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[pm215]

As part of my efforts to not lose all my Japanese ability, and with the aim of taking this test in December, I'm applying for a ten-week course intended to prepare you for the test. This course is in London on Monday evenings, which means that (as a result of my current working arrangements and a desire to avoid train travel at peak times) I essentially get Monday afternoons in London for free. This seems like an opportunity to do some of the Cultural things I never get round to doing because they don't quite seem worth a special trip into the capital.

So, does anybody have any suggestions for Interesting, Improving or Idiosyncratic things to do in London? Somebody's suggested the British Library; I was wondering about climbing the Monument. What else?

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[venta.livejournal.com]

For a small, inexpensive and eclectic collection of random art and architecture I'd highly recommend Sir John Soane's Museum. If you like your museums modern and interactive, give it a miss, but if you're willing to exchange a little dryness for a random pile of Victorian curios it's a lot of fun.

[pm215]

Having had a look at the website, it is annoyingly closed on Mondays...

[uitlander]

Take a journey by riverboat (I've never got around to doing this). addedentry described a recent expedition and it sounded great.

Also go see something at the Globe on the South Bank, and walk over the bouncy bridge to St. Pauls.

[qatsi.livejournal.com]

The museums in Kensington (Science Museum; V&A; Natural History Museum); I'd second venta's suggestion of the Sir John Soane Museum.
The Houses of Parliament.
The London Eye (expensive, and I imagine you'd need to pre-book, the queues are usually quite long).
etc.
etc.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Interesting, Improving or Idiosyncratic things to do in London?

Walk more than a mile on a route that doesn't follow a tube line. Can be combined with other activites once you get where you're going.