Thanks for that great advice, Bob. I only wish we could have organised more time in London.
The hop-on/hop-off buses are a great idea - we plan to do something similar in Dublin. I was aware of the Oyster card (similar, I think, to Sydney's Opal card) so we'll be looking into that. I'll keep 8 June in mind although I expect to be totally buggered most evenings after being dragged around (willingly!) to all the galleries/museums by my wife :-) Cheers Brian > On 25 April 2019 at 05:03 Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks. > > Another thing I forgot to mention is getting around, other than by boat or > open-top bus. On public transport you can't use cash. You can use a > contactless credit/debit or an Oyster card, which you will need to put money > on. You need a separate card for each person, you can't pay more than one > person's fare at a time. There is a daily maximum fare. > https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/visiting-london/getting-around-london/best-ways-for-visitors-to-pay?intcmp=27718 > > You'll probably want to experience the tube, and possibly the DLR, which is > driverless, but the best way to get around is on foot or by bicycle, and the > best way to find your way around, if you haven't lived here for nearly forty > years, is the Citymapper app, which you can use for multi-modal transport. > https://citymapper.com/london?lang=en > Or you could ask a policeman. > > > On 24 Apr 2019, at 18:54, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree with everything Bob says and recommends about London. That is just > > about what we did when we had a week there. We might even have been > > traveling with the be4nefit of his guidance way back then. <G> > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:33 AM Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> For a first-time visitor I would recommend all the usual top tourist > >> sites, otherwise you may feel you haven't really seen London. > >> > >> I can strongly recommend the open-top bus tours which, on a nice day, give > >> you a very good and enjoyable overview of central London and the main > >> sights, and is a nice hop-on/hop-off way to travel between them. There is a > >> small cluster of sights which are easy to walk between - Saint Paul's, over > >> the Millennium Bridge to Tate Modern and the Globe, then a walk downstream > >> to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. > >> > >> If you have time take a boat trip on the river in either direction. > >> Downstream brings you to Greenwich, which is stunningly beautiful; upstream > >> it's a good way to travel between Tate Modern and Tate Britain, and beyond > >> that to Kew Gardens and Richmond, which are also superb. You probably won't > >> have time to go to Hampton Court Palace, sadly. > >> > >> The best museums and galleries are generally also the best-known: the > >> Tates, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, British Museum, Natural > >> History Museum. But they are also the busiest. > >> > >> If you like theatre try and go to the Globe, but get a seat rather than > >> stand in the yard, and if you get a seat, take cushions as they are > >> authentically hard wooden benches. The restaurant at the Globe is quite > >> good, and there are numerous others in the area, mostly mid-range chains. > >> > >> If you get some free time on the evening of Wednesday 8th let me know and > >> we can maybe catch up for a beer. Because of work and previous commitments > >> that is the only spare time I have during your trip. > >> > >> Enjoy your trip! > >> Bob > >> > >> > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
