Nah. Rent a car. It's a laugh to drive on the left and you are on your own schedule and can go see the lovely country side where the buses and trains won't take you. Especially to little tiny two pub towns. Just for a day. Won't cost a fortune - well, the dollar against the pound sucks at the moment, but hey, it's only money.
Otherwise everything else they said. A walk along the Thames is definitely in order and IN MY OPINION one of the best places to go, is Covent Garden. In the mid-afternoon to about 9 in the evening. Hang out, look thru the stalls, browse the shops, have a drink on one of the balconies overlooking the square, listen to the music and watch the street performers. Stand back and think wow, what was this whole area like 100 years ago ... it's a rush. Enjoy! Wave to all my friends. Erika On 5/8/07, Dana Tierney wrote: > > Central London -- Go see Big Ben. Buckingham Palace has a lovely little > park (St. James)just outside its gates. Go see Speaker's Corner in Hyde > Park. If you have time, Kew Gardens and Richmond Park in the West end are > are both beautiful. > > There are more palaces than you can shake a stick at. I am pretty sure > there is one in Greenwich, which may be doable in one day trip with Richmond > (isn't there a palace here too?) Azaleas in Richmond Park -- you may arrive > at about the right time to see them. Go see Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes' > address was fictitional, but seems to me there's a museum in that block. > > Ride the doubledecker buses. Don't rent a car, public transportation is > very good. Check out Regent Street for shopping. How old is your daughter? > The Tate Gallery and the British Museum are worth a look but are probably > beyond the patience of a two year old. Also perhaps not for a two-year-old > -- go look for Jack the Ripper locations. > > And yes, if it is at all possible, get out of London while you are there. > I recommend Glastonbury and Stonehenge for a day trip. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234227 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
