unlike the Lord Mayor of London Ken wields real and considerable power.
The City of London is governed by a Corporation of Aldermen and Common Councillors representing a number of tiny wards. They are responsible for a disposible income beyond the dreams of most local authorities, though who elects them is a bit of a mystery, as nobody at all lives permanently in most of the wards!
This is the last redoubt of the Rotten Boroughs that returned Members of Parliament representing tiny or non-existent populations before universal suffrage. Opinion is sharply divided about the future of this medieval anachronism. Many of us would like to bring the Square Mile into line and use some of its funds for people in the outlying boroughs who need their financially-straitened services desperately!
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Concert at St Martin in the Field
Leaves
The village stands high over London
British Museum
