1. The Tate Modern - an unbelievable art museum that is right in the heart of the city and along the banks of the Thames River. I would also recommend walking the area so that you can also hit sites like St. Pauls Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, etc. along the way and perhaps stop in a pub or 2 during your wandering.
2. The London Eye - kinda touristy but i did this one when my mom and my sis came out to visit me. Its the giant ferriswheel looking thing that you have probably seen in pictures. It is also right on the Thames and centrally located. Get reservations before you go. It takes about an hour and a half to go all the way around, i would recommend trying to get on it when the sun is close to setting to get the best views of the city.
3. Camden Town - this place is the birthplace of the British Punk scene and you have to check it out. You can take the tube to camden town and then walk through the various shops (it is like an endless bizzare of shops and food and smells and weird people trying to sell you drugs). You can get legal mushrooms here too, although i wouldn't recommend them because I sampled them and it didn't go very well. ha.
4. Brick Lane - best Indian food I have ever had, and probably the best Indian food outside of india. This place has like 100 restaurants all on the same strip and all you have to do is walk down the street at dinenr time and people are throwing deals at you to try to get you in their restaurant. Hold out for a free bottle of wine and 10-15% off of your bill or something like that. We ate at a place called Saffron a couple times. it's across the street from two places called "chilli's" and "monsoon".
5. There is also unbelievable Thai food in London, specifically Soho has an unbelievable restaurant that is called Busaba Eathai. They don't take reservations and they make you stand in line outside so get there early and be careful if trying to eat there on friday or saturday night. But if you like Thai food at all, this place is a must and probably my favorite restaurant in London, and not too expensive relatively speaking.
6. There are multiple museums around the South Kensington tube stop and coincidentally my london campus was right in the middle of all of them.
7. Another great place to check out that also happens to have fantastic food is called Covent Garden. This place is right by Lecester Square and close to a bunch of Theatre Productions that you could get last minute tickets for if you so desired at lastminute.com. It is a shit show on the weekends, as are more commercial spots like Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Harrod's (the largest mall in the world - a sight to behold in itself).
Monday, August 4, 2008
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Harrod's is a department store, an incredibly large one. It can be found at the mall such as the one on Knightsbridge. Each floor of Harrod's there has an amazing theme. Two particular brothers might enjoy a visit there... But with the American dollar just won't be worth it to buy anything there. And the older brother might get the Fear there.
London is a big city with a lot of looking up to do, like NYC, so if you need a new perspective I'd say take a ride in the Eye. But the weather in London might not even make the view worthwhile. Much more enjoyable on the sidewalks and bridges.
Because of their proclivity to put may-oh-nice on everything, I would stay away from most traditional food joints but like this reviewer suggested... Go for brown people food! ;o
Mainly, just get a Tube map and take it everywhere and get out anywhere. It's pretty easy to figure out what you should be seeing while there.
Mind the gap!
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