Before I left for London I had a meeting with a teacher who goes to London often. She suggested I visit The British Library and check out their Treasures Gallery and exhibits, specifically the original handwritten manuscript of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Underground which eventually became Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The British Library turned out [...]
Tag: things to do in london
221 B Baker Street
As a kid I loved mystery novels, so being in London I couldn't leave without a trip to 221 B Baker Street, the home of Sherlock Holmes. 221 B Baker Street is currently a museum and gift shop, and an expensive and packed one at that. I just wanted to visit, take photos and look [...]
Beatles walking tour
Out of all the tours my cousin and I went on we agree that our favorite was this one. The Beatles walking tour wasn't on our original itinerary. Instead while we were on the Hop on Hop off Bus tour we were give a piece of paper for a free walking tour, then at the end [...]
Big Ben and Parliament Square
Near Westminster Abbey my cousin and I wandered through Parliament Square in order to get a non packed view of the Elizabeth Tower and a closer look at the statues in Parliament Square. Big Ben is actually not the name of the tower or even the official name of any part of the tower. Big [...]
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was one of those places I wanted to go that fought with us. We originally thought we'd be going in during our Total London Experience Tour but instead just looked at it as the bus drove past. Then after we picked up our London Passes we headed over and it was closed. So on our [...]
Peter Pan at Kensington Gardens
Our last full day in London started out early and was packed. I had made a list of things I wanted to see and first up was to the Peter Pan statue at Kensington Gardens. The story of Peter Pan has always been one of my favorites every since I was little. We took the [...]
Bejing Dumpling and Chinatown
After missing our tour my cousin and I headed to Chinatown for dinner. We wandered up and down the street looking at menus, comparing prices and deciding if it was a place we would eat. In one of our tours we were told that by law every restaurant in London must have their menus outside [...]
The London Bridge Experience
When going through the list of things to do with the London Pass we were drawn to The London Bridge Experience. Apparently, according to the BBC before it was opened the workers who were digging found a crypt of skeletons and refused to keep working alone. The London Bridge Experience is a walking tour in [...]
The London Pass
Our third day in London was mostly free. We had one small tour in the early evening a walking tour that we missed but we made up for it and had fun on our own. The big thing we did though was go pick up our London Pass. The London Pass is amazing. It's a [...]
Platform 9 3/4
On the start of our third day, before breakfast or anything else we went to the tube station nearest us, Kings Cross. It's by the trains by platforms 9-11 against a wall. It's a straight shot from outside and to the right, by the restaurant The Doors. Depending on the time there is a line which [...]