he is actually playing two dates in japan and i meant<BR>www.morrissey-solo.com<BR>or <BR>www.shopliftersunion.com

There must be lots more to say about London ?

here's a few more:<BR><BR>The royal deer parks, especially when the foals (?) are born.<BR><BR>Football at White Hart LAne (accept no substitute)<BR><BR>Spitalfields market<BR><BR>The walk along the thames from Strand-on the-green to Isleworth<BR><BR>The Thames wetlands centre<BR><BR>Theatres above pubs eg Gate, red lion, Bush etc<BR><BR>Proper Pubs (not in the centre)<BR><BR>The music scene in Camden Town (incidentally Morrisey is from manchester and would be most offended if you linked him with London!).<BR><BR>Horse racing in the evening at Kempton Park<BR><BR>Greyhound racing<BR><BR>"village london" eg Notting Hill; Hampstead; Wimbledon; Richmond.<BR><BR>Somerset House.<BR><BR>

Starting this thread to get over my post-travel blues was a bad idea. I didn't do most of this stuff and now I HAVE to go back. <BR><BR>Did anyone mention the British accents?

Vita, you should not have started this, I'm getting the "I-need-to-go-to-London Blues", too. Here's my tuppence worth:<BR><BR>Dulwich Picture Gallery<BR>Thames River Barrier<BR>Floris<BR>British TV !<BR>View of St Paul's from Tate Modern<BR>National Theatre-any and all stages<BR><BR>and Tea with my relatives at a different posh hotel each visit!<BR><BR>Judy from Germany <BR><BR>

#101 hearing your flight home called.

<BR>In March,seas of daffodils dancing in the wind everywhere.<BR><BR>Hill Garden-one of the hidden gems.<BR><BR>The City- a square mile of treasure box full of endless findings.<BR><BR>The fascinating night view from the balcony of Royal Festival Hall.<BR><BR>The sweet memory of fictions and novels (being read in my yough) brought back by many interesting street names.

Oh Yes! Judy,the novels read in the past and then walking down those very same streets, the same names,like walking down your own past~

Abby Road (photo opp.)<BR>Eros<BR>Middle Temple (great pub inside)<BR>Hog & the Pound<BR>8 Bells.

- Brompton Oratory<BR>- White Lion Pub in Covent Garden<BR>- Kings Road<BR>- The flower stand outside the Gloucester Road tube stop<BR>- Reading the headlines on the newspapers in the "boxes" each afternoon<BR>- Regent Street

Wonderful, wonderful thread!! Thank you, Vita - you're a classic!!<BR><BR>Billy Budd, thanks doll, for the Morrissey info. I, too, am a HUGE FAN!! (Hey Monica!)<BR><BR>Cleo, you beat me to the punch!! I loved MIND THE GAP! Even took pictures of it. (sigh)

Top for "Fun In London".

1) Daydreaming about leaving London<BR>2) Getting an earlier flight out of london<BR>3) Landing anywhere in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, The netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, or France and not looking back.....

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1) Jogging through Hyde Park (in the rain, of course)<BR>2) Really great Indian food <BR>3) Drinking bitter in a smoky pub.<BR>4) The tube!<BR>5) Cadbury's milk tray, a cup of tea, consumed in the bedroom of your B&B!

Hi all,<BR>I can't wait, back there in 4 weeks for my 25th visit. London is the best and all the responses have been great. I'll add<BR>1. The Kensington Roof Garden (finally got there in Feb after many times trying)<BR>2. Brompton Oratory<BR>3. Borough Market<BR>4. Bermondsey Market<BR>5. The walk along the Thames from The Tate Modern, past the Globe, past the Golden Hinde and ending at Southwark Cathedral<BR>6. Walking the length of the Regent Canal<BR>7. Tea at the Orangery<BR>8. Strolling thru Hyde Park and finding the Peter Pan statue<BR>9. Ben Haines!!!!!

Food:<BR>tea and scones and clotted cream.Might not be special to some,but cannot find real clotted cream here.<BR>Indian food,I know they have it here but it is never as good.<BR>Chocolate, yes they have chocolate in NY but the atmosphere in London makes it taste better:)<BR>Coffee, I love the coffee in London.<BR>Marmalades and jams, yum.<BR>Puddings, I just love it when we are served a "pudding" after dinner,even if it has a name like spotted dick~<BR>The tomatoes in London in the summer, small round sweet.<BR>Branston pickles and cheddar sandwich.<BR>A good thing we walk everywhere when we visit or I would be too big to fit on the airplane home...

Thorten's nut toffee...wonderful

Continuing the food theme--<BR>Bendicks Mints<BR>Cadbury Fruit and Nut Bars<BR><BR>The Dickens House--small and cozy--with his desk and leather bound copies of his novels.

This evening...the absolute carnival atmosphere in London having handed Argentina their hats in the world cup.<BR><BR>I can't imagine a similar experience in the US.<BR><BR>Brilliant. Just brilliant,

congratulations,david:)

David, you should have been at the celebration in Boston after the Patriots won the Super Bowl (that's American football).

British museum and Camden town. I know, both tourist places, but I really spent two days in British museum and found such great old tableware and jewellery from Camden market.

- Bacon sandwiches<BR>- Wandering through the antique bookstores north of Leicester Square<BR>- Walking by the Thames at night in a misty rain

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Vita,<BR>Thank-you so very much for starting this post. I will be in London in Sept. for only 2 nites but you all have given me such good ideas of things to see and do. Thanks again.<BR>Vicki

Don't you have cadbury's in the US?<BR>And I wouldn't say British people are polite particularly.<BR>Hehe I like London too though. I buy lots of clothes and stuff when I am there.

The Cadbury's that's sold in the US is a different formulation/recipe from what's sold in the UK.

Just got back last night from six days in London. Have to add a few more favorites:<BR>Evensong at St. Pauls and Westminister<BR>Lunch at the top of the Tate Modern<BR>Finding special prints at the Map Shop<BR>Watching the actors take breaks in between scenes while we had a pint at the Stage Door Pub

#? The RAF Museum

Susan!! <BR>We have two of the best bird lithographs from the Map Shop!!(sort of Audobon style) What fun it is to go through all the prints and lithographs, how nice to see it mentioned here:)

The men, and their accents. and their way with words. (it appears that everyone else has captured everything else effectively...)

Don't forget Wimbledon- slightly outside the city, but you get there on the tube from London in 15 mins. Go for the museum if you're not there during The Championships.

Those incredibly simple and beautiful Tube maps.<BR><BR>Evensong services at St. Paul's<BR><BR>Pubs!

The Food Hall at Harrods! Those trays put Martha Stewart to shame!

Toppin for London Suggestion.

Sitting in Berkeley Square early in the morning watching for ghosts in Maggs Booksellers.<BR><BR>Strolling in Mayfair.<BR><BR>Rules for dinner.<BR><BR>Just knowing that no matter what you're doing, you're doing it in LONDON!

Walking through the underground halls of "the Tube" and hearing music being played by a distant musician - as the wind rushes by from a departing train (aaauuuhhh)!

Topping for Susan.