Subject: Well...
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Posted on: 2011-06-30 11:45:00 UTC
... assuming you already have the Tower of London on your list (and who wouldn't? Crown Jewels!), my main recommendation is the Monument. Climb it and look out over London!
... assuming you don't mind 311 steps up (and down again), that is. Strangely, most people object.
hS
So at the beginning of August (it's a shame, because my birthday's the twentieth so I miss being the legal drinking age by that much) my parents and I will be spending two weeks in the UK (first week in Ireland and Scotland, and then England for the second week). Two of those days will be devoted to running around London. We'll be seeing all the normal tourist stuff like Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, and all that, but do you any of you Boarders on that side of the pond have any suggestions for interesting things to see in London?
... assuming you already have the Tower of London on your list (and who wouldn't? Crown Jewels!), my main recommendation is the Monument. Climb it and look out over London!
... assuming you don't mind 311 steps up (and down again), that is. Strangely, most people object.
hS
I'd recommend checking out what West End shows are on if you're at all interested in that sort of thing, if you are it'd probably be the highlight of your time in London.
Go to the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert (I don't really like art museums but I still enjoyed it). Those were by far the best things we did in London (the Rosetta stone!).
The second best was that my mother and I made an effort to take as many tube lines as possible. I think we only missed one; two tops. But that is probably more to do with my love of public transportation.
'The minimum age for the purchase of alcohol is 18. People aged 16 or 17 may consume wine, beer or cider on licensed premises (pubs/bars/restaurants) with a table meal. In England and Wales, it must be an adult who orders,[72] however an adult doesn't have to be present to order alcohol with a meal in Scotland. The legal age for the purchase of alcohol from an off-licence (store/supermarket) is 18. (The legal age to buy liqueur chocolates is 16, but this is rarely enforced.)' From Wikipedia.