On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:31:02 -0300, kerilotion
wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:19:24 +0100, BenjieP
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Is the tube in London a safe way to travel? I will be there in August,
>>and I plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe and
>>convenient? What are the popular places (for tourists) I can and cannot
>>go to if traveling via the tube?
>
>
>You'd be surprised how many places you can just walk to. Check your
>street map. I had friends who took the tube from their Russel
>Square Hotel to the British Library. They had to change twice to go
>eight blocks.
>
>The City itself is only about a square mile and most of the major
>stuff is in that sq mile.
>
>I don't believe the tube goes to the London Eye. Or at least it was
>very convenient to take a bus to the theatre on that side of the
>river.
IIRC - take the tube to Charing Cross (or Embankment) and walk across
the Thames on the Hungerford pedestrian bridge. I got a great shot of
the Eye and Parliament from the bridge!
>
>Keri, who will be in London in October to see Kenneth Branagh in
>Ivanov |
