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One interesting thing about UK is that it is an ideal place for film locations because of the beautiful castles, ruins, and all sorts.  And for this recent movie release on December 25, 2014, Dover Castle was one of the primary filming locations for  for "Into the Woods" (The Rapunzel scene is in Waverley Abbey). Nearest Rail Station: Dover Priory, and quite a bit of walk since it is uphill How to get here?  sdddYou can take a train from Victoria, London Bridge, and St. Pancras stations. The fast train is leaving from St. Pancras and takes around 1 hour while it may take 1.5 to 2 hours for slow trains. The Movie: Trailer and Screencaps Check out the "Into the Woods" Trailer Screen Caps of Dover Castle in the Backdrop Screen cap 1 Screen Cap 2: This at the other entrance and the "lion" status is not actually a Movie Prop! Screen Cap 3 Screen Cap 4 The actual Dover Castle Not currently in the screen cap but th

Kanada-ya Nearest Tube Station:  Tottenham Court Road, but also walkable from Covent Garden and Leicester Square Station (Just right across Ippudo) Site:   https://www.kanada-ya.com/ Address:  64 Saint Giles High Street, London WC2H 8LE, United Kingdom What's here:  I personally consider this the best ramen I have tasted so far here in London.  I ordered the Chasu Ramen (Pork Collar) with Harajuku Brown Egg.  The soup and noodle was great, thick and tasty.  The meat was soft as it should be.  The Egg was a bit sweet (not to my liking but some might like it). Ippudo Nearest Tube Station: Tottenham Court Road, but also walkable from Covent Garden and Leicester Square Station (just right across Kanada-ya) Site:   http://www.ippudo.co.uk Address: Central St. Giles, WC2H 8AG London What's here: This ramen place obviously started in Japan but got really famous when it started opening a ramen place in New York. And Now, it is also here in London.  Do

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.