London 2010
I realise I haven't written about LON 2010 yet, so it's never too late to do that, and to share my ambitious itinerary (just in case bloody terrorists blow up the Tube with me in it, you'll at least know what I wanted to see there.... :P )
My favourite place in the whole of London
The last time I visited my favouritest city in the world was in July 2005 and it wasn't in the happiest of circumstances, so I've been dying to go back for a long time. I considered using my first 'forced holiday' to go there last year, but because of my infamous procrastination (and monetarily critical state) I decided to use that trip to finally visit HKG for the first time (which I love greatly too). So this year, I told myself I have to go back to London again. Indeed although I have visited London more often than any city outside Malaysia and Thailand, I have never stayed in London for any longer than 2 straight days at a time; so this year I intend to remedy that, spending no less than 8 days in the capital of capitals.
And what am I going to do there during those 8 days? The last time I visited London, I had not discovered Wikipedia nor Google Earth, so this time, I decided to use both those resources to great effect, effectively planning out everything that interests me there. As usual, since I'm travelling alone again this time, I conjured a very punishing itinerary that involves a lot of walking, a lot of Tubing (but I love love love the Tube anyway), and disciplined early mornings.
In order to understand the gravity of why my London itinerary is planned like that, take a look at my Google Earth tags:
Westminster, Victoria, Chelsea
Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Bayswater
Notting Hill, Portobello Road, Abbey Road
Baker Street, King's Cross, Regent's Park
Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Embankment
Southwark, Lambeth
St Paul's, Tower Hill
And what is my crazy itinerary that left both vixette7 and winstontlchow thinking I was nuts?
Day 1: Saturday 21 Aug
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Palace of Whitehall (Admiralty Arch and Cenotaph if there's time)
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial + Buckingham Palace
Victoria + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Round Pond
Kensington Palace
Elfin Oak + Diana Memorial Playground
(Leinster Gardens if there's time)
Portobello Road
Notting Hill Travel Bookshop + Blue Door
(Trellick Tower)
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Day 2: Sunday 22 Aug
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Embankment - Sloane Square
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Riverbank to see Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Barracks
MI6
MI5
St John's, Smith Square
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster Abbey
Palace of Westminster
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
London Eye
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
BBC Broadcasting House
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
Belgo Centraal
(Cleopatra's Needle)
Day 3: Monday 23 Aug
Oxford Circus
Brown Hart Gardens
Marble Arch
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + St Clement Danes
Royal Courts of Justice
Temple Church
St Dunstan-in-the-West
Monument
London Stone
(Mansion House + Temple of Mithras)
(St Mary-le-Bow)
(Bank of England)
(Royal Exchange)
(Leadenhall Market)
Tower of London
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
Embankment
Day 4: Tuesday 24 Aug
St Paul's
Paternoster Square
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
London Wall
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
Day 5: Wednesday 25 Aug - Museum Day
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
King's Cross Station + St Pancras Station
National Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Southwark
Day 6: Thursday 26 Aug - Music Day
Abbey Road Crossing
Harrods
Hyde Park Barracks
Albert Memorial + Royal Albert Hall + Imperial College + Royal College of Music
BBC Prom #54 with Gil Shaham playing the Barber Violin Concerto
Half Reserve Day: Buckingham Palace & Westminster area
Day 7: Friday 27 Aug
Southwark
Borough Market
Tate Modern
Reserve Day: National Gallery
Day 8: Saturday 28 Aug
Portobello Road again?
Reserve Day
The theme for LON 2010 will be 'Been There, Seen That, Snapped The Photo', hence the rushing to cover and explore as much as possible. Wish me luck! Of course there will be time to stop and smell the English roses-that would be next year? Haha!
I will try to post photos when I come back, but seeing that sims start 2 days after I return, that might be... difficult. :)
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places
§ Location:
Singapore
My favourite place in the whole of London
The last time I visited my favouritest city in the world was in July 2005 and it wasn't in the happiest of circumstances, so I've been dying to go back for a long time. I considered using my first 'forced holiday' to go there last year, but because of my infamous procrastination (and monetarily critical state) I decided to use that trip to finally visit HKG for the first time (which I love greatly too). So this year, I told myself I have to go back to London again. Indeed although I have visited London more often than any city outside Malaysia and Thailand, I have never stayed in London for any longer than 2 straight days at a time; so this year I intend to remedy that, spending no less than 8 days in the capital of capitals.
And what am I going to do there during those 8 days? The last time I visited London, I had not discovered Wikipedia nor Google Earth, so this time, I decided to use both those resources to great effect, effectively planning out everything that interests me there. As usual, since I'm travelling alone again this time, I conjured a very punishing itinerary that involves a lot of walking, a lot of Tubing (but I love love love the Tube anyway), and disciplined early mornings.
In order to understand the gravity of why my London itinerary is planned like that, take a look at my Google Earth tags:
Westminster, Victoria, Chelsea
Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, Bayswater
Notting Hill, Portobello Road, Abbey Road
Baker Street, King's Cross, Regent's Park
Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Embankment
Southwark, Lambeth
St Paul's, Tower Hill
And what is my crazy itinerary that left both vixette7 and winstontlchow thinking I was nuts?
Day 1: Saturday 21 Aug
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Palace of Whitehall (Admiralty Arch and Cenotaph if there's time)
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial + Buckingham Palace
Victoria + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Round Pond
Kensington Palace
Elfin Oak + Diana Memorial Playground
(Leinster Gardens if there's time)
Portobello Road
Notting Hill Travel Bookshop + Blue Door
(Trellick Tower)
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Day 2: Sunday 22 Aug
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Embankment - Sloane Square
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Riverbank to see Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Barracks
MI6
MI5
St John's, Smith Square
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster Abbey
Palace of Westminster
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
London Eye
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
BBC Broadcasting House
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
Belgo Centraal
(Cleopatra's Needle)
Day 3: Monday 23 Aug
Oxford Circus
Brown Hart Gardens
Marble Arch
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + St Clement Danes
Royal Courts of Justice
Temple Church
St Dunstan-in-the-West
Monument
London Stone
(Mansion House + Temple of Mithras)
(St Mary-le-Bow)
(Bank of England)
(Royal Exchange)
(Leadenhall Market)
Tower of London
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
Embankment
Day 4: Tuesday 24 Aug
St Paul's
Paternoster Square
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
London Wall
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
Day 5: Wednesday 25 Aug - Museum Day
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
King's Cross Station + St Pancras Station
National Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Southwark
Day 6: Thursday 26 Aug - Music Day
Abbey Road Crossing
Harrods
Hyde Park Barracks
Albert Memorial + Royal Albert Hall + Imperial College + Royal College of Music
BBC Prom #54 with Gil Shaham playing the Barber Violin Concerto
Half Reserve Day: Buckingham Palace & Westminster area
Day 7: Friday 27 Aug
Southwark
Borough Market
Tate Modern
Reserve Day: National Gallery
Day 8: Saturday 28 Aug
Portobello Road again?
Reserve Day
The theme for LON 2010 will be 'Been There, Seen That, Snapped The Photo', hence the rushing to cover and explore as much as possible. Wish me luck! Of course there will be time to stop and smell the English roses-that would be next year? Haha!
I will try to post photos when I come back, but seeing that sims start 2 days after I return, that might be... difficult. :)
§ Tags:
places
§ Location:
Singapore