yeah but don't they have some sort of user fee for driving in Central London these days? Renting a car would be good for getting out to Glastonbury though...I also thought of the Tower of London... which is also probably not for a two year old.
On 5/9/07, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
