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Tabitha chose our hotel off the internet and it's a real gem. The room is basic, the decore from the 1960's and we share a bathroom with the rest of the floor, but the staff are great, it's in a good area and best of all a full english breakfast is included in the price (yay..we get to eat).
This is me at some famous London landmark (I can't remember which one), there are so many well known streets and buildings, etc but not many of them look that remarkable.
Leicester Square where we go each morning to buy cheap tickets for shows.
Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square; apparently they put him at the top so that he could see the sea.
Our first show in London is a matinee performance of Legally Blonde The Musical. Everyperformance they sell 20 tickets at bargain prices. The catch is that you have to arrive 2 hours before the performance to get a ticket in a lottery. They draw out the names of 10 people, who can buy 2 tickets for 15 pounds each. Luckily Tabitha's name was drawn out. The show was great though I still prefer the movie.
Shakespeares Globe theatre is a reproduction of the original. It was built using as many of the original materials and construction techniques as possible, but it has the addition of modern lighting and rigging etc. It is located about 200 metres from where the original theatre stood.www.shakespeares-globe.org
The Thames River with St Paul's cathedral in the background.
The entrance of the British Museum is spectacular, but the exhibits are beyond spectacular, so many artifacts and so much information and entrance is free. You could spend weeks, months here just reading and looking. In Tabitha's words "If you lived in a place like this you would have no exscuse for not being smart". We also loved the National Portrait Gallery where entrance is free too. 
The mummy exhibit was very popular with numerous tourist bus loads of people all competing to get a look. In the end we had to leave...just too many people. But the museum is just across the road from our hotel so I hope to get back before I leave.
The Thames River with St Paul's cathedral in the background.
The entrance of the British Museum is spectacular, but the exhibits are beyond spectacular, so many artifacts and so much information and entrance is free. You could spend weeks, months here just reading and looking. In Tabitha's words "If you lived in a place like this you would have no exscuse for not being smart". We also loved the National Portrait Gallery where entrance is free too. 
The mummy exhibit was very popular with numerous tourist bus loads of people all competing to get a look. In the end we had to leave...just too many people. But the museum is just across the road from our hotel so I hope to get back before I leave.
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