{"id":733,"date":"2020-01-11T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/international\/?p=733"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:07:16","slug":"london-trip-a-must-when-youre-at-edge-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/international\/2020\/01\/11\/london-trip-a-must-when-youre-at-edge-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"London trip – a must when you’re at Edge Hill!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coming from an industrial city in Vietnam, I’m familiar with and have come to love such city sights as (medium) skyscrapers and modern buildings, scattered across busy streets and Buddhist temples. I mean they are beautiful, but to see something so different from Asian architecture or normal office buildings would be awe-inspiring. And for me London is just that. It is a “looker”! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been to Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, Southport, all beautiful cities in their own ways, also with that “difference” I was yearning for, but London seems just another level of impressiveness for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelling and accommodation costs<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To get to London from Ormskirk<\/a> (where Edge Hill University is based) the most common way is by train from Liverpool Lime Street station. Take a train from Ormskirk to Liverpool Central first, then walk for 5 minutes to Liverpool Lime Street station and there you’ll get a direct train to London (Euston station).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Train tickets<\/span><\/strong>: I travelled with 3 of my friends and we managed to book the cheapest return tickets<\/strong> from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston at only \u00a3<\/strong>15.80 (If you don’t plan well ahead it may cost you up to \u00a3<\/strong> 30 each way, which is not too bad)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(In case you’re not familiar with the “language” of train tickets, like I did when I first came, here’s a quick explanation: Single (ticket): one way; Return (ticket): two-way (go and back). There are also “Anytime Single”, “Anytime Return”, “Advance Single”, but I figure I’ll deal with that on another post about travelling by train in the UK.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accommodation<\/span><\/strong>: We (group of 4) booked Airbnb for 5 nights and the cost for each person was \u00a3<\/strong> 70. There are other websites to find and book cheap hotels or accommodation in London, you might like to do a Google search and shop around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it for the tips. Now, here are the sights that wowed me in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1- Tower Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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