[Sca-cooks] OT: Visiting London
Pixel, Goddess and Queen
pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com
Thu Sep 10 14:46:42 PDT 2009
London is a nifty place.
Get most of your money from ATMs--that way you get the interbank rate as
opposed to the usurious rates that moneychangers charge.
Remember that the pound is like the dollar, so a sandwich in a pub might
run you 7.95 GBP.
London is full of restaurants, and many of them post their menus by the
door.
The British Museum, the V&A, the Museum of London, the British Library,
all have good web sites on which you can check hours and whether a given
gallery is open or not. The MoL is free. The British Library is also free.
Many historic places have entrance fees. Check
http://www.britishheritagepass.com/ to see if buying it will save you
money--they have a London-specific pass that might be what you're looking
for.
YIS,
Margaret FitzWilliam
It is likely to be a bit chilly and damp, since it's October.
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
> I am going to be spending a week's vacation in London next month, and
> would appreciate some tips. This is my first trip out of the country
> in 8 years, and my first ever traveling alone.* I have a package deal
> with airfare and hotel, but my time is my own to spend. I was in
> London eons ago, when I was in high school, and plan to skip some of
> the traditional tourist sites, like the Tower and the Changing of the
> Guards. OTOH, I've never been to the V&A, and plan to remedy that.
>
> What I would like are suggestions for lesser-known places to visit,
> cheap eats, and stupid tourist tricks to avoid. And answers to the
> questions that I don't know enough to ask. :-)
> Apologies to those who see this more than once; I'll probably
> cross-post to another list or two.
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain
>
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