subject: See Your Sports Teams In Britains Capital [print this page] The black minicabs and red busses of London are symbols of the countries traditions and honour, but do not forget that there are sports that the British invented. Such as Polo, rugby, cricket and football. This is why you should take the time to watch the sports tours and cricket tours, no matter which county (state) you are in.
London is a good place to watch sport, especially since the Olympics has opened, but it is not advisable, however, use a car to get around town, both for the parking problems that the considerable cost of the same. There are some major rental companies, but that will simply increase your costs over bringing your own car. Why not take the underground or public transport? You could even have a ride or two in one of those famous black cabs.
There are places that after periods of neglect and decay were gradually rediscovered and are rising to new life. It is the case, for example, for Brick Lane, which was a ghetto in olden times, but now has become a favourite destination of artists who have chosen it for their studios and their cultural activities such as bars, shops of all kinds, dozens of restaurants and a market, called Spitefields.
The places of interest in London are many. These include the classic Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, which are all true icons of the city. There are also parks such as Hyde Park, museums of very ancient art including the British Museum. There are also markets with one known as Camden Town. There are galleries of modern art such as the Tate Gallery. There is the ride called London Eye, which is a famous Ferris wheel, or you could go to Highgate Cemetery. You could visit the woods of Hampstead and the village of Greenwich. You could even go to Carnaby Street, one of the coolest streets of Europe in the sixties thanks to the presence of many young people who chose it as their "Mecca."
The weather in London is not the best, since it is characterized by cold winters and constant rain throughout most of the year, accompanied by a persistent haze that blends with the infamous London smog. Getting to London from the rest of the world to watch sports tours and cricket tours is very easy. It is served by three airports called Heathrow, Gatewick and Stanstead. They are all massive and all available at a very low cost.
For anybody wishing to visit, the currency is still the British Pound, despite the UK being joined within the EU. This is because the British pound is very strong at the moment, and Britain would lose that strength if it turned to Euros. If however Scotland creates its own country and removes central power from London, then the country will fall into a deep depression and have to join the Euro.
A very impressive work is still underway to recover the Docklands, which is the old port of London that lies beyond the Tower Bridge. Between those shadowy mists hovered serial killer Jack the Ripper back in the olden days. It was in those sordid pubs that people like Daniel Dafoe, Charles Dickens and other greats such as James Cook would drink and be merry. This area, with its warehouses and abandoned buildings of brick has been that way since the 60's when it was ignored and cast into total neglect, but now has begun a brand new life, and is adding to the high-tech rediscovery of futuristic architectural building experimentation that is going on in London today.
