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The First Time You Visit Kingston, Pop Into the Town of London for It’s Nightlife
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It looks sunny but it was absolutely freezing and the first of many times I cursed the London "summer".
London is a large city and the capital of great britain.
Even though various people expect all the people of london to be cheerful cockney characters straight out of Dickens, nothing could be less accurate. in fact, London is a varied place that has residents of all nationalities & religions. as a result, its estimated that more than three hundred different languages are used in the city.
London boasts a rich history that covers more than 2,000 years, so it’d be impossible to talk about it all. However, the city was particularly badly affected around the second world war.
Over world war 2, London was bombed heavily. kids were evacuated to the country side to escape the bombing. the people who remained sheltered from bombs in the underground. However, almost 35,000 londoners were killed, and close to 50,000 were seriously injured.
One of the most popular tourist destinations in London is Buckingham Palace, which has been the official residence of the monarchy since 1837. The palace was 1st opened to visitors in 1993 & the changing of the guard has proven especially popular with them. This ceremony takes place in front of the palace at 11.30 every single day in summer & every other day during the winter.
Buckingham Palace is placed in Westminster & its accessible by bus & tube.
London’s shops are some of the finest in the world. From designer shops to independent shops, there’s something for everyone to enjoy in this massive city.
One of London’s most famous stores is Hamleys, a massive toy shop on Regent Street. its a major tourist attraction & receives five million visitors each year, many of these people visit at christmas. with an impressive 7 floors, the toy shop caters for all of us, from babies & toddlers to adults!
London boasts rich and varied art gallery, which boasts something for everyone to enjoy. From elite celebrity cocktail bars and night clubs, to cosy public houses, you cannot fail to have a wonderful night out here.
London’s West End is renowned for its various theatres, which show a vast range of musicals and other shows. The the west end’s longest running show was Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap, which lasted for a massive 26 years from 1952 – 2004. other popular shows include Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Cats and Mary Poppins.
Thank you for perusing! we’ve now reached the end, however we hope that you enjoyed our guide to london. If you require any most information about the city, do not hesitate to telephone your nearby traveller information centre, who will be pleased to provide information on accommodation, stuff to do, travel and more.
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to London, United Kingdom by TravelPod blogger Neil.gent titled “Tourist London – Day Three (London Eye)” Neil.gent’s travel blog entry: “Day Three of being a London Tourist was the City Tour, i had decided that having worked in London for a while it might be nice to learn a little about the city in which id seen only 2 stations and 2 office buildings in 2.5yrs (Not quite true, but nearly). The Tour – The day began early as i had decided to take advantage of an expiring session ticket and not stay in London, therefore a 5:30 start was required to make it to the pick up point for the tour at 7:30. The pick-up bus then spent the next 1hr or so picking up other guests from their hotels before arriving at Victoria Bus Station for the transfer to the original red London bus on which we would be doing our tour. The bus had picked up about 20 people of which i was the only UK resident (not too much of a surprise to me, as most people don’t tend to be a tourist in their own cities). In fact i met a couple from New York who although on a tourist bus in London had never been on a city tour of New York). The open top bus then drove us through Westminster and back to the city (within walking distance from where i had previously worked). First stop was Westminster Abbey, being a city tour we were being taken to places and shown them and told about them, so we didn’t actually go into any of them). At this point we were told about Henry …
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