16 hours in London-What to do?

1/1/2014 | killermosquito

[Conspiracy Guy]

I haven’t been to Chicago since 89. Never had a reason to go to Detroit and I will not look for one. The Brits are boring in my opinion. I made a simple comment and it seems to be a big deal. Let’s just drop it. We probably agree on more than we disagree. Due to a career change in the mid 90s I no longer have to travel for business. So I go to places that are interesting to me. Have a good evening.

[NYFriend]

Greenwich is neat, in a lot of ways, the long climb up the hill to the Royal Observatory, Eels at Goddards Pies (I think British food has a bad rap, that's undeserved, and I've eaten more parts of more animals than most people, but cold jellied eels are one of the only things I couldn’t finish). I just though it was a long haul via the DLR, to recommend for a one day in Lond trip.

[JackOfVA]

Indeed.

Good thing you did not quote Dr. Watson from the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet:

I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought.” A Study in Scarlet, ch. 1 (1887)

London is my favorite city - have visited it perhaps a dozen times over the last 40 years and always find something new to see.

[cornfedcowboy]

Lots of good suggestions already. Be prepared to realize how many Arabs/Muslims have taken over London. I was there about 6 months ago. Absolutely fantastic Indian Food. Nary a British pub with Fish and Chips to be found. They still exist but not near as many as there used to be.
Are you staying at the airport(LHR)?

[AnAmericanMother]

Or Kipling in “Something of Myself” - staring at his reflection in the fog-darkened windows.