'tarako Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 'So. The choir I'm in was all set to go to India but we couldn't get solid answers from our contacts in India and as a result our trip there was canceled. Then after winter break we decided to still have a tour somewhere and the vote was between california and london. London won by a landslide. It will cost a little under $1k plus spending money and getting a passport, ect. We walked into rehearsal today and had by the end of class to commit or not, lol, because there was a ticket fair or something and we got roundtrip no stop tickets to london for $620, I am told this is a good deal. So yeah. From May 12-19 I'll be in london. Any suggestions as to what to do there? I think we get 3 free days besides concerts. It's going to be awesome. I have to start selling candy bars now to earn the cash to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 If you have any free days and you fancy it, I'm always game for a beer or 12. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English lad Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'm in Bristol, about 1.5 hours from London, and i lived in "the city" for 2 years, so if people fancy some sort of mudmeet in London I guess i'll stick my head out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'tarako Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 'Nice! thats awesome. Thanks guys. What all is there to do in london besides seeing the tourist sites? advice? This was sprung on us last minute and even though we have a few months, it isnt that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 If you have any free days and you fancy it, I'm always game for a beer or 12. Dey This is my little protege, I am the reason he knows what FL is. I expect you to get him so wasted he falls, alot. THen he needs to wake up with girls that have piker accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 'Nice! thats awesome. Thanks guys. What all is there to do in london besides seeing the tourist sites? advice? This was sprung on us last minute and even though we have a few months' date=' it isnt that long.[/quote'] Honestly? Apart from the obvious touristy things, I wouldn’t know. English Lad might be able to help you out with that. Every time I’ve been in London I’ve just been in pubs and the like. I don’t even know what/where the tourist places are, aside from the REALLY obvious like the palace. Evangelion would be able to help you out more than I, and he was in England for just a few days. Would be great if we could get a few people together, though I believe English Lad and I are the only people in England who play here. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'tarako Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 'So far sounds good. Bali do you have any suggestions or places to see or whatnot? We are supposed to have an actual hardcore itinerary by the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelion Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 1) The Eye - Great experience, great view of the city, beautiful vantage point. 2) SoHo - London's red light district. You will see things there you will never see again in your lifetime, and half of them you'll wish you hadn't seen. Go. 3) Tiger Tiger - An awesome night club on what constitutes pretty much the main walk of London. 4) Piccadilly Circus - Again, lots of stuff to see. Hopefully you'll have a tour guide that can point it all out. 5) Wembley Stadium - This actually opened a few days after I left England for France, with a concert in honor of (I believe) the ten year anniversary of Diana's death. Don't know if there will be anything actually going on, but the Stadium is pretty cool looking even from the outside, and that part of town is nice in general. Lots of good pubs, including one at which I knocked over an old man's beer. 6) Herod's - The biggest and bestest department store in the world. Go expecting to spend plenty of money, on really cool stuff. My only other suggestion is do some very serious research on the exchange rate. Find out, in whatever manner suits you, what average dollar-to-pound exchange is, and then watch the market. If the rate falls below (or above, depending on how you look at it) average, exchange some money then, if you can afford to. I lost a LOT of money on the exchange rate, and wish I had thought to do this before I went. If you've got two free days in a row, I strongly advise you to get a group of your friends together, book a ticket on the Eurostar, and go to Paris for a day. It's about a two hour train ride, and will be a completely different experience than London. I wish I could have spent more time in both places (England and France), but I would definitely sacrifice ten days in England, for five days in England and five days in France. Especially as a college student, because it gave me a glimpse of either locale that I could consider studying abroad in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulian Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 2) SoHo - London's red light district. You will see things there you will never see again in your lifetime, and half of them you'll wish you hadn't seen. Go. That could only have been said by someone who has little experience with the red light district in any asian country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killalou Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 That could only have been said by someone who has little experience with the red light district in any asian country rofl, you havent seen anything if you've never been to Thailand. *Shudder* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'tarako Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 'Right. So. I have an itinerary. Monday, May 12 - leave Ohio Tuesday, May 13 - arrive in London - FREE DAY & EVENING Wednesday, May 14 - Canterbury during the day, free evening Thursday, May 15 - Southwark during the day, Lord of the Rings in the evening(I have not had LoTRs explained to me, so I'm not for sure what its in reference to) Friday, May 16 - Salisbury during the day(Stonehenge), free evening Saturday, May 17 - free day, full concert in the evening location TBA Sunday, May 18 - FREE DAY & final banquet in evening Monday, May 19 - fly home 'So yeah. Thats it. Whats the plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'd avoid drinking on the 16th. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'tarako Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 'ummmm. Im curious. why? I did a quick search (admittedly not thoroughly) and nothing bad seems to be happening that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Drinking is usually not a problem the day you're doing it. However, the following.... a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I've been to London twice and absolutely loved it. If you've never been, do the touristy stuff. Go see Big Ben, go see the Tower of London, the Eye of London, the London Bridge... all that jazz. They're all awesome and well worth seeing. Do you know what hotel in London you'll be staying at, or atleast the closest tube station to it? There are a couple of really cool pubs on Fleet Street -- there's a place Deykari and I found that has pool tables and a beer elevator (you can basically write down what you want and send the beer elevator down to the bar on the floor below, and in two or three minutes later, beer magically appears in the beer elevator). Go to Ye Olde Cock Tavern, just to say you've been there. It's also on Fleet Street. They have Staropramen. Drink that. It's the greatest beer (atleast greatest Pilsner) ever. If you're into War History, go check out the RAF's Church on Fleet Street (just uphill from the Fleet Street tube station). It's got unrepaired bomb damage from the Germans in WW2. It's pretty amazing. I know I seem like I'm in love with Fleet Street, so I'll get off of that binge. There's another museum well worth going to -- the Imperial War Museum mear Elephant & Castle and Lambeth North. If you're into War History at all, go there. It's fantastic. It's the best military history museum I've ever been to. Here's their website: http://london.iwm.org.uk/ The Natural History Museum rules too, although it looks like they don't have much of a budget.. as a lot of their displays are a bit shabby. I'm not sure which night it is, but there's a pub called The Swan a couple blocks of the Lancaster gate tube station in Bayswater that has a guy (the owner of the pub, actually) who sings Rat Pack songs and he's awesome. Well worth seeing if you're into that kind of music. There's also a place south of Picadilly Circus called the Texas Embassy. I know what you're thinking. It's not really an Embassy... lol. It's a restaurant. They've got awesome Texas/Mexican food, and this is coming from a guy who has lived in Texas all of his life. It's not on the menu, but order a Lone Star. The Texas Embassy is one of the only places you can get Lone Star beer outside Texas. If you order a Lone Star, they'll know you're a real G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 A real G? What does G stand for? Doesn't London have the Wax Museum? I've seen pictures and that place seems pretty cool. Worth checking out at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest emp_newb Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Strikes me as odd you post a a virgin gangstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English lad Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 A real G? What does G stand for? Doesn't London have the Wax Museum? I've seen pictures and that place seems pretty cool. Worth checking out at least. Madam Tussaud's is well worth a look in yes - that place is creepy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Tarako & BigMac - I can be in London anytime now. Throw me some details of when and where you'd like to meet (if you still want to that is) and I will be there. I need to go sometime before October 1st anyway, so it'll tie in great. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 So dey, when are you visiting stateside? I would be completely down with hosting you in Florida no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Whenever I can afford the £234025238572782834723890472 flight. America is near the top of my "must visit" places at the minute. I've been twice on family trips as a young'n, but not me doing my own thing. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Well get in touch with me before hand Florida summers are great. And the women have no standards. Some of them sleep with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulian Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Well get in touch with me before hand Florida summers are great. And the women have no standards. Some of them sleep with me. That doesnt take standards.. That takes a mental condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I only took your advice. Told them about the matrix, and that to free themselves they need to eat the red pill........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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