using the iPod
by nch
London is for walking. The centre is small - you can walk from the river to Oxford Street in 45 minutes but choose the route and your will go up little streets, through markets, round monuments and past the most delicious cafes and pubs. Do not get lured away by the buses! Walking across Westminster Bridge in a Summer evening listening to the atmosphere of a guide on my iPod. The Strollon walk in Westminster told me everything I wanted to hear - and more. I found them on www.strollon.com.
I really felt that I was in the middle of a great city with all the past and present in my ears. Music, voices, battles and stories all came across as though it was in real life. I could avoid the crowds and the strict timing of a guided tour and I was getting away form the traffic - it was quite an eco experience! I watched those London Tour buses sitting in traffic jams and following the same routes. Meanwhile I went from river to Parks to Trafalgar Square with stops in a pub, by the altar of the Abbey and, best of all, sitting in the sun by the lake hearing about the King who swam naked with his mistresses - it was just like home. I took the other London ones and they were just as good. We tried it on a 16 year old and and 80 year old! they took them home to show the friends.
Best of luck and take a tip - walk around this wonderful city.
Visit all markets during...
by anamorphot
Visit all markets during weekdays; avoid weekends! Sightseeing with the old hop on/hop off busses the whole day.
Zombie trilogy viewed in the SCALA cinema (see pic)...gorgeous. (Scala is now a club or something like that)
Mini VT meeting 19th March 2003
by phil_uk_net
A mini VT meeting in London. From left to right we have: bzh (Bruno), floss1 (Pieter), Ray (Pieter's wife), lalique (Marianna), and me.
Drinks in the Punch & Judy were followed by dinner in my favourite budget Chinese restaurant, Wong Kei.
One of the highlights of the evening was Pieter's brother, Jan, ordering his meal in Chinese. The waiter looked a bit confused and replied in English. Jan tried again later. Exasperated, the waiter then explained that he spoke Cantonese and couldn't understand Mandarin!
Photo courtesy of Bruno.
Kew Gardens
by dvideira
Hidden among the trees are some historic buildings including Kew Palace, the Great Pagoda and the Victorian glass houses. From the beautifully tended parkland there are views up and down the river and across to Syon House.
The Pagoda was completed in 1762 as a surprise for Princess Augusta, Princess of Wales and mother of George III. After the death of her husband, Frederick, Princess Augusta had continued developing the estate at Kew, starting the first botanic garden on a site close to the present Orangery, and having the site landscaped in accordance with the prevailing fashions of the day. The Pagoda was one of several buildings designed by Sir William Chambers, Princess Augusta's official architect, to ornament the estate.
No Gentlemen here!! Maybe ladies
by alycat
Many people expect London to be crawling with cheerful high bred characters straight out of Dickens, and assume there is a pure-bred English type that rules over them. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Many have tried to define 'Englishness' and failed - in fact English culture is really an amalgamation, having assimilated the best from many other cultures. The true Englishman is rare to find, but u will definetely find replicas of bank employees from NewYork!!!!!!
Traffic- Look right when crossing a road. Cars won't usually stop automatically (though many will) if you wander into the road, motorbikes certainly won't. At a crossing, they all have to stop if you set foot on the road. The main danger comes from, cycle & motorbike couriers, who ride aggressively and fast, often on the nearside of slow-moving traffic - you can't hear the cycles coming.
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