London

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Oxford
Not actually in London, but only an hour outside by train and about 2 hours away by bus.

Things to do:

Hang out with Abby and Ben

See Christ Church College, Magdalen College, New College, Exeter College, Balliol College, Lincoln College, Worcester College, Museum of Natural History, Ashmolean Museum, Radcliffe Camera, and the Bodleian Library.

The Making of Harry Potter-Warner Brothers Studio Tour
Horribly overpriced (and also about 30 minutes from London), but if you're a mega HP nerd, this could be seriously cool.

http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/

Victorian Operating Theater
Want to see what it was like to get surgery in Victorian London without anesthetic or anathesia? Why not climb up a very rickety staircase in an old church and find out?

http://www.thegarret.org.uk/collection.htm



Tourist Attractions
Paid:

1. Tower of London - 2-3hrs, includes yoemen tour. If you tour one place in London, go to this.

2. If you tour two, go to Westminster Abbey (Not Cathedral!). Includes good audioguide, you get to see sites of coronations and burials of very famous people. 2 hrs.

3. St. Pauls - Big golden dome, worth it if you have the time. The most fun part is climbing up to the tippy top (free, 800 feet.).

4. I would personally skip the London Eye, but if you want to do it, get tickets in advance and skip that laughably ridiculous queue.

Free:

1. The British Museum - This is my favorite museum in London. It has sculptures and artefacts from a vast array of cultures, from parts of the Parthanon, the Rosetta stone, Japanese masks, mummies, Roman silver, and huge ass stone lions with heads. You need to go to this museum.

2. The National Gallery is pretty swell if you're into that sort of thing.

3. The Tate Modern - across the Millenium Bridge and next to the Globe.

4. The Victoria and Albert Museum south of Hyde park and on the same street as Harrod's is fun.

5. Speaking of Gardens: Walk around all the pretty places! Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, etc. You can see the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace once daily, but it's very crowded, fairly boring, and hard to get a good view.

-Julia

Evening Fun
The official TKTS booth in Leicester Sq daily sells discounted tickets (most £30ish) to musicals and plays. Get there early for the best selection.Shakespeare's Globe sells £5 groundling tickets to all their shows. Get them in advance.There are plenty of clubs and pubs around. London is very expensive so expect to pay a high cover anywhere, especially the better clubs (Ministry of Sound is an electronic landmark, Fabric is supposed to be world-class as well). -Julia - my EU number is +447937150719 if you want to text me!