Heading to London with my wife for 8-9 days in late November. She will be in a training class during the work week so I'll have to find something to do with myself for those 5 days.
My tentative plans for the week - no big deal if I don't get to everything:
Pubs
Churchill War Rooms
Tower of London
Changing of the Guard
Pubs
Casino - any recommendations for Poker rooms? Prefer Hold 'Em.
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
Any War museum that I need to see?
Pubs
Big Ben, Parliament
The Monument to the Great Fire of London - I hear it has great views and seeing some of the history of the city would be great.
Trafalgar Square
HMS Belfast
I really just want to hang out and relax and see some of the out of the way places. I don't want to rush from place to place just to stand in line. I want to take the train down to France and visit Normandy. Has anyone done this and have recommendations for travel arrangements/tours available?
We may take a side trip on the weekends to either Italy, France, Ireland. Are any of these easier than others? RyanAir has cheap flights.
We will probably see a show while we are there. Any recommendations? I think her work group will take in a show one night, but I don't know which one or which night yet.
Any info you can give me would be great. I don't really care to see too many of the tourist sites (I grew up in Germany and saw tons of castles and churches on field trips) but is there anything that I must see.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
My tentative plans for the week - no big deal if I don't get to everything:
Pubs
Churchill War Rooms
Tower of London
Changing of the Guard
Pubs
Casino - any recommendations for Poker rooms? Prefer Hold 'Em.
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
Any War museum that I need to see?
Pubs
Big Ben, Parliament
The Monument to the Great Fire of London - I hear it has great views and seeing some of the history of the city would be great.
Trafalgar Square
HMS Belfast
I really just want to hang out and relax and see some of the out of the way places. I don't want to rush from place to place just to stand in line. I want to take the train down to France and visit Normandy. Has anyone done this and have recommendations for travel arrangements/tours available?
We may take a side trip on the weekends to either Italy, France, Ireland. Are any of these easier than others? RyanAir has cheap flights.
We will probably see a show while we are there. Any recommendations? I think her work group will take in a show one night, but I don't know which one or which night yet.
Any info you can give me would be great. I don't really care to see too many of the tourist sites (I grew up in Germany and saw tons of castles and churches on field trips) but is there anything that I must see.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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