posted by Savanah on May 12
If you’ve left for the British Isles from Los Angeles, barring any volcanic activity from Icelandic volcanoes, the trip will take about ten to twelve hours, and you’ll arrive a bit jet-lagged in a time zone that’s nine hours off from where you began, but this will hardly matter if you’re a true Anglophile; you’ll be happy just to be back in a city where humanity has lived for nearly two thousand years: London.
Flying into the area, you’ll have a choice of arriving at Heathrow or Gatwick Airports. Both have their advantages: From Gatwick, after passing through customs, you’ll be able to board a train that takes you directly into the heart of London and Victoria Station; from Heathrow, you can take the famous London Transport’s Underground and the Piccadilly Line which will lead you on a diagonal path through the city, allowing stops along the way from Earl’s Court to Russell Square. If you’ve already made your choice of hotel, London Transport can usually get you within easy walking distance of your accommodations. In either case, whether you’re at Victoria Station or the hotel, stow your luggage, and head for the Embankment where you’ll find a number of ways to cross the Thames, by Hungerfoot Foot Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, or the latest addition, the Millennium Bridge.
Once on the South Bank, it’s a short walk up to the National Theatre , a building that some critics found so architecturally bland that they remarked the best view of London could be seen from the National Theatre because it wasn’t in it.
While there may be truth to that opinion, the National Theatre, like the West End or the Royal Shakespeare Company , delivers some of the best theatrical artists and productions in the world, and it’s a perfect place to book tickets for the evening, but also to sit a moment with a cup of tea and take in quietly that you’re in London, with the rolling Thames, the Parliament and Clock Tower of Big Ben all a short distance away.
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