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16 hours in London-What to do?
1/1/2014 | killermosquito

Posted on 01/01/2014 1:24:59 PM PST by killermosquito

I will be making a short business trip to Cambridge and London, England (Feb 5-7 Cambridge, Saturday, Feb 8 in London). Then a slightly longer stay in Sophia, Bulgaria (Feb 9-15).

Freepers know everything. What should I do? What should I not do? Where should I eat? What places must I be sure to visit?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Travel
KEYWORDS: cambridge; london; sophia
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I'm looking for suggestions. I know that Freepers are well traveled and hope you can give me some advice. The trip will be very condensed so I want to maximized my time and enjoyment.

Thanks in advance!

1 posted on 01/01/2014 1:24:59 PM PST by killermosquito
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To: killermosquito

Buy European candy.

Have high tea somewhere really nice like a 3 star (or more) hotel.


2 posted on 01/01/2014 1:26:37 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: killermosquito

Get out ASAP?

Sadly, I hear the muzzies have taken London.

I hope you find that that isn’t the case.


3 posted on 01/01/2014 1:26:54 PM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: killermosquito

16 Hrs? You’ll get stuck in traffic.


4 posted on 01/01/2014 1:27:49 PM PST by chopperman
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To: killermosquito

The Tower, HMS Belfast, Imperial War Museum and Trafalgar Sq. That ought to take about 8 hours to cover.


5 posted on 01/01/2014 1:28:27 PM PST by skeeter
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To: killermosquito; a fool in paradise

The boy need moolah! And report back!

6 posted on 01/01/2014 1:30:40 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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If you enjoy history or jewelry or both, I recommend the Tower of London (if you’re going to be somewhere near it — not sure I would travel great distances to get there). The Tower itself is just about as full of history as it’s possible to be, and the display of the Crown Jewels is just amazing. I had to drag my husband into the jewels display (he was there just for the tower! LOL!) and he was AMAZED at the display. For sparkle and opulence, it can’t be beat. An amazing sight.

We also enjoyed the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. My husband, a naval history buff, was moved to see the display of Admiral Lord Nelson’s final blood-stained uniform.


7 posted on 01/01/2014 1:31:13 PM PST by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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To: killermosquito

You go to Mexico, don’t drink the water.

You go to London, don’t eat the food.

Actually Cedric’s Fish and Chips is as close to ethnic English as food gets, and is good for one meal.

I concur that high tea at a hotel is a good idea. Consider Westminster Cathedral if you like history. Battersea park is a nice place to kill a few hours. Trafalgar Square is good, and there are a few good pubs in the area. Generally if you take stairs down to get to it, you have a real homey place.

It is relatively easy to communicate with the locals, if they want.


8 posted on 01/01/2014 1:31:35 PM PST by donmeaker (A man can go anywhere on earth, and where man can go, he can drag a cannon.)
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Take the Tube to Knightsbridge and go to Beauchamp Place to Borscht and Tears for good Russian. Or, go up to to Knightsbridge Mews to Tattersal’s Pub for local color. If you’re looking for really good food, go to the Gore Hotel at 190 Queen’s Gate and downstairs is Bistro 190. Pretty good grub.

The problem is, London is pretty dead this time of year.

Good Luck!


9 posted on 01/01/2014 1:31:36 PM PST by x1stcav ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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To: killermosquito; a fool in paradise
See if my VW bug that I abandoned in 1968 is still there!


10 posted on 01/01/2014 1:33:54 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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I believe you can watch this 26-minute 2009 travelogue by Rick Steves free on HULU (I could and I am not a subscriber):

http://www.hulu.com/watch/90678


11 posted on 01/01/2014 1:34:54 PM PST by CreviceTool (A Good Samaritan with a handgun saved my life...)
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To: killermosquito

Ditto on the Tower. Make sure to look to the right before you step off the curb to cross the street!


12 posted on 01/01/2014 1:36:13 PM PST by PrivateIdaho ( "Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne))
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The Cabinet War Rooms (part of the Imperial War Museum)is great. You can see where Churchill spent part of the war.


13 posted on 01/01/2014 1:37:15 PM PST by vaskypilot
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To: killermosquito

Trafalgar square, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, & St. Paul’s Cathedral. All relatively close together.


14 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:08 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: killermosquito

Belgo Centraal for mussels, frites, and Belgian beers.


15 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:16 PM PST by BillyBonebrake
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To: vaskypilot

Old England is likely getting harder and harder to find


16 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:25 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: killermosquito

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral


17 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:34 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: killermosquito

Go to the Imperial War Museum in Duxford if it is open. IWM is currently closed due to damage to buildings by high winds.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford


18 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:46 PM PST by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: killermosquito

Drink in a pub. Order a pint of bitter.


19 posted on 01/01/2014 1:38:56 PM PST by Oratam
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To: killermosquito

Yelp is usually reliable for suggestions if you want to follow the herd.


20 posted on 01/01/2014 1:40:51 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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