DON'T GO TO SOHO!
by Shaun3701
London is great for history buffs (like me), but your friends might not find it as exciting. Places of interest are Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace. You could really find all kinds of cool things just walking around. Dont just go wandering though, London is huge and you dont want to get lost. I miss everything really... but one crazy memory is my friends thought it would be cool to go to Soho and check out a strip club. Thank God I didnt go with them... DO NOT EVER go into one of those places. My friends didnt see anything and they were robbed 200 pounds (around $400). Ive heard alot of similar stories from other people. If you want to see a red light district go to Amsterdam... but in London keep your pants zipped. Even the hookers are ugly as sin.
Piccadilly Circus
by Paul2001
Piccadilly Circus is seemingly the unofficial centre of the London. In my eyes it seemed that virtually everything that I wanted to see in London was in a reasonable distance of Piccadilly Circus. For instance the National Gallery is just a short walk away. So is Regent and Oxford Streets if you are interested in shopping. I walked here from Hyde Park. There are also many theatres nearby as you approach Leicester Square.
Piccadilly Circus itself is famed for its aluminium statue of Eros which is actually rather ugly. Piccadilly Circus is best at nighttime when the lights of the illuminated signs are ablaze and the streets are full of young people looking to have some fun.
Downing St.
The official...
by eladr
Downing St.
The official residence of the prime minister (no 10) and the chancellor of the exchequer (no 11), has been guarded by an imposing iron gate since the security forces realised that the lone iconic bobby outside Maggie's door was not sufficient to stop the IRA mortar bomb attack in 1989.
Tower of London - The Fusiliers' Museum
by kris-t
The Museum of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers stands immediately to the north east of the White Tower and contains a wealth of exhibits relating to the many campaigns in which the regiment has participated during its 300-year history. The museum contains accounts and exhibits from the many campaigns the regiment has been involved in, such as the American War of Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the Gulf War.
Home of the original captain Scarletts
by sourbugger
You may well at some point or other come across one of the Chelsea pensioners in London.
They are a group of around 350 ex-forces pensioners who give up their pension to be able to live at the Royal Chelsea hospital, founded back in the time of Charles II.
You are thus more likely to encounter them in that area of town, but many of them wear their ceremonial scarlett coats when they are going about their everyday business elsewhere.
The hospital itself can be visited, as it is a historic building, and there is a also a small museum attached.
The pensioners, if treated with the proper respect they are due, are very amiable and quite willing to have their photograph taken.
As always in such matters : just ask first.
It's probably best not to mention that Chelsea pensioners is an anagram of 'Each Person's senile'.
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Detail from the Peter Pan statue
Monument to the Siege of Malta
One of the entrances to Chinatown.
Canary Wharf view from My Window
