First Trip to London
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On this week’s episode, the boys right a major wrong: in over 150 episodes, they’ve never done an episode on London for first-timers! England’s capital city can be overwhelming—world-class museums on every corner, historically significant architecture left and right, churches and zoos and gardens and parks and theater and libraries! What is a tourist with limited time to do?? This episode tells you. Things we talk about in this week’s episode: Obscure Musuems of London Episode https://outofofficepod.com/podcast/episode-141-obscure-museums-of-london-part-1-return-trip/ River Thames https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-long-and-winding-history-of-the-thames-139049496/  Handy Guide to Neighborhoods of London https://www.huffpost.com/entry/48-london-neighborhoods-a-quick-reference-guide_b_7557148  Planning your public transportation https://tfl.gov.uk/maps_/tfl-go  Taxis and “The Knowledge” (NYer article was behind a paywall so here is a NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/t-magazine/london-taxi-test-knowledge.html  Westminster Abbey https://www.westminster-abbey.org/  Saint Paul’s https://www.stpauls.co.uk/  Houses of Parliament https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/  Tower of London https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/  Buckingham Palace and Changing of the Guard https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/8725947-changing-the-guard  Hampton Court Palace https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/#gs.ysui4s  Shakespeare’s Globe https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/ West End https://officiallondontheatre.com/london-west-end-guide/  British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/  Tate Modern https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern Tate Britain https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain    Victoria and Albert https://www.vam.ac.uk/   V&A David story https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-michelangelos-david    Natural History Museum https://www.nhm.ac.uk/    Churchill War Rooms https://winstonchurchill.org/visit/churchill-war-rooms/    British Library https://www.bl.uk/discovering-our-collections    John Soane Museum https://www.soane.org/    Trafalgar Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square    Piccadilly Circus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus    Hyde Park https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/hyde-park    Kew Gardens https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/visit-kew-gardens  We love Rick Steves’s London guide for first-timers and, for those who are looking to get way off the beaten path, Jonglez Publishing’s “Secret London.”  
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