England Trip Arrangements, March 2005

Travel Pseudo-Agent: Libby Beer
(myfirstname.mylastname at gmail.com)

Possible Fun Things To Do

• Visiting Alan (Cost -- unknown) Alan's birthday party is Monday the 14th.
  
• A day in Oxford because Libby really wants to show her friends around! (Cost -- $24 for a round-trip Britrail ticket) This will happen on Wednesday the 16th.
  
• Visiting the Royal Observatory to see the Prime Meridian! (We can get there on the London Underground.)
  
• Tower of London (Cost -- advance tickets GBP 9.50 for students, GBP 12.50 for adults )
  
• Hampton Court Palace, with gardens and maze (LOVELY this time of year) (Cost -- advance tickets GBP 7.70 for students, GBP 10.80 for adults, plus GBP 5.30 for a cheap day return train ticket)
  This will happen on Tuesday the 15th.
• Other Historic Royal Palaces
  
• Sightseeing in Westminster -- Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, etc.
  
• London Walks
  
• The theatre
  
• Abbey Road.
• Ideas welcome.
  

A map of where all this stuff is on the Tube!

Note: If you're planning to do much traveling on the Tube, you may want to think about getting a Visitor Travelcard for the week. Zones 1 and 2 cover pretty much every touristy thing except the airport...

Further Note: If you're Catholic, or like following the rest of us around, come to Westminster Cathedral for Mass on Sunday!

Possible Schedule of Events So Far:

• Sunday, 13 March: Arrive in London. Mass and touristiness at Westminster.
• Monday, 14 March: Prime Meridian, Abbey Road. British Museum? Alan's birthday party!
• Tuesday, 15 March: Trip to Hampton Court Palace (a short day trip -- leave at 9 or 10 AM, return at 4 or 5 PM)
• Wednesday, 16 March: Day in Oxford for those who are interested. (I'm planning a long day -- departing from the train station at 8 or 9 AM, returning at 11 PM or so -- because there's a lot to see and do.)
• Thursday, 17 March: St. Patrick's Day!
• Friday, 18 March: Wandering about in the Westminster area (the western half of London, where all the tourist attractions are, like Westminster Abbey and the National Gallery and the Tower of London.)
• Saturday, 19 March: Heading to the airport.
• Sunday, 20 March: More heading to the airport.

Who wants a bed in the hostel when

NOTE: Two rooms have now been booked in the Globetrotter Inn, London. We have a 6-bed dorm there for the 6 nights when 6 (or more) people are staying. If 7 people stay in the 6-bed dorm, each will owe Libby 100 pounds. We also have a twin-bed room for the night of 19 March, which will cost Cory and Libby (and anyone else who needs to stay that night, if they tell me soon enough to reserve a bed) an additional GBP 24 each.

Travel Plans