London: Some Things to Avoid<\/p>\n
Today I found a few things that I wouldn\u2019t recommend. The Ben Franklin House, Harrods, and The Sherlock Holmes Museum top the list.<\/p>\n
If you are a Sherlock Holmes fan, by all means go. You\u2019ll enjoy it. Just didn\u2019t do much for me.<\/p>\n
I am a Ben Franklin fan, but there just wasn\u2019t much in the way of content.<\/p>\n
For my money avoid The London Eye. This is an enormous Ferris Wheel. My guess is that it\u2019s the world\u2019s tallest.\u00a0 It\u2019s literally right outside my hotel room window. They put you in capsules that will hold about 20 people for the ride.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t do heights. Put me up high in an enclosed space with several other people moving rapidly and jabbering\u2026\u2026its not a pretty picture. If you are like my family—a bit adventurous and heights don\u2019t bother you—then by all means ride the Eye. But if you are like me and could take it or leave it, leave it.<\/p>\n
Finally, there is the venerable Harrods department store; a bit bigger, definitely fancier, but still, just a big department store. Their motto should be \u201cridiculously overpriced.\u201d I saw shoes I\u2019m pretty sure I could buy in Springfield for $75. They were $300. I\u2019ve been needing a wallet and thought it might be fun to get one at Harrods. I generally spend about $25 on a leather wallet and carry it for five years. The leather wallets at Harrods were $150 so I had to decide: new wallet and no money to go in it? Or, keep my worn and ratty one? Guess what I decided?<\/p>\n
As a guy who only goes to the mall maybe once a year, department stores aren\u2019t my gig. So, in my opinion, if you are on a compressed time schedule and have to cut something from your visit to London, cut Harrods. You won\u2019t be any worse for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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