The Royal Observatory is an excellent suggestion. However you're right that Greenwich Park could be busy. Definitely avoid during the three day eventing competition as that's held on the park and will be all ticket.
Another bonus is that it's also free. There's also a non free planetarium there too. The lakes are fantastic, and another closer to home place I'd recommend is Bath. Although I'm biased as I used to live there. Adam On Jun 26, 2012 8:32 PM, "Tom Wolper" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:11 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Against her father's advice my daughter has decided to > > keep her options open for lodging for the last week of the Olympics, > betting > > that she will either make friends with locals during her class > (apparently > > at least half of her fellow students are locals), or find a hook up with > her > > friend who has an apartment there but is leaving early. I have > identified a > > few hostels in and near London (with predictably greatly inflated prices, > > but still cheaper than a hotel, if they had available rooms) but those > > hostel rooms will probably be gone soon. > > I only want to comment on this part since I don't have much to add to > what others contributed. Your daughter needs a contingency plan for > the last week of the Olympics in case none of her other possibilities > pan out. She can want and hope that things work out for that week but > it would be foolish to be out on the street and looking for a place to > stay and even the expensive options are all booked up. > > My suggested Plan B would be to find somewhere outside of London. With > London getting all of the tourists and their money, other cities > should have smaller crowds and more reasonable accommodations. Adam > suggested Cambridge and that would be an ideal place. An hour away > from London if she wants to take day trips or she could find quieter > things to do locally. A more distant possibility would be the Lake > District. > > One place I haven't seen mentioned as a place to visit in the London > area is the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. It has been recommended to > me as a place worth visiting, though it might be mobbed at Olympic > time. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
