Hi everyone.
I was in London this past weekend, my first time in the UK (I'm from Portugal, by the way). I was in Frankfurt last October and really liked it. I was hopping to like London too. That turned out to be an understatment.
I became officialy in love with London. I absolutly adored the city. Each corner I turned I was in awe with the architecture and the 'feel' the city transmites. Every tube ride became the fix to an addiction. Some pretty cool stations too! My favourite was probably the Westminster one.
Being in the big cosmopolitan city it is, turning a corner and suddently being in a Charles Dickens tale - priceless.
The small restaurants in Soho, the odd vinyl store, the overwhelming King's Cross train station, the bunker-likeness of some tube stations, Denmark Street.... and the snow! We don't have snow here, so it was definitly a highlight for me. I was feeling like a child, filming with my phone and laughing my butt off.
Still, so much left to do. I wish to return when I can. On my to-do list:
- See the Big Ben clock tower without the construction stuff warped around it;
- Hyde Park (get inside it);
- Buckingham Palace;
- London Tower;
- Take a Jack The Ripper tour;
- Go to a Pub;
- Have a fry up;
- See at least one ghost
- Meet wish Ash from Oil City for a beer;
- Alot more subway!
All in all loved London and need to experience more of it. Cheers
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Despite the British sense of humor (we had Britcom here for years) I was expecting some coldness somehow... Not at all. Almost everyone I dealt with was really warm and cheerful. A pretty nice aspect which made leaving even harder.
I can understand your enjoyment. I came to London by myself on a day trip when I was 17 and soon after my 18th birthday, left home to live here.
I did go to a Portuguese café and yeah, they seemed pretty fed-up with everything. It's the difference of being there by choice and fun rather than being there to make a living. As for myself, I had the time of my life
Where I live (less than 2h from London) we had snow for about 8 hours on Sunday and that was the most snow I’ve seen in probably 4 or 5 years
I was staying in Ealing, by the way. Kind of halfway between Heathrow and the city center.
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One think I would not want to try would definitly be riding the tube with bagage. Train to Ealing (or Acton, or something like that) and then going lite into the city was the right way to go IMO.
Intend to return sometime in Feb/Mar/Apr with the wife.
If you liked London you'll love Macclesfield. There's a nightclub and Constantinople Kebab is open til 11.
Presumably just as your flying saucer leaves our atmosphere and enters the warp tunnel bound for Planet Curmudgeon.
I disagree and would correct his famous saying to "When a Man is tired of London, he is tired of London".
I lived there for 10 years, worked hard, played hard, travelled hard. Enough was enough, but I totally see the attraction.
"Back from that there London".
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I can't even begin to think of how many Americans would lo=ve to visit famous venues like The Marquee club, Tin Pan Alley(Denmark Street), Hammersmith Odeon, 100 club, Eel Pie Island, Crawdaddy Club, Carnaby Street etc etc.
The musical invasion that meant so much to so many American's could be celebrated a LOT more and tours arranged (although it would be a very popular request for many to see the Cavern in Liverpool too)
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