Yeah, I'm all right with the small, one-lane traffic circles, but I get nervous with the multiple-laned. Having to deal with crap like this on the way to work would be a nightmare!
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How about going to the new Emirates stadium and watch Arsenal play at home?
LOL!!! I'm a girl; I don't like football
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Rubbing shoulders with honest and hardworking working class men and women cheering their hearts out for their boys on the pitch would be a sweet introduction into English culture in general.
Sorry Loic, but I think it would be horrible!!! I don't like when there're many people in the same place!!!
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you can go watch the tennis at Wimbledon.
It would be more fun and interesting
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Cricket at Lord's.
LOL!!! I don't know about cricket at all.
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to visit the Queen.
It would be wonderful to meet the Queen of England (of Britain?), but she didn't send me an invitation to her palace I havn't her phone number or email adress for ask her if it's possible that I will visit her !! My father has met the King of Belgium, but I didn't.
Hi walker
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Madame Tussauds.
Good idea!!!
hi Deborah
deborah wrote:
I like historic ships, so I enjoyed seeing the Cutty Sark, a clipper, in Greenwich. However, I just learned that it's under restoration and closed to the public.
In Greenwich is also the place you can visit about the time zones I think - I would like to see this, so it would be in the same place that the Cutty Sark (if it will be open).
hi Fab
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J'aimerai bien monter dans le London eye...
Yes, me too -this is the thing that I would like to vsiit the most!!!
hi Benjamin!!
what a completely weird, complicated and crazy roundabout!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that if you will drive to this roundabout it will be 7 hours drive round a million of times until you will find the way to evade it!!!!
They're better than intersections in every way, and I hope that they become dominant in the US - starting in New Mexico, of course.
We'll have to work on getting some traffic, first!
If they ever built one here, I think I would find a different route to get to where I was going. Luckily, the majority of my daily commute is high-speed, down highways and freeways -- no intersections, lights, or stops until the last five minutes.
I skipped the Eye when I was in London. I've been on Ferris wheels before -- not very exciting. The bus tours are very good, and pretty entertaining, and you can get on and off them all day -- you aren't trapped for the duration. The only time I've ever been on an actual organized tour was the first time I went to Paris, and it was horrible. The best part of it was the hour or two I and another girl were able to escape and go see what we wanted, and more importantly, just chill, and do it at our own pace!
What time period is the Cutty Sark from, Deborah? I've seen the Mayflower reconstruction in Massachusetts, and the even older Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant at Jamestown (my mom used to work there as a "settler" -- and sometimes as the blond "Indian" -- she used to joke that she was a Roanoke survivor). I was duly impressed by how incredibly tiny all those ships were -- I wouldn't want to cross an ocean with forty or fifty other people on one of those things! _________________ An apple a day....
The bus tours are very good, and pretty entertaining, and you can get on and off them all day -- you aren't trapped for the duration. The only time I've ever been on an actual organized tour was the first time I went to Paris, and it was horrible. The best part of it was the hour or two I and another girl were able to escape and go see what we wanted, and more importantly, just chill, and do it at our own pace!
I think that I wouldn't like an organized tour also not - I would want to escape it as well I wouldn't like to listen a guide or other person who would tell the infos absolutly boringly, so I'd walk away and for sure they would tell me off
The bus tours: where are they? Can you buy a ticket for all the buses and get on / off in the places where you would like to visit? London is enormous so probably there are *very* many busses!!!! In my village, the bus arrive two times each day I don't like busses but in London there're those red ones with upstairs as well so it would be funny and a nice view!!
I have this impression, gleaned from travel documentaries as well as films, that all buses in London are double-decker buses. People just hop on and off at will when the buses are slowing down.
Are there many museums in London? Silly question, but where is the Tate museum? I think that'd probably be an enriching place to visit. Or perhaps the Imperial War Museum as well - I love military history and I think any foreign visitor would appreciate a country's martial tradition.
You know, Pauline, you don't have to be a cricketer to visit Lord's. There is a gift shop there where you can probably buy gems such as Wisden's Almanack, the cricket bible. Until recently, women are not allowed as members of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club, the body which also runs Lord's) so it would be a bit of a privilege for a girl to step on the hallowed grounds of Lord's, no?
Your father saw the Belgian King? I am diverting a bit, but when I was in secondary school, the Crown Prince of your country came to Singapore. When he was here, he wanted to visit a local school and came to ours. I never did get to see him, but we were instructed on what to do or say if we did happen to bump into him (yeah, right. We'd have to get past his army of bodyguards first). _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
Are there many museums in London? Silly question, but where is the Tate museum? I think that'd probably be an enriching place to visit. Or perhaps the Imperial War Museum as well - I love military history and I think any foreign visitor would appreciate a country's martial tradition.
You really should get to London, Loic, you'll love it! The museums are brilliant! And the city is very exciting to be in. If all goes well, I'll make my third trip to London later this year. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
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My favorite museum was the National Gallery. I also enjoyed my visit to a museum of dress through the ages, but I don't remember what the place was called. Is there a museum of the history of London? I like historical museums.
The bus tours are on the double-decker red buses, and they have guides who give you a running commentary on everything you see. I think you can just buy an all-day ticket and get on and off of them as often as you like. I think they also have headphones in different languages, but then you're probably getting a "canned" commentary, not a live one. The guide on one of the ones I was on had also worked at the London Dungeon, which I didn't get to see, although medieval torture sounds like a day well spent -- but the line was around the block, and I hate standing in line.
I went to the British Museum of Natural History and liked it a lot. I think it's also free.
Loic, I got to see Emperor Hirohito before he died. At the Imperial Palace, of course -- he used to make a public appearance every year on his birthday. _________________ An apple a day....
Loic, I got to see Emperor Hirohito before he died
Banzai! That bloody git, General MacArthur should have made him abdicate.
Speaking of brushes with royalty, Queen Elizabeth II came to my neighbourhood when she visited Singapore two years ago. Apparently, she came to have tea with the same household whom she had called on three decades ago in her maiden visit to Singapore during the CHOGM (Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting).
I didn't see her, but well, I knew a friend whose friend caught a glimpse of her passing motorcade. Hah!
Andre: I ought to. In fact, there is a good chance I am going to France next semester to do an exchange and if I can squeeze in time, I might want to just cross the English channel. I am a little disappointed, though, that the cricket season would be over which makes it a bit hard to catch any action at Lord's or at the Oval. But well, there'd be football and of course, the rugby world cup on French soil so things aren't as bad as they seem to be. _________________ Hillary Clinton is an acquired taste which I have clearly yet to acquire.
I've never had the chance to see any Prince, Queen or King. But my sister, while being at the international salon of the yatch in Monaco, saw the Prince Albert. He came up to her and her collegues and they could talk a bit.
She was both surprised and glad! _________________ Karout hep bezañ karet
A zo kriz ha kalet
I like history as well - social history not of the military. I like to see old photos so probably my favourite era would be the 19th and 20th centuries. I like portraits as well e.g. Rubens and modern art (some of them) and of course the impressionnists so it would be nice to visit an art exhibition. For sure one week will not be sufficient time!!!
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our father saw the Belgian King? I am diverting a bit, but when I was in secondary school, the Crown Prince of your country came to Singapore. When he was here, he wanted to visit a local school and came to ours. I never did get to see him, but we were instructed on what to do or say if we did happen to bump into him (yeah, right. We'd have to get past his army of bodyguards first).
When my father met the King he was in a party. The King likes to drink alcohol and go to partys!!!! Many people criticise the Prince because they think that he tells stupid things, but I don't know what's he said so stupid - somethings about politic I think. It would be stressful to be a king, queen, princess etc.. because all teh people would recognise you, talk about you and the royal familys havn't privacy as security and cameras, films etc.. are always watching them. i wouldn't like to be famous at all!!!!
uriel wrote:
the bus tours are on the double-decker red buses, and they have guides who give you a running commentary on everything you see. I think you can just buy an all-day ticket and get on and off of them as often as you like. I think they also have headphones in different languages, but then you're probably getting a "canned" commentary, not a live one. The guide on one of the ones I was on had also worked at the London Dungeon, which I didn't get to see, although medieval torture sounds like a day well spent -- but the line was around the block, and I hate standing in line.
My parents can speak very well english and I don't like headphones so we would listen the commentary in english. I think that medieval torture would be horrible and scary so i don't want to visit the Dungeon.
loic wrote:
Until recently, women are not allowed as members of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club, the body which also runs Lord's) so it would be a bit of a privilege for a girl to step on the hallowed grounds of Lord's, no?
They are sexist !!!so I wouldn't have interest to go there.
yelina wrote:
But my sister, while being at the international salon of the yatch in Monaco, saw the Prince Albert. He came up to her and her collegues and they could talk a bit.
She was both surprised and glad!
Monaco is a very weird place I think. i wasn't there, but I've seen pictures. Waht your sister was doing there?
My sister went there for her job. She works in a firm in relationships with boats and ships. She was one of the organisers of this international event.
She doesn't really like Monaco either. The first time she went, she was amazed by all the wealth and luxury. But now, she got fed up with this and it even annoys her to go there.
We can say that she saw and experienced what seemed to be the most interesting on the first time and that now it becomes nothing but surplus! _________________ Karout hep bezañ karet
A zo kriz ha kalet
My favorite museum was the National Gallery. I also enjoyed my visit to a museum of dress through the ages, but I don't remember what the place was called. Is there a museum of the history of London? I like historical museums.
Yes, the Museum Of London, which shows the history of London from about 1200, is a great place to visit. I like historical museums too, and London has some of the best. The Tower is also well worth a visit. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Location: San Francisco, Noord-Kalifornië, Noord-Amerika
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I also enjoyed seeing the Tower of London, especially -- much to my surprise -- the Crown Jewels. Not having any particular interest in gemstones or extravagant symbols of power, I figured it would be boring, but in fact I discovered how easy it is to become transfixed, staring into a diamond. It took me back to when I was 11 and my grandparents bought me a ring (rose zircon, one of my birthstones). It was cut so as to provide a wonderful prismatic effect when the light was shining through it, and I would spend far too much time at school staring into the light, trying to see the entire spectrum as slowly as possible. It was even better with the huge diamonds in the Tower of London!
I also liked the ravens, but I just learned on the website that their lifting feathers are clipped so that they can't fly away.
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I havn't her phone number or email adress for ask her if it's possible that I will visit her 
!! My father has met the King of Belgium, but I didn't.
so that they can't fly away.