Just got back from my yearly London Sightseeing Tour

SexyGreyFox · 30 Sep 2007 at 21:18

Every year I go to London for a weekend and do a spot of sightseeing and this year was the best :

1 - Terracotta Army at the British Museum
2 - Imperial War Museum (can't believe this was free)
3 - HMS Belfast

Could have easily spent 24 hours in the Imperial War Museum.
We also did Dirty Dancing which wasn't too bad.

davestar_delux · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:27

Sounds good, what they got in the War Museum then?

Welshy · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:35

lol yearly sightseeing round London? I'm sure you could have picked a nicer place

Vanilla · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:37

63rd time right?

JBod · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:38

dmpoole said:
Every year I go to London for a weekend and do a spot of sightseeing and this year was the best :

1 - Terracotta Army at the British Museum
2 - Imperial War Museum (can't believe this was free)
3 - HMS Belfast

Could have easily spent 24 hours in the Imperial War Museum.
We also did Dirty Dancing which wasn't too bad.

I bought Dirty Dancing tickets for the Mrs's birthday last June. Its not too bad, what's bad is the damned audience - mainly women - whooping and cheering at the most annoying moments. :mad:

This is why I never do live events of any kind.

SexyGreyFox · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:39

davestar_delux said:
Sounds good, what they got in the War Museum then?

Tanks, tanks, missiles, tanks, guns, submarines, tanks, big guns and tanks.
Loads of excellent displays including a recreation of a 1st world war trench and a 40's house.
Theres also a Holocaust display (when I say display its BIG).
We had 6 hours but it was nowhere near enough time.

Vanilla said:
63rd time right?

Cheeky git.

Stolly · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:42

I've been to the IWM, but it didn't seem very big to me. Have i managed to miss some of it ?

Stolly · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:43

dmpoole said:
Every year I go to London for a weekend and do a spot of sightseeing and this year was the best :

1 - Terracotta Army at the British Museum
2 - Imperial War Museum (can't believe this was free)
3 - HMS Belfast

Could have easily spent 24 hours in the Imperial War Museum.
We also did Dirty Dancing which wasn't too bad.

Go the Cabinet War Rooms. Probably the best WWII related attraction in London (strictly imo of course)

Its the preserved offices where Churchill and his top advisors fought WWII from.

SexyGreyFox · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:47

Stolly said:
Go the Cabinet War Rooms. Probably the best WWII related attraction in London (strictly imo of course)

Its the preserved offices where Churchill and his top advisors fought WWII from.

We had planned to go there today because its next to the HMS Belfast but there was so much to see on the Belfast that we hadn't got time

Ghosteh · 30 Sep 2007 at 22:53

hmm, I live in London, but I never do any of these sight seeing things... may plan something tomorrow, maybe at the IWM lol. I'm unemployed at the moment, so would be good to get out the house for something other than finding work lol.