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Ok, here's the deal. I'll be in London on the 12th and then the 15th of this month. I want to know what YOU think is the best nieghbourhood and why!

I love history, art, architecture and character!! I love funky and ecclectic.

So fill me in and hook me up!!

Well, I'm no expert on London, but I really enjoyed staying in the area around Marble Arch. It's pretty heavy on immigrants, and presents a really interesting blend of cultures. Lots of things in that neighbourhood are printed in Arabic, but there's also neighbourhood pubs, which in turn serve Thai food. Anyway, I rather enjoyed it there. It's also just a couple of tube stops or a shortish walk from the west end theatre district, another area worth visiting.

My favorite is Bloomsbury , mainly because there are lots of students around from RADA as well as several other universities, which means lots of fun restaurants. There is also a lot of green space, and it has easy access to bus and tube stations. It's just a fun neighborhood that is close to everything, and has a very cool name. I've stayed there every time I've been to London and love the location!

Oh, and did I mention that the British Museum is here?

favourites bits of london
(i go 2-3 times a year mainly for shopping music vinyl and clothes, and see old friends etc)

Retro
notting hill nice cafe's bars and second hand shops (clothes, music and books)

walk
get off tube green park and walk to buckingham palace and through ST James park (lots of birds and waterfowl) to houses of parliament

shopping
get of bond street walk down oxford st. for all the big shops then divert down to the toy shop and onto carnaby st and onto covent garden for the funkier stores

Chilling out
Covent Garden, camden market (although enver been), on a sunny day south bank near tower bridge, nice skyline views, or parks around nottinghill gate

that reminds me must book a cheap gner ticket for the summer

cool thanks for the tips!! I leave in 3 days!!!!!!!!!!

Spitalfields and Brick Lane on a Sunday for the markets

Are you back from your trip, Canuck Girl? How was it?

I'm back. It was a nice getaway, but really hard to come home afterwards. It just sparks desires to travel more and for much longer periods of time!