London October

[JO420]

Hey there,ill be headed out to London/England for the first time from oct 1st-5th. Would love any and all suggestions for cool stuff to do.

Days i plan on doing sighting seeing and historical stuff and nights it be fun to go out,have a pint and check out the local nightlight.

Would be cool to meet some polycounters as well.

Cheers.

[Massbot]

borough market would be a good place to hit for lunch one day, there's such a variety you wont know what to choose.

In fact i'll be going there for lunch today :P It's easy to get there from London Bridge tube.

Also they do chocolate brownie mountains :D


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/114355633_e566c610fb.jpg?v=0

[_Gr9yFox_]

Try Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and the whole Soho area by nighttime. I am not a nightlife guy but that area just makes me want to stay up till dawn. Plus, if you've seen the PS3 Getaway demo you get to see it in real-life and forget tri counts and shaders for a while.

Chinatown was also cool because I went in there by mistake while looking for another place. I didn't even know there was one in London.

Damn, I miss all of it. Except the food.

[rolfness]

lol I work near Borough market ...

as for things to do in London

Touristy things
The london Eye
Buckingham palace
Parliment
St Pauls

Fun things
http://www.stringfellows.com/ (NSFW)
http://www.windmillinternational.com/ (NSFW)

but can be quite expensive

[JO420]

Thanks for the suggestions,anyone been to the Imperial war museum? Is it worth the visit
?

[rolfness]

yes it is worth the visit, also the british museum and to a lesser extent the Victoria albert museum. then theres the tate gallery, portrait gallery, saatchi gallery etc etc.

get a Time out magazine when you get here it will list alot of the stuff thats going on .

[JO420]

Very stoked,tomorrow i fly out. Cant wait to check the city out,never have been to England before.

[marks]

Nobody suggested the Tate Modern? :o It's normally quite good if you have the time to spare.
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/

[Mongrelman]

Leave London and go see nice places :)

[MightyPea]

Tate modern, the science museum and the natural history museum are all pretty damned cool.
Oh, and don't listen to Mongrelman.

If anyone fancies grabbing a pint in the east end, let me know. Or anywhere really, it's just that I like the east end, so I'm hoping to influence things :D

[JO420]

http://www.bustedtees.com/greece

Think id get in trouble wearing this shirt around town?

[katzeimsack]

nobody will notice you ...

if you want to be noticed in london, you need to wear a gorilla costume.
last saturaday even !!!a couple of crazy dressed gorillas!!! bearly got noticed by most people (no joke)

[katzeimsack]

the "female" gorilla even had a PINK HAT!

[MightyPea]

So, drinks?

[JO420]

So any London polycounters up for a pint or three? Im in town till sunday and it be cool to meet some London polycounters.

[katzeimsack]

why not :D

never actually met polycounters, except for mop and spacemonkey every day ;)


(neox,roulin, kio and xenon don't count)

[JO420]

Just name time and place and ill be there,tonight or saturday both work well for me.

[MightyPea]

I'll see if Ghib (who is admittedly a polycounter-lite) is coming along, I've been planning to meet up with him for ages.
Alright, what about meeting up around Old Street/Hoxton Square on saturday? Then we can still decide whether we want quiet drinks or drunken disco karaoke.

Katz: would that work for you and any other splashy fellows as well? Oh, invite Aubrey for me as well, would you?

edit: Let's say around 8/9pm? Maybe earlier if there are concerns about getting back home?

[JO420]

8-9 works for me ill be there

[ghib]

Dagnabbit, me mammy is visiting London this weekend so I'm on entertainment duties. I doubt she'd appreciate the seedier side of soho, Maybe a walk in Richmond park and a cup of tea.

Next time mate. Honest guv.

[MightyPea]

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Hopefully that'll work.
So, that's Hoxton Square. Might be a good place to start, as there's lots nearby. I suggest we meet up outside of a place called 'Tapas', because it isn't too crowded there usually, and it's pretty brightly lit. Here's a picture of the outside:
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/images/venues/images_all/10637061.jpg

If I know how many people are coming, I could make reservations, but I suppose you'd mostly like to just check out different places, rather than stay in one spot?

[katzeimsack]

k, aubrey and me will come :)

mop and tully are far far away and tim isn't shure :D

[Chunkey]

I wish I could make it guys but got no money :(

If there's a next time I'll be there though :)

Have a good 'un!

[MightyPea]

So, let's say 8.30pm then? 8-9 pm was a fair bit too vague, heh.

See you guys there. Oh, and tell Tim to come along! The more the merrier, and all that.

[JO420]

Thanks for the map,8:30 is perfect

[katzeimsack]

i'll be about 10 minutes late :(

[JO420]

Had a lovely time in London,a tad broke after but fun none the less. It was fun to meet you polycounters as well. Ill be sure to give a heads again next time i return.