Comments on: October 29th http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/ Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gwyn http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 Gwyn Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:30:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1491 Snog Ewan for me. Snog Ewan for me.

]]> By: Chris http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Chris Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:11:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1490 Hey, just found your blog, so I went a wanderin' through. Me and Woolyheaded as a couple - we'd at least have both ends covered! London: went a few years ago, hit all the top tourist spots. Changing of the guard is not the big deal I though it would be, but worth going, I guess. The palaces have pretty spectacular gardens. My son took a look around the portraits of all the old royalty in a ballroom at Kensington Palace and announced quite loudly and amplified by the room's echo, "these people have strange taste in art." Oh, yeah, British Museum of Art was great. My favorite place wasn't London, though - I really loved seeing Oxford. Have fun! Hey, just found your blog, so I went a wanderin’ through. Me and Woolyheaded as a couple – we’d at least have both ends covered!

London: went a few years ago, hit all the top tourist spots. Changing of the guard is not the big deal I though it would be, but worth going, I guess. The palaces have pretty spectacular gardens. My son took a look around the portraits of all the old royalty in a ballroom at Kensington Palace and announced quite loudly and amplified by the room’s echo, “these people have strange taste in art.” Oh, yeah, British Museum of Art was great. My favorite place wasn’t London, though – I really loved seeing Oxford. Have fun!

]]> By: Diane http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Diane Fri, 04 Nov 2005 03:50:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1489 Rowan is in good supply in Libertys..i bought some when i was there in Feb this year....also saw Mamma Mia for 2nd time...and if it doesn't make you feel good well then theres no hope left!LOL Very uplifting. Be careful on the tube,ticket touts and pickpockets etc...and be careful and only use black cabs if you want a taxi,some private cabs charge you what they want...it's not metered like the black hackney cabs Kew will be good because you go inside the big and i mean"big" glass houses where it's like being in the tropics , i know there was a big glass sculpture exhibit there earlier this year and it may still be on ,it look outstanding on the TV,check the website if you really fancy that one http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/yearatkew/bbcseries.html I hope you really enjoy your visit to our fair shores... have a great time:) Rowan is in good supply in Libertys..i bought some when i was there in Feb this year….also saw Mamma Mia for 2nd time…and if it doesn’t make you feel good well then theres no hope left!LOL Very uplifting.
Be careful on the tube,ticket touts and pickpockets etc…and be careful and only use black cabs if you want a taxi,some private cabs charge you what they want…it’s not metered like the black hackney cabs
Kew will be good because you go inside the big and i mean”big” glass houses where it’s like being in the tropics , i know there was a big glass sculpture exhibit there earlier this year and it may still be on ,it look outstanding on the TV,check the website if you really fancy that one http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/yearatkew/bbcseries.html
I hope you really enjoy your visit to our fair shores… have a great time:)

]]> By: claudia http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 claudia Fri, 04 Nov 2005 01:12:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1488 Hey babe, have a blast! When at the V&A, please, please please see the Plaster Cast Room. I also skipped this one cause it sounded so weird. But it ended up being my favorite part of the whole museum. Kinda weird and a bit creepy in spots but WAY COOL. And have a scone from Harrod's Food Hall for me, OK? Hey babe, have a blast! When at the V&A, please, please please see the Plaster Cast Room. I also skipped this one cause it sounded so weird. But it ended up being my favorite part of the whole museum. Kinda weird and a bit creepy in spots but WAY COOL.

And have a scone from Harrod’s Food Hall for me, OK?

]]> By: Becky http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 Becky Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:54:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1487 Dang! I wish you'd done this before we went to London last year between Christmas and New Year's! The comments you've gotten would have been an enormous help to us. My favorites: 1. London Eye -- very cool! and a great way to get a basic overview of the city before you do anything else 2. The Tube -- not only convenient, but it RUNS ON TIME! Wait till you see the giant, almost straight-up escalators (yeah, I'm a country girl). Buy a pass for the entire time you'll be there -- well worth the money 3. Tower of London 4. Walking, walking, walking everywhere 5. The original Hard Rock Cafe, especially The Vault in the basement -- go there and sit on Jimi Hendrix's settee! 6. Evening barge ride down the Thames 7. Covent Garden and Picadilly Circus late at night 8. All the places you've seen in pictures are REAL! LOL... Take the Tube from the airport -- taxis are expensive, but it is cool to ride in one at least once. The exchange rate is ruinous. Remember to double the price of everything to get the U.S. equivalent. Our daughter-in-law manages a Burger King so we took a picture of their menu board to show her that the price of a Whopper was equivalent to $8.00 American! Have a great time, and take comfortable shoes. Dang! I wish you’d done this before we went to London last year between Christmas and New Year’s! The comments you’ve gotten would have been an enormous help to us.
My favorites:
1. London Eye — very cool! and a great way to get a basic overview of the city before you do anything else
2. The Tube — not only convenient, but it RUNS ON TIME! Wait till you see the giant, almost straight-up escalators (yeah, I’m a country girl). Buy a pass for the entire time you’ll be there — well worth the money
3. Tower of London
4. Walking, walking, walking everywhere
5. The original Hard Rock Cafe, especially The Vault in the basement — go there and sit on Jimi Hendrix’s settee!
6. Evening barge ride down the Thames
7. Covent Garden and Picadilly Circus late at night
8. All the places you’ve seen in pictures are REAL! LOL…
Take the Tube from the airport — taxis are expensive, but it is cool to ride in one at least once. The exchange rate is ruinous. Remember to double the price of everything to get the U.S. equivalent. Our daughter-in-law manages a Burger King so we took a picture of their menu board to show her that the price of a Whopper was equivalent to $8.00 American!
Have a great time, and take comfortable shoes.

]]> By: Wendy http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Wendy Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:29:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1486 Hey Stitchy! Don't see your email address on your blog . . . I understand you won the Peacock Shawl. Also understand you're going on vacation this Friday? Do you want me to mail the shawl right away, or wait til you get back? Lemme know! Hey Stitchy! Don’t see your email address on your blog . . .

I understand you won the Peacock Shawl. Also understand you’re going on vacation this Friday?

Do you want me to mail the shawl right away, or wait til you get back? Lemme know!

]]> By: Aldona http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Aldona Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:50:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1485 I have to say "Liberty of London" just like so many others. It's such a cool building--all dark timbers with a open center that you can look all the way down to the first floor. Even if you don't buy a thing, it's sooo worth a visit! Have fun! I have to say “Liberty of London” just like so many others. It’s such a cool building–all dark timbers with a open center that you can look all the way down to the first floor. Even if you don’t buy a thing, it’s sooo worth a visit! Have fun!

]]> By: Liz Stein http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 Liz Stein Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:08:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1484 The Globe theatre is closed for performances in November, but the displays are still fascinating, if you're into theatre. I love history, so I enjoyed the Museum of London; finding the remnants of the Roman wall; Hampton Court; the Tower; the Monument (my kids liked that, too); the British Museum (break it into shorter visits--and there are bookstores all around it); the Library (for booklovers, it is absolutely necessary. They have some great exhibits--some online, too, by the way). There's nothing wrong with being a tourist! The Globe theatre is closed for performances in November, but the displays are still fascinating, if you’re into theatre. I love history, so I enjoyed the Museum of London; finding the remnants of the Roman wall; Hampton Court; the Tower; the Monument (my kids liked that, too); the British Museum (break it into shorter visits–and there are bookstores all around it); the Library (for booklovers, it is absolutely necessary. They have some great exhibits–some online, too, by the way). There’s nothing wrong with being a tourist!

]]> By: Kristy http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Kristy Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:18:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1483 I have heard great things about Liberty in London. Of course, I have never been there so it is pure speculation. I know that blogger emma (http://www.emma.prettyposies.com/) is in London and she always has such beautiful things to show on her blog. You might check her out if you don't already. I have heard great things about Liberty in London. Of course, I have never been there so it is pure speculation. I know that blogger emma (http://www.emma.prettyposies.com/) is in London and she always has such beautiful things to show on her blog. You might check her out if you don’t already.

]]> By: Anonymous http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/2005/10/october-29th/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Anonymous Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:30:00 +0000 http://stitchymcyarnpants.com/knit06/?p=89#comment-1482 Oops...sorry for the 2nd post. We always buy the red bus/blue bus tour for 24 hours. You can hop on and off and there are all sorts of routes and stops. It's the easiest way to get about town! Oops…sorry for the 2nd post. We always buy the red bus/blue bus tour for 24 hours. You can hop on and off and there are all sorts of routes and stops. It’s the easiest way to get about town!

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