The last of the routemaster buses

link what a sad day for London. Along with red phone boxes, they typify the city – and are very popular not only with people who live here but also with tourists. oh well – another one down to mayor Ken. maybe one day they’ll bring them back again. Until then, they will only run…

Parking in London

Q: I have to come to London by car. Each country has different parking rules. Could you please explain me how to park a car in London? Is it a web site with London’s parkings? A: it depends where exactly you will be wanting to park a car. In central London areas (zone 1) there…

To Paris from London

Q: I would like to know how to travel from London to Paris what is the cheapest companies (bus, railway). A: going to Paris by coach and booking it in advance is probably the cheapest – see this link. http://www.nationalexpress.com/p.cfm?n=gel&agentid=elhm Eurostar is quicker but also usually more expensive (train from Waterloo). _ _ _ _…

Paddington not using Heathrow Express

Q: Is there an underground train or tube that I can take to Paddington? The Heathrow Express is quite expensive. Do you know how long it would take to get from Heathrow to Paddington by train? And if I get a travelcard…would that cover both busses and tubes/underground train? Actually, I ‘m not sure if…

Travel Cards

Q: How much does the tube pass cost? For how much time is it valid upto? We would like to have the tube pass valid for 10 days. A: there are lots of different types of fares – have a look at this site. http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/tickets/quickFares_2004.asp _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _…

Travelcards

Q: What kind of travel card would you recommend for the underground tube if we will be there for 3 days? Or do you have any suggestion for us to move around besides using the bus. Anyway thanks a lot for the bus info. A: suggest you buy one day travelcards for each day that…

London at Christmas – 2

Q: I would like to visit London between 26.12-3.01.05. I am asking you if and which museums are opened in that period? I really hope that I can visit anything without being afraid that because holiday they’ll be closed. What about stores? Are they opened? I also like to visit London’s surrowndings. Are the buses…