The top ten will be different for each of us. Taking a look at Andrew's choices, I would keep maybe half of his and replace the rest. Some of my replacements would certainly be on his 'don't bother' list. Perfect examples are the aquarium and the zoo. In my opinion, London's aquarium is a perfect waste of time and money while the zoo coupled with a wander through Regent's Park is a don't miss. Similarly, while we have gone to shows in London on past trips, we'll not bother this time. The shows were no more enjoyed than the ones that we can see elsewhere and take too much time from a somewhat tight schedule. This also brings up another point: Those individuals who live in the area or have visited it frequently are not going to have the same interests as those who are seeing it for the first time, as evidenced in Andrew's choices. Andrew's background is sufficiently different than my own that I have no wonder that he didn't choose some of these, such as the Benjamin Franklin house. I imagine that such a place is insignificant to him but so meaningful to me because it is a touchstone to the life of one of our greatest founding fathers.
Your best bet is to go through your list with your family, scratching off those places that receive little interest and noting those that enjoy great demand. This will whittle the list down into something more manageable and highlight the things that your party sees as 'must does', rather than merely going on the advice of strangers who may have greatly different interests than you and your family.
Nice to see my name mentioned so many times in your post. This will be my only response to you, on this. I will not respond more.
1/ Mike asked my personal opinion, as a person who actually lives in London I responded to him, with my view that he asked me.
2/ Others have given their own constructive and positive response which is highly valued.
3/ Can you show me my 'don't bother' list? I do not think I posted one that you refer you. I highlighted my personal suggestions in bold.
4/ You agree with me on the aquarium, my comment is a zoo is a zoo is a zoo, London Zoo is very good, a walk in Regents park is good, but an example is I am going to Berlin as a stop on this Baltic cruise, the Zoo there is good, but it is not on my personal list as its a 'Zoo' and I have higher priorities. Distinctive to Berlin. The same is for London, the USA has fine zoos, so it isn't a priority.
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Andrew's background is sufficiently different than my own
I would like to know how you actually know my background as it isn't published. It will be interesting if you can back this up with facts you know about me, I personally do not know anything substantial on any Disser to make a sweeping comment like that.
In summary I live in London, have seen a lot, in fact passionate about my capital city, and there was a famous saying, if you are tired of London you are tired of life. The issue is actually we take our city a bit for granted when we live here and that walk in Regents park is very nice.
I do feel you have completely missed the point of the question directed to me Mike asked me my personal views, I am not directing anyone in any way what they should do, there isn't any '''don't bother' list'' so you misrepresent me.
Lastly, I do can I say despair about a few posts on these boards, and hence why I post less and less and less, no sooner than you try to respond to an answer, the best you can, someone will make posts like this, not to 'add value' and make positive constructive suggestions but so come back personally. I myself took a decision a while back to call these boards a day, and not post after July, but the few places I post now is where people request information on London. Despite some few negative posts back on me I still come back to try to help people with my local knowledge.
Last night I answered 25 PM's on London, that would imply a number of people would like my opinion. (Tonight 7). Maybe this is why people PM.
Can we please all be constructive, the vast majority would like this. We have different opinions, but all are valid.
Yes with the troubles recently add say two weeks supply on a Europe trip, hopefully not to be used. Pescription and over the counter Meds can have different names here, but quality Pharmacies should work it out, but it can take a while.
