Big Bus Tour Company
by Gypsystravels
Touted as bringing London's history into "colorful dramatic life" The Big Bus Tour is one of the best ways to see London if you are short on time. With three different colored routes, (the green line is a short ride basically linking the red and blue lines) you get an excellent overview of the major sites. The longest of the two, the blue line, takes approxamitely 2 hours to complete the full route where you'll see Kensington Gardens and Kensignton Palace, Regents Park, Oxford and Piccadily Circus, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey and Parliment Square, London Aquarium, St. Paul's Southwark Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London (just to name a few). Hop on and off as many times as you wish at any given stop for a close up-look or to switch to the red or green lines. Your ticket price includes free River Thames Cruise and a walking tour.
Can't recall the price, but take a peek at their website, and go out and conquer London.
www.bigbustours.com I enjoyed riding on the top of the bus, even though it was a bit frigid, and pointing out the various sites to mom and Kris.
Ride a double-decker Bus!
by J.I.M
London, is well known for its double decker buses, and if it's your first time here then it's definitely worth riding one, especially if it's an open-top one! There are many arranged tours that can be taken on board one of these buses, and are a great way to be introduced to the city.
Canary Wharf
by yellowstar
Canary Wharf is a no longer deserted area of London. Office buildings as in Frankfurt or New York are/were built here and many investment banks and associated firms are settling in this area. If you get to get in one of the skyscrapers, the view over London is marvellous. You can see Tower Bridge, Big Ben, The Big Wheel, etc. from up there.
The little red call box
by Jenniflower
The ever-familiar red phone booths in London are yet another red icon for London.
I was surprised when I read that they weren't intended to be red, but a silver colour, with a blue-green interior!
Quite the opposite to what it is today! Another interesting bit of information is that they are protected as a listed 'building'.
On Lower Regent Street you will find 2 black phone booths next to eachother, about 20 metres from Picadilly Circus - there are only a few of these left in London today.
No, I'm looking for Leicester Sq., not Lester Sq.
by bzh
Visitors can be extremely confused by the way some of the well known landmarks are pronounced. English is not a language where pronunciation rules are obvious to start with and some words, in particular local place names have evolved an even more confusing pronounciation over time. Here are a few examples that you are likely to be confronted to.
The name of town of Leicester is pronounced by dropping the 'ce' syllable resulting in a word that sounds like "Lester". Hence Leicester Square is pronounced "Lester Square". The same goes for other names like Gloucester (Glouster) or Worcester (Worster).
Petersborough is pronounced "Pittsburg", like the town of the same name in the US. However, Peterborough, without the 's', is pronounced as you would expect.
Greenwich is pronounced by dropping the 'w', resulting in "Greenitch".
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All Hallows by the Tower Church - London
The cinema
John Piper window, St Margaret's Church
