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We are going to London and Paris. We've benefited from much advice from fodorite friends in DC and here and some research. For example, I know to get from Heathrow to Bloomsbury we take the Piccadilly underground. We'll need an ATM and a fare card. We got tickets helicopter tour of grand canyon 3 days later on the Eurostar to Paris, and an apt in the 15th. We got tkts to the top of the Eiffel Tower on April 1st at 9:30am. We're sitting helicopter tour of grand canyon in the united club at Dulles eating free crackers because we signed up for a united credit card. Tomorrow our son, who is in school in London, will show us stuff. But I'll do whatever you European fodorites think I should do. Please tell us fun cool cheap stuff to do. You are our higher power. Thanks.
The united club at Dulles was quite exciting, a free one time thing. We got two free wines and a bunch of nuts. We were in boarding group two, thanks again to the credit helicopter tour of grand canyon card, and got to go on the plane before some other pathetic creatures of lesser rank. It was difficult not to sneer. The plane had enough empty seats that each of us had a row of three empty seats to sleep in.
We took the Piccadilly line right to st pancras (a cool looking building) and walked to the crescent hotel where our rooms aren't ready and we'll meet ds#2 in a little while. There are tennis courts helicopter tour of grand canyon and daffodils in the park (Cartwright gardens) next door. Russel Square seems nice and has another cool looking building. Cars go very fast here and in every which way so it's tricky crossing the street.
We are a little sleepy and it's cold here. People speak with a British accent, and they say "take away" instead of "carry out". I hope these keen and insightful observations will help future travelers to this country.
We did it (in the cold) and it was fun... helicopter tour of grand canyon or send your son to do it and wait with a beer at the bottom. A bit off the beaten track but we combined it with a trip to Greenwich and it is still one of those things that the kids talk about...
You made it with a row of seats to yourself no less. As you know it snowed in DC yesterday and it's freezing here today, so don't feel badly about the cold. Looking forward to hearing about your exploits as time permits. As Tdudette said, you always have such a "special take on life." While I know you practiced French, did you take lessons in British English??? Have a jolly ole time in London.
We had a free full English breakfast this morning at our Crescent Hotel and then figured out how to take the Barclay Bikes out of the rental thingies helicopter tour of grand canyon and ride to DS's room on high Holborn where I almost beat him at ping pong but didn't because I've never mastered the top spin slam although my serve is pretty good.
Then the three of us rode Barclay bikes to the Tate modern, took a tour (Rothko liked Turner but did not want his painting hanging in the dining room of the four seasons hotel so he donated them to the Tate modern, which is in a converted power plant, across the millennium bridge, a walkway over the Thames. I suppose all of you know it's pronounced Tems. Even I knew that.
Then we all had lunch at Borough Market, a big fresh food market near the Tate (I had a prawn taco) and then DS and DW had high tea at Delaunay restaurant and I went back to the Tate for a tour of Energy and Process modern art (gerhard richter put together 11 panes of glass and that reminds people of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence which I first heard about right here on fodor's). Then I biked all the way back to our hotel in Bloomsbury.
So, visitors to London, I would suggest renting the bikes which are fun to ride but be careful because, as I said before, traffic comes from every which way here (your credit card will work fine in the rental bike machine. It's 2 pounds for 24 hours, and then free for station to station rides of less than 30 minutes). Also, if you can, go to the Tate.
We like our hotel, but there are plenty of hotels on London and why should you listen to us. But it's quiet and not too far from St Pancras (don't pronounce this like the organ in your body) and the Rosetta Stone (useful for learning Egyptian).
I wanted to go to Other Desert Cities which is more classy than Once but DS wants to go to Once so I'm not going to complain, helicopter tour of grand canyon even if I already saw the movie, which I did like a lot. It could be my unique take on life is really just long, poorly formed sentences.
I hope you all continue to have a wonderful time, sm! Thank you for including us in your trip. I always love hearing about what you are doing while it is happening, but agree w/St.Cirq that mainly you just enjoy yourselves.
You are so much braver than I could ever be with the bikes. Just crossing the street in any part of the UK is a bit of an exercise in terror for me. For whatever reason, helicopter tour of grand canyon I just cannot (!) figure out which way to look and even after I have looked every way, I still can be caught off-guard.
I am impressed that you used the Barclay bikes. Even though I have an annual subscription to the V lib bikes in Paris, I just look at the Barclay bikes without using them because there are so few stations compared to Paris -- I would be terrified of not finding a place to leave the bike at my destination.
Enjoying your report keep it coming please. Can you mention other "funny" englishisms, is that a word,? I like to read what you think is different, being an English/Aussie myself I think they speak "normally"!
That 'Borough Market-to-St. Pauls' helicopter tour of grand canyon walk, including helicopter tour of grand canyon the Tate and the M. Bridge is a favourite of mine as well. Another fav at the market is the cheese shop, with the great big cylinders of cheese on the shelves and window sills. And a pint at the Market Porter.
helicopter tour of grand canyon Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions. However, we didn't climb the o2 or buy ginger fudge and for the second time we missed the changing of the guards. The first time in London was about 10 years ago when the kids were little. We were too late. We also missed the changing of the guards when we were in buenos aires.
People were everywhere. They have huge ornate back and gold gates to Buckingham Palace which are very nice but are closed, secured with a simple chain and a padlock. You can walk around them, but there were too many people.
Despite the crowds we overheard a tour guide telling her people they were going to stand where there was nobody between them and the soldiers. So we followed her group at a discreet distance and after a while saw a marching band with big fur hats go by which was nice but not The Change we were expecting.
We kept on following the tour, pretending to just coincidentally being the same place they were, for several blocks, stopping each time they did, but at some remove, so they wouldn't suspect helicopter tour of grand canyon us as latcher-oners. After a while we lost them. Too much remove.
Somehow the leader who had been holding up a toy sword now was another leader holding up an umbrella. Somehow we had started following a new group. So we gave up, not knowing anything about the plans of this new group. This approach, while inexpensive, really is not an effective way to tour London because your feet still get tired and you can't hear anything the tour guide says.
Next we got on the tube to go to southwick, an interesting helicopter tour of grand canyon neighborhood our son told DW about. We asked a number of British people how to get to southwick and none of them knew because, as it turns out, there is no southwick. Misunderstanding between helicopter tour of grand canyon DS and DW.
So we went to Camden town. Which is cool. Lots of little shops and trinkets and tatoo places by an old canal. But first I had to get a fare card with a pocket full of change which turned out not to be quite enough (each tube ride costs 4.70 pounds!) so I had to cancel the transaction, much to the polite consternation of the guy behind me, who DW said was grimacing and quietly slapping his forehead as the machine returned each of my coins one by one.
We'll be spending 3 days in London and 3-4 in Paris before helicopter tour of grand canyon heading to the south of France in the fall, so this is very timely for us! Though I guarantee we will NOT be riding the bikes in the city. Hmmmm. Come to think of it, I won't be getting DH on a bike in the countryside, either. Thanks for sharing.
Do you not have an Oyster card? It's 4.70 if you buy a single ticket, but nobody does that. Get an Oyster card, put some money on it, and your fares will be only 2.20. There's a daily price cap of maximum 8.40.
I love the way that you are seeing London, sm! Sorry about your missing the guard again. We too have eavesdropped on tours before but only for a few minutes at a time, as I lose interest quickly. I look forward to your future installments.
Next we got on the tube to go to southwick, an interesting neighborhood our son told DW about. We asked a number of British helicopter tour of grand canyon people how to get to southwick and none of them knew because, as it turns out, there is no southwick. Misunderstanding between DS and DW.
you're right, there's no Southwick, but there is a Southwark, pronounced [something like] Suthuck. it's near Borough [pronounced buru] market. There is a cathedral there and you get there on the bus, train, or Tube.
When you were at the Tate was there still the Damien Hirst exhibition? Lots of interesting exhibits, like a raw cow's head covered with flies. And the butterfly exhibit where some of the "exhibit" escaped on people's clothes!!
You are brave folks indeed, santa. Are there bike lanes? And your regular credit card worked???? That adds to a discussion on another thread about cards with chip technology. So, it s not the same in London?