Tower Bridge and Thames River/London/UK
By beautiful city! By being a football fan! By saw a wonderful dazzling firework New Year Eve celebrating in London last year! By read the famous quote of British writer Samuel Johnson “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford”. Take me to London!
Architecture and Modern Building: From London Bridge to Tower Bridge; from The Shard to 30 St Mary Axe. By walking around in the evening around 5 pm to 7 pm and the sun is already disappear but this vivid city always shine by the light; around this place most building is cover by glass and active at night where you can see it because there are light all most every floor of the building. Along side the river Thames and another part is in Westminster where is old style of architecture such as Big Ben (the house of UK parliament) and another church similar to Nortre-Dame in Paris.
View Dazzling Firework London Eye
Firework: One of the unforgettable and exciting new year with one of the most dazzling fireworks displays on London Eye among of around 250.000 other people with happy people, dance and sing, very nice music that you want to hear. Note that: You have to go there at least before 10 pm I think because the place around will be closed if there reach peak of people.
Londoners are happier:
Budget: Of course everything there is expensive but I just want tell about the exchange rate between euro and pound. Do not exchange money in airport. The exchange rate between euro and pound: if you want to get in pound (1£ = 1,38€) and by contrast if you want to get in euro (1£ = 1,08€). It means if you have 100€ then you will get 100x(1-0,06)/1.38 = 68,11£ (it include 6% for tax) and if you want to exchange 68,11£ to euro you will get 68,11x(1-0.06)x1,08 = 69,14€. Hence, in 100€ that you have exchanged to pound and if you want the money in euros back in next minute, you will get only 69€. You lost 31% of your money !! So, it is better you exchange somewhere else or use credit card to pay something.
Public transport: There are various bus connections like easy-bus, national-express (low fare comparing to train or other transportation), etc between airport and the city such as Baker Street, Victoria and Westminster but some of them do not operate during public holiday like Christmas and New Year Eve. So it´s better you should have to book its. Don´t worry if you are late or your flight delay in some minute which you can use the same ticket (without extra cost) to catch the next one. However, it is possible to be late. During my trip there was late for 12 minutes but fortunately it reached airport on time. Despite of some cities where the securities and polices are looking for punishing to people who not bought the ticket for the public transport, in London is free for all bus and all metro doors are open for all from 11:45 pm to 4:30 am. The polices and securities are well organize for helping all visitors to avoid dense, stuck and find the way to anywhere. Of course, at then end you have to say thank you to them to keep us safe and Happy New Year.
mrleenote 