Tourist-y suggestions?

[Joel Bernstein]

You may have been to London before but there are hundreds of great museums
and I'm sure you've not seen them all.

Sir John Soane's Museum - http://www.soane.org/
The Wallace Collection (18th century fine art, world class collection of
armour) - http://www.wallacecollection.org/
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art -
http://www.estorickcollection.com/home.php
L. Ron Hubbard's house (presented without comment) -
http://www.fitzroyhouse.org/
Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons (curated tour needs
pre-booking, wednesday PM IIRC) - http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian
Bethnal Green day-spa run by the council as a social enterprise -
http://www.spa-london.org/yorkhall/
Freemasons' Hall - a Masonic temple, great / unique architecture, open to
the public - http://www.ugle.org.uk/freemasons-hall

Need some restaurant suggestions? Ottolenghi is always great. Koya the udon
noodle place in Frith St. Peckham friends rave about Silk Road and The
Begging Bowl.

HTH,

/joel


On 1 November 2013 04:12, Randy J. Ray <rjray at blackperl.com> wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> First of all, thanks to everyone who helped me with finding a hotel in
> response to my previous email. I ended up using booking.com, and I have
> to say I was most impressed with their UI and ease-of-use.
>
> I'm flying out tomorrow, scheduled to land on Saturday. I have a little
> bit of tourism pre-planned, but I'm looking for a few interesting,
> not-the-usual-tourist-spot ideas. I've been to London several times before,
> so I've seen a lot of the museums and typical attractions. What I'm looking
> for are things that the average tourist might not know about-- walking
> tours, particularly interesting museum exhibits, off-beat things. Good book
> and/or music stores would be interesting, too. I thought I heard about a
> Doctor Who exhibition somewhere, for the lead-up to the 50th coming up, is
> that true? Things like that would be ideal! My hotel is near Paddington
> Station, with several tube stops within a reasonable walk... safe to say I
> can get most places pretty easily.
>
> Unfortunately for me, I'll miss the social this Thursday, as that's the
> day I head up to Telford for the convention I'm attending.
>
> As before, any and all ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated...
>
> Randy
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