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Transportation: Use Oyster Card Traveling by Tube/Tram/Buses Visitor Oyster Card Make sure you use the oyster card  or visit oyster card, there is a deposit of 5 pounds, but you can refund that later on.  The good thing is that it caps daily, weekly , and monthly  . Apparently, oyster card does not cap weekly - you have to explicitly  purchase a 7 day travel card for the oyster.  One day is around 8 pounds and 7 days is around 32 pounds plus 5 pounds deposit for the card, which you can refund later. Otherwise, top it up for 7 days or monthly. You can buy it in convenience stores/shops and the tube stations. You can get a visitor oyster card, see here for details Traveling by Train This really depends but you can get an annual gold card to get discount on train tickets, otherwise, you can also get the weekly or monthly pass. Annual Memberships Try to get the following annual membership, it will still turn out a lot cheaper Merlin Annual Pass This really dep

Want to see London on the 35th floor for a free?  Get your free tickets to go up to the Sky Garden of the Walkie Talkie Building ( https://skygardentickets.com ).  There is a lounge and a restaurant there where you can find a spare table and get some cocktails and finger foods. Where? 20 Fenchurch Street (Google maps seems to be showing it wrongly) Nearest Tube station: Bank or Monument Station I initally went 5.30-ish January 7, 2015 and there was not much of a queue, I went back again 11.30 AM on a weekday June 3, 2015 (Wednesday) and the queue was pretty long. Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie at noon (June 3, 2015) The outside terrace The View from the Walkie Talkie    Food at the Sky Garden There are a couple of bars and restaurants which you can book.  This one is at the 35th floor and you can have nice pastries if you get hungry. Sky Garden at the Walkie Talkie in the evening (Jan. 7, 2015

Closest Tube: Golder's Green and take bus 210 (get off at Kenwood's house) Nice House by Lord Mansfield... it is small and ordinary to other English Heritage's sites but they have really known paintings from Vermeer, Rembrandt, Turner, and Joseph Wright of Derby's dressing the kitten... and best of all, it is FREE. Furthermore, they have a huge park behind which people can prolly spend time to do their picnic. Taking a picture with Vermeer's Painting Rembrandt's paintings, since the one here was on loan to the National Art Gallery The Library Really good to just sit and chat at the magnificent library Kenwood House's Facade The Park behind the house! One of the rooms with Vermeer and Rembrandt's paintings.

Aquarium of the Pacific 100 Aquarium Way Long Beach, CA 90802 Purchased a combination ticket of around 50 dollars - Entry to the Aquarium ($30) + Whale Watching ($35).   The Aquarium at the Pacific Lovely Jellyfish Taking a picture with the scuba diver during the Tropical Reef Dive Pictures with the Parakeet A Merry Christmas Diving and her name is Michelle (An Education Specialist in the Aquarium) :) A sea dragon! Shoreline Village 401-435 Shoreline Village Drive Long Beach, CA 90802 A quaint promenade of shops, arcades, and restaurants along the Long Beach. See  more . Other Activities Whale Watching - didn't see any whale so ended up taking pictures of people and birds... Not much things to photograph..... Santa's helper is looking for the whale... Maps Long Beach Maps

Santa Monica Beach and Pier Santa Monica Place Feels like the same promenade along the Hollywood Boulevard, very nice place and connected to the Third Street Promenade Third Street Promenade A long pedestrian street full of shops Santa Monica Map