which London castle/tourist site?
Apr 30th, 2006, 11:49 AM
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nessumdorma: I was born in London, grew up about 60 miles outside London and have lived here for the last 11 years. I have never been to the Tower of London!!! I've been outside it often enough but never inside....
One of those classic situations when if you know that there's always another time to go, you put it off. Always waiting for the right day when there aren't too many tourists (NO disrespect!) and you won't have to fight the crowds.
Maybe this year....?!!!!
One of those classic situations when if you know that there's always another time to go, you put it off. Always waiting for the right day when there aren't too many tourists (NO disrespect!) and you won't have to fight the crowds.
Maybe this year....?!!!!
Apr 30th, 2006, 12:50 PM
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Well, actually, I lived in the suburbs of New York City for 9 years. The only times I went to the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building were when visiting the city before and after we lived there.
Apr 30th, 2006, 02:35 PM
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noe847,
I tend to find old buildings uninteresting unless they are beautiful. I've been in a number of castles in Scotland and Italy and generally just wanted to leave. I have a particular distaste for prisons and torture chambers. And fortresses don't do much for me either. I also get no particular kick out of seeing buildings whose main selling point is that historic figures lived there. Which is all the reasons I've never felt very interested to see the Tower of London except glimpsing it from the Thames.
I *would* like to see it from the top of the Swiss Re center (the "gherkin"
but I get the impression the public is not allowed up there. Does anyone know if I could up to the top of the gherkin?
I lived in NYC for more than a decade and quite liked going up to the Empire State building at night with friends visiting town. I never went to the Statue of Liberty, but of course saw hundreds of times in passing.
I tend to find old buildings uninteresting unless they are beautiful. I've been in a number of castles in Scotland and Italy and generally just wanted to leave. I have a particular distaste for prisons and torture chambers. And fortresses don't do much for me either. I also get no particular kick out of seeing buildings whose main selling point is that historic figures lived there. Which is all the reasons I've never felt very interested to see the Tower of London except glimpsing it from the Thames.
I *would* like to see it from the top of the Swiss Re center (the "gherkin"
but I get the impression the public is not allowed up there. Does anyone know if I could up to the top of the gherkin?I lived in NYC for more than a decade and quite liked going up to the Empire State building at night with friends visiting town. I never went to the Statue of Liberty, but of course saw hundreds of times in passing.
Apr 30th, 2006, 06:57 PM
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nessundorma, sounds like your decision to not tour the Tower is a good one, given your preferences and aversions. I personally love old stones.
The official line on the Swiss Re tower (30 St. Mary Axe) does seem to be (from my internet research) that it is private and not accessible to the public. There is a restaurant at the top, but it might be just a private events site.
Not to turn this into the US forum, but when I visited NYC with my two daughters (ages 10 and 12 at the time) we caught the first boat to the Statue of Liberty in the am, waited in line, climbed the statue (which was quite cool) then took the boat to Ellis Island, where we spent the rest of the day. We barely made it on the last ferry off the island - and we still hadn't experienced it all. Ellis Island was very moving - I did have ancestors who came through but it was an amazing even apart from that.
The official line on the Swiss Re tower (30 St. Mary Axe) does seem to be (from my internet research) that it is private and not accessible to the public. There is a restaurant at the top, but it might be just a private events site.
Not to turn this into the US forum, but when I visited NYC with my two daughters (ages 10 and 12 at the time) we caught the first boat to the Statue of Liberty in the am, waited in line, climbed the statue (which was quite cool) then took the boat to Ellis Island, where we spent the rest of the day. We barely made it on the last ferry off the island - and we still hadn't experienced it all. Ellis Island was very moving - I did have ancestors who came through but it was an amazing even apart from that.
Apr 30th, 2006, 08:03 PM
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I have nothing against the Statue of Liberty. If the lines weren't so long, I might have gone by now. I should have gone when everybody thought New York was Hell and Murder Central, and all the tourists stayed away! ;-)
Too bad about the Swiss Re.
Too bad about the Swiss Re.
