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  1. 10-08-2012 10:33 PM #1
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    If you had a free 24 hours in London, what would you do. Sometime in late October.
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  4. 10-09-2012 03:26 AM #4
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    Finding the quickest way out of London.
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    Buy some funky chicken from Willbur's van
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    Just don't get lured into a Soho strip bar, no matter how good the deal sounds.
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    I was really young and naive.
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    1. Buy an umbrella. Seriously, it rains every day this time of year.

    2. Natural history museum (or if you prefer, another museum more to your tastes - there are at least five or six that are world class).

    3. Tower of London.

    4. Buckingham Palace.

    Things I would not visit: London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben/Houses of Parliament.
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    I like borough market around Christmas time.
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    Really does depend what you're into - I would do the tourist things, then go to a cool gastro-pub and drink some good drinks and eat some good food.

    A great place for this is The Anchor and Hope on The Cut, near Waterloo. Seriously good food and good wines and beers. You're also near the Southbank then, so can head up there to enjoy the Thames at night - more good bars/pubs to hit up.

    If you do want some more in depth advice drop me a PM. I'm a born and bred Londoner so can direct you to some cool places to eat drink a bit more of the tourist trail.
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    Well plans changed and now I'm "stuck" in London from 25-29 of Oct. I now can spend one day in a museum. But I'm not a big fan as I get bored easily. I will be in central London. I appreciate the suggestions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by !Luck View Post
    If you had a free 24 hours in London, what would you do. Sometime in late October.
    Go to train station and leave as fast as possible, head for the South coast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eugmac View Post
    Finding the quickest way out of London.
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    Quote Originally Posted by !Luck View Post
    Well plans changed and now I'm "stuck" in London from 25-29 of Oct. I now can spend one day in a museum. But I'm not a big fan as I get bored easily. I will be in central London. I appreciate the suggestions.
    Honestly if you don't go find Wilburs' funky chicken truck and eat a fucking sandwich then nothing you do there has any meaning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by supa View Post
    Honestly if you don't go find Wilburs' funky chicken truck and eat a fucking sandwich then nothing you do there has any meaning.
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    so putting 2 and 2 together, m2m is going to be in europe?
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    I've been itching to go back since my first visit. eugmac you able to get to london? I haven't been to england yet and its on my bucket list. the more folks I can meet over there gives me more incentive to hop on a plane and just leave my life at home for a couple weeks. I really want to meet luck too because I love russians, and you an I have had our chats in #ftr before it died.
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    ...bucket list...
    bucket list?

    what is it please the bucket list?
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    From the movie called "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

    Two old men are diagnosed with terminal illness and decide to do all of the things they dreamed of doing, but never did.

    A bucket list is a metaphor for all of things you would do in this life if money and courage were not an issue. Impractical notions are generally excluded from the list.
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  24. 10-11-2012 06:13 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by !Luck View Post
    Well plans changed and now I'm "stuck" in London from 25-29 of Oct. I now can spend one day in a museum. But I'm not a big fan as I get bored easily. I will be in central London. I appreciate the suggestions.
    Train to either Oxford or Cambridge - 2 hours.

    Stonehenge -2 hours but need a car because it is in the middle of nowhere

    Windsor Castle - 1 hour

    Salisbury Cathredal - 2 1/2 hours
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    Come visit me in Bristol and drink lots!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micro2Macro View Post
    I've been itching to go back since my first visit. eugmac you able to get to london? I haven't been to england yet and its on my bucket list.
    Lol no I don't have any plans on going there. I think I've expressed my opinion of that place in this thread already pretty clearly.
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    This is shaping up better than expected. I'll have confirmed tickets by EOW.
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    Come visit me in Bristol and drink lots!
    It'll be quite some time before I make it over there but future plans are being penciled in. When I do I expect the same invitation and expect we will drink LOTS. Start preparing.
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  30. 10-16-2012 06:41 AM #30
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    Of course the invitation is open to you supa! and everyone else

    Hoping to meet up with Luck in a few weeks!
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    Curry in Brick Lane, followed by some real ales in a Shoreditch strip pub (if those places are still open). Plus the usual museums and shows and some English football.

    Thinking about it, isn't it about time Pascal organised an FTR-UK event, maybe with honorary guests from overseas?
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    Train to either Oxford or Cambridge - 2 hours.

    Stonehenge -2 hours but need a car because it is in the middle of nowhere

    Windsor Castle - 1 hour

    Salisbury Cathredal - 2 1/2 hours
    Crazy talk...You're in one the worlds most famous cities for a few days and you head out to the middle of nowhere!!!
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    Yeah that's crazy. Everything worth seeing in the world is in a major metropolis.
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    Just saying if you're only here for a few days, there's plenty to see in London....
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    wasn't it Samuel Pepys who said if you tire of London, you tire of life?

    hard to do London justice in just 24 hours but I would do some mix of Borough Market, Notting Hill, Soho, Camden... just explore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pantherhound View Post
    wasn't it Samuel Pepys who said if you tire of London, you tire of life?
    A few years of commuting into London is enough to make you tire of life.
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    Night one, starts with Waxy's o'Connor's pub and a delicious pint of caffry's. An old Irish tree dating to before the yanks beat the pants off the Brits surrounds me. In essence its like dining in a tree house, with dungeonesq lighting. but instead of a cold and dreary place it lively, yet not obnoxiously loud. People watching is great . Young, old, everyone is here. Feels more like an early Friday afternoon, than just a regular ole Monday. I patiently await my half dozen oysters sipping on the delicious nectar of the gods. One good pint deserves another. Cheers and goodnight.
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    Get down to Camden on Tues if you can and I'll serve you up some funky flavours!
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    just been pinting with luck and got back in, he skipped his train and is sleeping in my living room and heading back tomorrow. great day!
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    spent 8 hours for a flight connection at heathrow. bad day.
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