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Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in
January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia |
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, Donna writes Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia If you go down Oxford Street, make sure you have your money inside your coat and other valuable like credit card and passports. The January sales will be on and the street busy. DH and I went down London I was researching family history at the record office. Not knowing London our selves, we asked to be put off the bus at the nearest stop to Oxford Street. As we got off a gentleman getting off the same time came up to us. He warned of the pickpockets and the need to keep handbags at the front not slung round the back. Just be vigilant with your belongings. We went to sit in Hyde Park to eat a snack at lunch time since it was a nice day. We were accosted by Romanians trying to get us to give them our snacks. I know it is not a very nice picture to paint of our capital city but forewarned is forearmed. Shirley -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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wrote in message ... On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:37 -0800 (PST), Donna wrote: Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia Try to do the London Eye, well worth while, on a good day you get the idea of how London is laid out. If you don't like heights, it doesn't seem to bother people, my aunt was very concerned about that but loved it. Lucky you. You will love it. London was one of my very favorite cities to visit,probably because it was so familiar from books.. Lucille |
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On 11/16/09 5:47 PM, in article
, "Donna" wrote: Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia Westminster Cathedral, the Tower Cheryl |
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On 11/16/09 5:47 PM, in article , "Donna" wrote: Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia Westminster Cathedral, the Tower Cheryl Westminster Abbey http://www.westminster-abbey.org is probably better known than Westminster Cathedral http://www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/home.html Don't forget St Pauls http://www.stpauls.co.uk If you can manage to attend a service at any of the above three I assure it's an unforgetttable experience. The Victoria & Albert Museum is worth a visit, preview the collections here http://collections.vam.ac.uk You might be pleasantly surprised when you visit the Science Museum http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk It's probably a bit too far out for a day visit but there's the National Needlework Archive http://www.nationalneedleworkarchive.org.uk -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney (Remove dentures to reply) |
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:37 -0800 (PST), Donna wrote:
Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Could you manage a day trip to Bath? The costume museum there is excellent. http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/ And did you know the V&A has a textiles study room? http://www.vam.ac.uk/resources/print...x.html#textile Should you happen to decide to stop at the Natural History Museum, pay attention to the ornamentation on the pillars inside and out... there are some beautiful designs derived from plants. Kay |
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"Donna" wrote in message ... Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! Donna in Virginia Portobello Road Market on a Saturday morning. http://www.portobellomarket.org/ Edna |
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"Edna" wrote in message ... "Donna" wrote in message ... Any advice? I get to tag along with my hubby on a trip to London in January. I've got two days when he is in full-conference mode set aside for the V & A. What else should we plan? Only have a week. Thank you! I second St Paul's Cathedral - I go every time I'm in London and come away with such a sense of peace. Then cross the Millenium Footbridge to the Tate Modern.... A short distance away is Hampton Court, home to the Embroiderer's Guild http://www.embroiderersguild.com/ somewhere I've always wanted to go but haven't made it yet! Have a great time, Carrie X |
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