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London Walking Tours

Author : Kelan Grady


         


At ten o'clock one morning we met our guide Richard and about two dozen other Beatles aficionados just outside the studio where the first Beatles' movie Yellow Submarine was made. Richard had written a book about the Beatles and had a binder of photos he had taken of the famous quartet. He was a veritable walking encyclopedia of Beatles trivia. He told us Yellow Submarine is one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite films.

If you're visiting a new city, include a walking tour - self-guided or escorted - to get the lay of the land. There are even self-guided walking tours you can download to your mp3 player - so you don't have to risk walking into lampposts when trying to read a guidebook while you walk!You'll see things you can't see from a bus, it's great exercise, and you get to interact with the locals - exploring on foot is a much more intimate experience than a bus tour.

Another great reason to choose a Thames River walk early on in a fun London trip is that, combined with a simple map, this walk really helps new London visitors to get their bearings for sightseeing during the rest of the trip. The River Thames is an easy delineator, neatly cutting, as it does, the two halves of the historic capital city of England in two halves.

At her funeral in 1901 the coffin was brought by train to Windsor (the station is to your left) and was carried past where you are standing along the high street . They paused briefly in front of the Guildhall so the locals who had crowded the streets could pay their respects. Let us follow the same route and go and see the guildhall ourselves. It is the colonnaded white building on the far side of the road with the statue of Queen Anne. This was built by Sir Christopher Wren and was where Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.

Love them or leave them, but celebrities are a fact of life. Many very prominent people make London their home, and signing up for a Celebrity Planet Tour can let you check out a huge number of celebrity residences in a short period of time. Special themed walking tours are especially popular; Harry Potter walking tours are a hit with the younger crowd, while Beatles-themed walks are bound to thrill older generations. From pop music stars to big-time big screen idols, a walking tour of celebrity homes in London is always a treat.

London is steeped in history and Charles Dickens, renowned author has a part in that history. On this London walk, you can see places and homes formerly belonging to the people who knew him best. You will see the home of John Forster, his friend and business advisor as well as the house in Islington where Ellen Ternan lived. It is believed that Ellen may have been the inspiration behind Estella in Great Expectations.

The biggest challenge that Falkenstein faces is keeping track of the benefits he's racked up, and how he's going to use them. Imagine the number of free flights or upgrades you could accumulate just by travelling to China twice a month, never mind all the other domestic and international flights that Falkenstein takes. But, the well-traveled Canadian doesn't have to imagine how many free hotel nights and free flights he can earn, his problems is finding the time to cash them all in!


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Tags:   new city, walking tours, london trip, fact of life, thames river walk, fun london trip

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