Day out in London...

[darmstadt]

If you go on a boat to Greenwich, make sure to take the right one. There are commuter ones and tourist ones, the tourist one gives a good commentary. I recommend the tourist one. (Don't know the name, but it travels between Westminster and Greenwich and also docks at London Eye when going upriver and the Tower of London on the way both up and down, I think.)

The ticket allows you to hop on and off as often as you like on the day, so you can make a round trip and stop at the Tower and Greenwich for as long as you like.

(The commentary is mostly between Westminster and the Tower, there's less to say between Tower and Greenwich.)

WHS. I did that last year just from Westminster (so you can first look at Parliament) then got off at the Tower (I get complimentary tickets to go inside lucky enough.) The commentary was a good laugh and very interesting and the weather was excellent. Then walk up from the Tower to the Monument (great cab drivers cafe there) and then through to St. Pauls. Get a daily bus ticket and from St. Pauls you can get a bus to most places, I stopped off at the British Museum which is very interesting but the Science Museum is the top one for me (there is a toy museum hidden nearby as well which is not as well publicised.)

[yasockie]

It'd be very interesting to hear some 'out there' ideas - having lived in London for a while, the places I enjoyed the most were not the obvious ones - having a swim in Hampstead Heath Lido, for example, butterfly exhibition at Kew Gardens etc

[tjacks55]

^ Yeah I agree, Kew Gardens is really good as its less touristy. I love it! How about catching a gig at Camden's KOKO or going to the London Film Museum? Seeing a play or a musical is a typical thing to do in London, but I never get bored of doing this as there's so many shows to see! I recently saw Wizard of Oz London which was SO good. I've loved the show since a kid so it was great to see it brought to life like that!

[bobspud]

Hi,
you can take the Thames Clipper boat from Embankment up to The O2 which is quite nice on a late sunny afternoon