My tourist's guide to London based on my trip in 2022-09. Will update after my next visit.

_IanOfEarth's Gist to London.md

Things to Do

• Walks.com for Walking Tours
  • Seriously the Most Interesting Part of the Trip
    • Jack the Ripper (best one)
    • Old Palace Quarter
    • Old Westminster
    • Famous Square Mile
• British Museum
  • Obvious, huge, literally was there from open to close.
  • Perhaps not the most child friendly.
• Museum of London
  • Smaller, more child friendly.
  • Very interesting parts about The Fire of London.
• St. Paul’s Cathedral
  • 500 Steps to the Top
  • Amazing View and Architecture
• Churchill War Rooms
  • Very, very well preserved.
  • Self-lead tour.
  • If you are at all a WWII history buff this will do it for you.
• Science Museum
  • Very child friendly, great exhibits for adults too.
  • Quite large.
• Natural History Museum
  • Not my favorite, but not exactly my topic of interest either.
  • Lots of samples that were pretty rare.
  • Massive mineral collection.
• London Transport Museum
  • Private collection of all kinds of transportation equipment.
  • WWII vehicles, to every type of Tube vehicle used.
• Covent Garden
  • Great food and sightseeing.
  • Beautiful Apple Store.
• Top of the Shard
  • Little spendy, but the best view of the whole trip.
  • Do it near the end, it’s fun to try and find places you’ve been during your trip.
• Harrod’s
  • Absolute maze, some amazing stores.
  • Great tea and cafe area.
• Hyde Park
  • Big, beautiful, lots of places to sit.
• Imperial War Museum
  • Chilling section on WWII & the Holocaust, maybe not for kids.
  • Lots of vehicles on display and a V2 rocket on display.
• Greenwich Observatory
  • The most moving for me personally as a maths student.
  • In a beautiful park and a great tour.
• Greenwich Market
  • Great food, go to the fudge shop.
• Thames Clipper
  • Water taxi run by Uber, fun way to get up and down the river like to Greenwich.
• London Eye
  • TBH, pretty overrated.
  • Good view, but expensive for what it is.
• Tower of London
  • Basically a whole village so a little overwhelming.
  • Seeing the jewels was pretty wild, long line though.
• Regent Street
  • High shopping district, fun to walk around.
  • May not be for everyone.

Notable Food

• Tea at Fortnum & Mason
  • I have never had customer service like this before, come hungry.
  • I felt underdressed but no one said anything about it.
• CUT
  • Very high end steak house, I still think about it.
• Jungle Cave
  • Insane spot on Piccadilly. It was a Rain Forest Cafe that was closing and someone bought it to keep it around. It’s like 3 floors underground. Food was what’d you expect, but wild location.
• Shatesbury Ave Between Chinatown and SoHo - It was all amazing.
  • Pepe Italian Street Food - Pizza and Cannoli
  • Poppie’s Fish and Chip - The Go-To
  • Doughnut Time - All the Names are Puns

Written on a CW88 with GMK Mictlan