Live In London... England - Dale Watson

Advantages: One of the world's great cosmopolitan centers
Disadvantages: So much city . . . so little time

...sometimes cumbersome but always scenic. Travel by tube is convenient and efficient, but it tends to be a tad sterile. Juggling these options against their likely outcomes works effectively for those with ambitious schedules. For those so inclined, sightseeing buses offer hop-on, hop-off convenience for a single daily fee, at times including some routes with evening hours or a Thames River cruise. Tour buses provide a practical, on-the-spot orientation to the city and its sights, and most offer some sort of guide recitation--either through an actual living-and-speaking human being or through tapes and earphones. Transportation by means of a personal automobile is not an option except for the skillful or the foolhardy. There are no traffic jams quite like those in London. One-way streets, congestion, and poor signage can make driving... Read review

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Advantages: Sweet,Nice, Lovely, Wonderful, Witty---- get the picture??
Disadvantages: A little politically incorrect, but what the heck!!

... 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' Winifred Watson I do hope that by reviewing this wonderful little book I introduce at least a few of you to the pleasure of reading the 250 pages in the book. ?Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day? reads like a fairy story, it is like a modernised version of Cinderella, when I say modernised I am referring to the 1930?s. Really finding this book for me was like finding hidden treasure. The book had been published in 1938 and then seemed to disappear. When Persephone Books was looking for title suggestions, Henrietta Twycross-Martin took in her mother's battered copy to the London office and the book was reprinted in 2000. Persephone concentrates in forgotten classics - "mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction by women, for women and about women." In 2008 a film based on the book... Read review

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Advantages: so much to see . . .
Disadvantages: . . . so little time

...Sea in your opinion?´ the answer had to be correct. It´s nice to ask this question when the water is coming in and then explain them (we live far away from the sea) what ebb and flood mean. Unfortunately Westminster Abbey is more often closed than open, it´s always closed on Saturday afternoon so we could only admire it from the outside. From there we went to Buckingham Palace crossing Green Park, a lively sight on a sunny weekend day. Few joggers, in Germany there would be many more. Many dustbins, always two on either side of the path, hardly any in the rest of the city, however! Does anyone know the reason? For the evening I had booked a walk with www.london@walks.com, the oldest and probably the best organisation in the field of walks. Get to know the city on foot, an intelligent concept, be guided by people who know the tour... Read review

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