mormont Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 NO to the Tower of London - I did that a few years ago and it's a bit of a ripoff. I'd be happier at the Tate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I liked Natural History museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maid Sansa Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I'm in for any museum, and gladly. Hopefully you won't do this only on Thursday when I'm not there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestrit Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Both the Tate and the Tate Modern are excellent. The TM is close to where we're staying and the walk along the riverfront is really nice round there. Borough Markets are worth a look too. I quite like the idea of the Tower though, still haven't done that. Sean/Barry: are queues for the Eye still horrendous? That could be fun if we don't have to wait too long to get on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 so, how is the Borough Market different than a regular food market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Sansa, I've never visited the 2 Tates, but e.g. the Natural History Museum is big enough to spend 2 days at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maid Sansa Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 That's the type I love, Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakalwe7 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I did a work heritage and museum benchmarking visit to London last year and did the BM, NHM, V&A, MoL, Westminster, Buckingham, TM, ToL, IWM and various other acronyms. Not necessarily opposed to going to any of these again - as most are bloody big places with alot of stuff and many have temp exhibs. Warning though - me and ms zak may be boring and talk shop about them (actually i might. ms zak will probably hit me to shut me up). But I'd be interested in Tate Britain, St Paul's, Cabinet War Rooms, Hampton Court, any temp exhibs (like the Michael Angelo in the BM), the Eye, the Globe Theatreetc. Slightly torn between doing work stuff (which is useful but it is work) or doing non-work stuff (which might be missing an opportunity but means i'm not in work mode or boring anyone) So to summarise - i don't really give a fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 We saw a play at the Globe. Don't remember which one it was, but it sucked. We left after the first act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Sneachd Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I'm basically fine with anything but Tower and Mme Toussaud's - that includes two-day-museums Tate and British Museum is fine with me too. I've been to the museum of Science, so you'll be spared of the task to pull-mo-out-of-it-again. We might consider having a list of who wants to go where and try to make a schedule. Which is cool, methinks - we educate ourselves at daytime and drink the thusly used braincells away at night. Or in between. Or before. As for the DJ-ing, I am NOT going to suggest music as it will have me end up dead, and I'd hate to be called UnCat Edited for - actually I wanted to say that the Globe was awesome to watch (didn't see a play there) - but then, we had this 4 h lecture on it, and I think that's not regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I assume that the Fan Museum in Greenwich is a natural stop for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I vote we stay in the pub all day. And we should play football again. Or cricket. Museums? Pah. edit - Ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakalwe7 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hey Ms Zak was at the Fan Museum last autumn to meet the curator of fans. Very nice place it was too she said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 >>And we should play football again.>> Only if ztem brings knee braces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestrit Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 so, how is the Borough Market different than a regular food market? they're massive and the food comes from all over the UK (and elsewhere, I bought kabanos the last time I was there). It's mostly from farms etc that do everything the old-fashioned, organic way. So meat from rare, traditional breeds of cattle, cheeses that are hard to get elsewhere, all sorts of stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 The Borough market is appropriately expensive, but it's lovely just to walk 'round and drool over the lovely food... N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Good. Cause who was on a diet again? *ducks* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakalwe7 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 "it's lovely just to walk 'round and drool over the lovely food" don't tempt fate. my nickname amongst most of my friends is Dribble (or just Drib) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 If you think I'm on a diet that weekend you're sorely mistaken. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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