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Old August 13th 03, 06:51 PM
Laura Faussone
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Banty wrote:


Yes we'll get a Travel card for the week (thanks!). Is it worthwhile getting
the passport photos taken - these are really needed? (The ones for our passports
were used up, I think.)


You need a picture for the ID card you get with the Travelcard -- It'll save you
some time if you bring them with you.

Laura

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Old August 14th 03, 11:32 AM
Louise
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In article , Banty
wrote:
t we would like to take in a soccer
game. What's the best way to do that?


Can't help you with that, but there is a great sporting goods store
for buying logowear (soccer shirts and warmup jackets for all English
pro teams, England and other countries, ditto rugby) called
Lillywhites just at the exit for Piccadilly Circus tube station.

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Old August 14th 03, 11:32 AM
Robin
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Laura Faussone wrote in message ...
Banty wrote:


Yes we'll get a Travel card for the week (thanks!). Is it worthwhile getting
the passport photos taken - these are really needed? (The ones for our passports
were used up, I think.)


You need a picture for the ID card you get with the Travelcard -- It'll save you
some time if you bring them with you.


Every time I've been in London, I've gotten a Travelcard using a photo
from the convenient photo booth in the tube station where I've gone to
buy the card. (And that's a lot cheaper than a passport photo, at
least where I live.) I would guess that not all stations have photo
booths, but a lot of them seemed to. Perhaps this is different now?
It's been a while since I've been there.

--Robin

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Old August 14th 03, 02:10 PM
Rosalie B.
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Banty wrote:

My son isn't into theater at all (other than to quickly volunteer for stage crew
when it comes up in school or camp ;-), but we would like to take in a soccer
game. What's the best way to do that?


It's called football there.

Some URLs and a schedule

http://www.netlondon.com/sport/football/index.html
http://www.e-shopping.co.uk/football.htm?a=2&b=5
http://www.alltickets.uk.com/sports/football.html
Sat. Aug. 16th Arsenal v Everton £90
Sat. Aug. 16th Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur £90
Sat. Aug. 16th Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton W. £70
Sat. Aug. 16th Charlton Athletic v Manchester City £75
Sat. Aug. 16th Fulham v Middlesbrough £60
Sat. Aug. 16th Leeds United v Newcastle United £80
Sat. Aug. 16th Leicester City v Southampton £75
Sat. Aug. 16th Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers £80
Sat. Aug. 16th Portsmouth v Aston Villa £150

Sun. Aug. 17th Liverpool v Chelsea £90

Sat. Aug. 23rd Aston Villa v Liverpool £100
Sat. Aug. 23rd Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers £100
Sat. Aug. 23rd Chelsea v Leicester City £70
Sat. Aug. 23rd Everton v Fulham £65
Sat. Aug. 23rd Manchester City v Portsmouth £150
Sat. Aug. 23rd Newcastle United v Manchester United £150
Sat. Aug. 23rd Southampton v Birmingham City £75
Sat. Aug. 23rd Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United £85
Sat. Aug. 23rd Wolverhampton W. v Charlton Athletic £125

Sun. Aug. 24th Middlesbrough v Arsenal £85

Mon. Aug. 25th Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City £85

Tue. Aug. 26th Arsenal v Aston Villa £85
Tue. Aug. 26th Birmingham City v Chelsea £75
Tue. Aug. 26th Charlton Athletic v Everton £75
Tue. Aug. 26th Leeds United v Southampton £65
Tue. Aug. 26th Leicester City v Middlesbrough £60
Tue. Aug. 26th Portsmouth v Bolton Wanderers £125

Wed. Aug. 27th Fulham v Newcastle United £75
Wed. Aug. 27th Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur £85
Wed. Aug. 27th Manchester United v Wolverhampton W. £75

Sat. Aug. 30th Aston Villa v Leicester City £65
Sat. Aug. 30th Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic £60
Sat. Aug. 30th Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers £75
Sat. Aug. 30th Everton v Liverpool £175
Sat. Aug. 30th Middlesbrough v Leeds United £65
Sat. Aug. 30th Newcastle United v Birmingham City £80
Sat. Aug. 30th Southampton v Manchester United £150
Sat. Aug. 30th Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham £85
Sat. Aug. 30th Wolverhampton W. v Portsmouth £125

Sun. Aug. 31st Manchester City v Arsenal £125



grandma Rosalie

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Old August 15th 03, 05:51 PM
Rosalie B.
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More on soccer matches

Premier League website
http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.ra..._thu &today=5

And the BBC on football
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/...ge&x=31&y=1 3


grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/

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Old August 15th 03, 08:26 PM
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Banty wrote in :

Hi, all - thanks so much for the extremely informative responses regarding
our
trip to England! This is kinda a big deal for us.

Yes - absolutely we're going to the HMS Belfast (I think the morning of
the first full day, or that'll be all I hear about!) and the Imperial War
Museum.
My son also wants to take in all the touristy sites - Big Ben and all
that. I
just want to pace myself out :-)

[snip]

My son isn't into theater at all (other than to quickly volunteer for
stage crew when it comes up in school or camp ;-), but we would like to
take in a soccer
game. What's the best way to do that?


I suppose the obvious first question is does he follow/know of any teams
already? Lots of them have websites. Another possibility is to use a
site like www.lastminute.com to book them.

I gather that US football matches are much more family entertainment then
UK football matches. We don't have cheerleaders and the like.

There must be lots of football discussion groups. I know the UK Motley Fool
site has one (http://www.fool.co.uk - registration free)

Penny, Convent Gardens sounds wonderful just to take in the street scene.
Any other places like that?


Covent Garden is fairly unique, because of the mix of shopping and street
life, but both Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square should have things
going on. Trafalgar Square is a bit touristy.

Also Monday 25th August is a public holiday: it will affect things like
train travel, and museum opening times, but lots of things in central
London, especially in the more touristy areas, should still be open.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

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Old August 16th 03, 02:36 PM
Penny Gaines
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posted & mailed

Just come across one more thing that would be useful for anyone
come to England. A newspaper article I have just read (by a
Londoner pretending to be a tourist), mentioned that water drinking
fountains are widely available in most American cities. That is
different to over here. Most of the time it doesn't matter, but
at the moment we are suffering from a heatwave, so you'll
probably be thirsty.

You can buy bottled water, but it will be expensive, unless you get
it from supermarkets. You could bring a refillable water bottle and
re-fill it at your hotel. If you stop for something to eat, and ask
for water, they will probably give you bottled water, and charge you
for it. If you ask for "a glass of tap water to drink" (UK tap ==
US faucet), it will probably be free.

HTH

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

 




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