| If you’re going to be visiting London for the first | | | | where you’ll be treated to traditional British food |
| time, you’d be wise to maximize the use of your | | | | at its best from a full English breakfast with a high |
| time in this amazingly vast, divers and historical | | | | tea or evening dinner. Your meal will be freshly |
| metropolis by prioritizing. Following are five London | | | | prepared with ingredients from British suppliers. |
| attractions which should be must-sees on your list of | | | | The London Telecom Tower |
| things to do! | | | | Located on Howland Street in London’s West |
| Piccadilly Circus | | | | End, the London Telecom tower was formerly the |
| No, we’re not suggesting that you spend some | | | | Post Office Tower, and until 1981 was the tallest (at |
| of your precious hours in London under a bigtop. | | | | 620 feet) tower in London. It’s constructed of |
| Piccadilly Circus, at the intersection of five of | | | | steel, concrete, and glass, with a design which is both |
| London’s major thoroughfares, is the British | | | | stylish and highly wind-resistant. It’s the heart |
| equivalent of New York’s Times Square, with | | | | of Britain’s telecommunications network, with |
| neon-lit glitz to suit. If you want London nightlife, | | | | numerous enormous satellite dishes visible on its |
| head for Piccadilly Circus, where your fun will be | | | | upper stories. |
| watched over by the roundabout’s fountain and | | | | The Changing of the Guards |
| statue of the archer now called simply "Eros." | | | | Christopher Robin and Alice were quite fond of the |
| Piccadilly Circus is named for the piccadill collar so | | | | changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, and |
| popular among gentlemen of the 17th century, and | | | | they weren’t alone. The Changing of the |
| within a block or two of Piccadilly today are some of | | | | Guards is one of London’s major tourist draws, |
| London’s most avant-garde fashion shops. | | | | seen by countless visitors each year. You should |
| Piccadilly Circus is also within walking distance of | | | | check in advance of your visit to Buckingham Palace |
| several London arcades, the precursors of | | | | to determine if there will be a Changing of the guards |
| today’s shopping malls. | | | | on that day. Bring along a camera, because you can |
| Trafalgar Square and the London Brass Rubbing | | | | have your picture take with a guard whose duty it is |
| Centre | | | | to have his photo snapped with visitors. |
| If your trip to London is a family affair, or you simply | | | | Big Ben |
| love to collect unique souvenirs of your travels, a trip | | | | None of its other landmarks is more recognizable |
| to the Crypt at St.-Martin-in-the-Fields Church at | | | | than London’s Big Ben. Visible from a distance |
| Trafalgar Square will be well worth your time. At | | | | of several miles, Big Ben looks down n the Houses of |
| the Church’s Brass Rubbing Center, you can | | | | Parliament from a height of 316 feet, and was |
| purchase a kit of papers and special waxes, and do | | | | completed in 1859. Its hands are 14 feet in length, |
| your own rubbings of characters straight out of | | | | while its clock mechanism weighs over five tons. |
| British history, from knights in armor and damsels in | | | | For security reason, however, only UK residents are |
| distress to Shakespeare himself. If you make a | | | | allowed inside Big Ben’s tower. |
| mistake with your rubbing technique, the staff at the | | | | Three of these attractions are on every London |
| Brass Rubbing Centre will be right there to undo the | | | | visitor’s must-see list, while two if them may be |
| damage! | | | | less well-known. But they are just a small sample of |
| No matter the time of day, you can have a meal at | | | | the wonders which await you on your London trip, |
| the Brass Rubbing Centre’s café in the Crypt, | | | | and simply a place to begin! |