I'm posting again only because London is my favourite city, and I can't help myself. I wanted to add that if you are into museums, most of the top museums in London are, unbelievably, free!! The National Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery (which is in Trafalgar Square), all open to the public gratis. Having said that, I'm NOT a "museum" person, but popped into the aforementioned National Portrait Gallery last time, while waiting for my "Big Bus", and I was blown away! I've never seen portraits that size, unreal!

Everything else costs a fortune, mind you, and you should do yourself a favour: do NOT mentally convert pounds to dollars while spending money in London, or you'll feel faint! Pretend, in the theatre of your mind, that it's an actual rate of one dollar for one pound, and carry this illusion through 'til you're home, and receive your AMEX bill. This will save heart palpitations when you realize a pound doesn't buy much more in London than a dollar does at home!

I would be remiss in not emphasizing, as well, to be very careful crossing roads. The "right hand drive" really does throw you, and those black cabs and double deckers RACE around corners, it's very easy to be hit (you'll see what I mean!) For this reason (tourists) a lot of the corners have "look right" painted there!

My favourite of the tours? The Tower of London. The guides make you feel as though you could be beheaded yourself any time. And "The Changing of the Guard" at Buckingham Palace is, of course, fabulous.

And finally, if you find yourself near Leicester Square at noon any day, line up at the "Half Price Ticket Booth" and buy a ticket for any of the advertised performances that evening, half price.


Charlene