The London Eye gives spectacular bird’s eye views of the UK’s capital city! FYI, the London Eye will be closed January 8, 2024 to February 4, 2024 for scheduled maintenance. As seen in the video, riding the tallest cantilevered observation wheel in Europe, allows you to see for miles and miles (on a clear day) …
Hop On Hop Off Buses are a great way to get acquainted with a new city! Especially London! Designed as a clever way to take in as many sites as efficiently as possible, these buses are comfortable, run on a schedule and the people you encounter on them are generally cheerful. Personally, I like to …
Your London accommodations will be your home away from home. Here’s a nice neighborhood map borrowed from visitlondon.com. Most tourist sites are within the Paddington, South Kensington, Covent Garden, The City and Camden Town areas. Note: different booking sites use different neighborhood boundaries. This is a reader supported site, meaning there are affiliate links on …
King Charles III of the United Kingdom, along with his wife Queen Consort Camilla, will be officially crowned in London on Saturday, May 6, 2023. For those of us not invited to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation ceremony, I have prepared a simple (and inexpensive) way to spruce up our festivities. All you need are …
The estimated number of museums in London is in the hundreds. Hundreds! Which is just bonkers to me. Until you consider London’s been populated since 47AD. Two thousand years is a long time for a nation to collect knick-knacks. Past and present, that’s a lot of folks collecting and saving things for posterity, so naturally …
London’s cultural heritage shines through the many museums that dot the city. With so many galleries, exhibits and collections to explore it’s difficult to narrow down which to see and where to start, because, let’s face it, time is precious and generally limited. Keeping in mind, cultural references like contributions to world exploration, sports, science …
London’s curtsy to their Royals, in the form of exhibits and museums, is dizzying. Given the palaces and houses and museums dedicated to the UK’s Royal Family, it’s difficult to narrow down which to see and where to start, because, let’s face it, time is precious and generally limited. Look around. Signs of the nation’s …
London’s abundance of art museums is mind boggling, in the best way. With so many galleries, exhibits and collections to explore it’s difficult to narrow down which to see and where to start, because, let’s face it, time is precious and generally limited. Keeping in mind, fine art like paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs and such …
Updated January 5, 2023 When touring London, useful apps can make or break your experience. The best and most useful provide up-to-the-minute information for all sorts of things. The apps listed in this post are all mentioned in out travel book Texans Touring LONDON (nope, you don’t have to be from Texas to enjoy the tome). Useful …
The BARD Game is part scavenger hunt, part board game. To play, visit William Shakespeare haunts around London, UK. English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare made an incomparable contribution to literature, language and quite possibly your London vacation! William Shakespeare is widely known as the Bard (a Celtic word for storyteller) More than 400 years after his …