| London is one of the biggest and most
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| | displayed has a kind of thuggish dullness
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| diverse cities in the World. It has an
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| | about it. Also interesting are the
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| excellent transport system, but if your
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| | ravens, who have their wings clipped to
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| time is limited, what sights should you
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| | stop them flying off. You may see them
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| make it your priority to see?
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| | hopping about outside.
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| The following list is drawn from memory,
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| | 6. A Red Double Decker Bus.
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| on the basis that if I can recall them
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| | You can pay a small fee, and travel on
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| with fondness, they're most likely worth
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| | one of these for a few stops. A pleasant,
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| a visit:
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| | interesting and efficient means of
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| 1. Houses Of Parliament.
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| | transport.
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| There are very fine buildings. Admittance
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| | 7. The Tube.
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| is free, but you may have to queue. Due
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| | This is the underground train system. In
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| to security searches, you may not be able
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| | itself it's not remarkable, but it
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| to get in at all, as they have to let the
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| | enables the ignorant tourist to pop up
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| Members Of Parliaments (MPs) and their
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| | like a gopher at their destination,
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| guests in first. The searches can take
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| | instead of negotiating the buses and the
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| time.
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| | streets.
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| However, it's worth the wait. The
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| | 8. A Black Cab.
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| interiors are very grand indeed, and the
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| | One could see the sites mentioned above
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| staff are friendly.
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| | in a black cab, at night. This is a
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| 2. Statue Of Eros, Piccadilly Circus.
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| | high-quality, licenced taxi service, and
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| This is the geographical heart of London.
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| | a nice, if expensive way to get around.
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| The statue itself is handsome, but it's
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| | 9. The Side Streets.
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| more just to say you've been there. The
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| | Get off the main streets like Oxford
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| only other interesting feature is the
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| | Street and Charing Cross Road, and travel
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| neon advertising hoarding adjacent. This,
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| | in parallel on the side streets. You'll
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| and Leicester Square, are not much
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| | see more of the real London, and you'll
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| frequented by native Londoners; you will
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| | be pleasantly surprised at how much less
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| only meet more tourists in these places.
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| | crowded it is.
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| 3. London Eye (or The Millenium Wheel).
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| | 10. Sites worth seeing outside Central
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| It offers excellent views of central
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| | London: Portobello Road, Camden Market,
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| London, and is quite romantic on a clear,
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| | Kew Gardens.
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| moonlit night. This needs to be booked in
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| | Likely to disappoint: Buckingham Palace,
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| advance, otherwise you may not be able to
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| | Oxford Street, Westminster Abbey,
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| get on. You can book this novelty online.
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| | Trafalgar Square. I'm afraid these are
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| 4. Tower Bridge.
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| | not as interesting as their propaganda.
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| This is best traversed by night, and in a
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| | One would go to see them just to boast
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| London black cab. A fine example of
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| | you'd been.
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| Victorian workmanship.
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| | You should get: 'The A-Z of London'. It
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| 5. Tower Of London.
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| | is sold at any newsagent. This is a handy
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| Here are kept the Crown Jewels. This are
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| | book of maps, with a good index. Even
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| impressive, but most impressive for me
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| | native Londoners find it essential in
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| was a brief film clip shown there of the
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| | finding unfamiliar places. Don't leave
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| coronation of the current Queen
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| | your hotel without it; you might think
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| Elizabeth. A very moving piece of
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| | you know the way, but you'll likely get
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| ecclesiastical theatre.
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| | lost, and even the locals may not know
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| Other than that, the ancient weaponry
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| | where you need to go!
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