Que Sera, Sarahhh (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} redstar402) wrote,@ 2008-01-01 15:31:00 |
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one more london post. places to visit
I know we'll probably only be able to do about 3 of these max, but I thought it couldn't hurt to make a list. Prices are not exact.
DAY TRIPS
Buckingham Palace - 8.50 pounds ($16)
Westminster Abbey, which includes Poets' Corner: "Shakespeare himself is buried at Stratford-upon-Avon, but resting here are Chaucer, Samuel Johnson, Tennyson, Browning and Dickens. There's even an American, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as monuments to just about everybody: Milton, Keats, Shelley, Henry James, T.S. Eliot, George Eliot and others. The most stylized monument is Sir Jacob Epstein's sculptured bust of William Blake. More-recent tablets commemorate poet Dylan Thomas and Sir Laurence Olivier." (6 pounds for all of Westminster Abbey - $11)
Institute of Contemporary Arts: "London's liveliest cultural program takes place in this temple to the avant-garde, launced in 1947. It keeps Londoners and others up-to-date on the latest in the worlds of cinema, theater, photography, painting, sculpture, and other visual and performing arts" 3 pounds ($5.70)
Kensington Palace - 9 pounds ($17).
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower Bridge - Frommer's calls it "possibly the most pohotographed and painted bridge on earth." - 4.25 pounds ($8.10)
BBC Television Centre - 6.50 pounds ($11)
Jewish Museum: "This museum tells the story of Jewish life in Britain." They were force out in 1290 and returned in 1665 during the reign of Elizabeth I. " 8 pounds ($15)
Kensington Gardens - statue of Peter Pan
*edits* Tower of London ($18)
Hyde Park: Includes "Speaker's Corner" - people make outrageous speeches on social and/or political issues!
*start edits* Covent Garden (on Kaylyn's recommendation)
Tower Bridge (on Kaylyn's recommendation)
MUSEUMS(on Kaylyn's recommendation)
Portrait Gallery
National Gallery
Tate Modern
Royal Academy of the Arts *end edits*
FRINGE THEATER
I'm looking mainly at the King's Head because there are matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm. Frommer's describes it as heavy on musicals, several of which have had success in the West End. $17-28
There's also: The Almeida Theatre, The Gate, and the Young Vic
NIGHTLIFE
Bar Code: A gay club that on Tuesday nights presents "Comedy Camp", stand-up comedy night. ($7.60 cover), 4pm-1am on Mon-Sat. Meg?
Anchor - a pub: "You can follow the footseps of Shakespeare and Dickens by quenching your thirst at this pub."
Lamb & Flag - a pub: "Poet and author Dryden was almost killed by a band of thugs outside its doors in December 1679..."
OUTSIDE OF LONDON
Windsor - ($15-18)
Oxford - 35 campuses
Stratford-upon-Avon: 2.5 hours from London, $53 minimum for a round trip. Very cool, but not likely
DAY TRIPS
Buckingham Palace - 8.50 pounds ($16)
Westminster Abbey, which includes Poets' Corner: "Shakespeare himself is buried at Stratford-upon-Avon, but resting here are Chaucer, Samuel Johnson, Tennyson, Browning and Dickens. There's even an American, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as monuments to just about everybody: Milton, Keats, Shelley, Henry James, T.S. Eliot, George Eliot and others. The most stylized monument is Sir Jacob Epstein's sculptured bust of William Blake. More-recent tablets commemorate poet Dylan Thomas and Sir Laurence Olivier." (6 pounds for all of Westminster Abbey - $11)
Institute of Contemporary Arts: "London's liveliest cultural program takes place in this temple to the avant-garde, launced in 1947. It keeps Londoners and others up-to-date on the latest in the worlds of cinema, theater, photography, painting, sculpture, and other visual and performing arts" 3 pounds ($5.70)
Kensington Palace - 9 pounds ($17).
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower Bridge - Frommer's calls it "possibly the most pohotographed and painted bridge on earth." - 4.25 pounds ($8.10)
BBC Television Centre - 6.50 pounds ($11)
Jewish Museum: "This museum tells the story of Jewish life in Britain." They were force out in 1290 and returned in 1665 during the reign of Elizabeth I. " 8 pounds ($15)
Kensington Gardens - statue of Peter Pan
*edits* Tower of London ($18)
Hyde Park: Includes "Speaker's Corner" - people make outrageous speeches on social and/or political issues!
*start edits* Covent Garden (on Kaylyn's recommendation)
Tower Bridge (on Kaylyn's recommendation)
MUSEUMS(on Kaylyn's recommendation)
Portrait Gallery
National Gallery
Tate Modern
Royal Academy of the Arts *end edits*
FRINGE THEATER
I'm looking mainly at the King's Head because there are matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm. Frommer's describes it as heavy on musicals, several of which have had success in the West End. $17-28
There's also: The Almeida Theatre, The Gate, and the Young Vic
NIGHTLIFE
Bar Code: A gay club that on Tuesday nights presents "Comedy Camp", stand-up comedy night. ($7.60 cover), 4pm-1am on Mon-Sat. Meg?
Anchor - a pub: "You can follow the footseps of Shakespeare and Dickens by quenching your thirst at this pub."
Lamb & Flag - a pub: "Poet and author Dryden was almost killed by a band of thugs outside its doors in December 1679..."
OUTSIDE OF LONDON
Windsor - ($15-18)
Oxford - 35 campuses
Stratford-upon-Avon: 2.5 hours from London, $53 minimum for a round trip. Very cool, but not likely
