London
We woke the first day to the news that John Entwistle of the Who had passed away. Then Neil Diamond made an awful appearance on a British morning TV show, singing Sweet Caroline over a synth backing track. Music-wise we were off to a bad start. |
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The Underground
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Advice from all sources agreed: don't rent a car in London. The traffic is insane... on top of that the other vehicles are too distracting. A lot of the cars look like noses. |
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Cabinet War Rooms
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Around Town
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Thumbs up:
Temple, Knights Templar Weird birds on the Mall Sherlock Holmes Pub Surprise of Chelsea Light of India Lamb and Flag Thumbs not so up: National Museum. The Rembrandt Room is good, though. Victoria Garden. The travel book made it sound a lot nicer. |
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There are about a thousand railway stations in London. York is serviced out of the Charing Cross station - the ticketing system is vintage 1978, with a clunky terminal and a phone book full of rail schedules in tiny print. The agent at the booth was very helpful though, steering us to an early morning round-trip ticket that cost about half the one-way fare we were contemplating. Check it out: 62 pounds one way, 24 pounds round trip. They say the UK rail system is in disarray. |
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