madeinatlantis LONDON TRAVEL GUIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM In this massive building on Great Russell Street (the nearest tube station is Holborn), Britain preserves and displays its most awesome State documents and manuscripts: the original Magna Charta, the log-book of Admiral Nelson and his half-finished letter to Lady Hamilton, written just before he died; the first draft of the dreaminspired "Xanadu" by Samuel Coleridge; a deed to William Shakespeare; a host of other papers that will send chills up your spine. And here, too, is kept the plunder of Britain's Imperial era: the famous Rosetta stone, the smaIl Sphinxes of Egypt, the stunning Elgin Marbles from the front of the Parthenon. There is no admission charge for any of this, and there are, in addition, free lecture tours conducted twice daily (except Sunday) at 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., by two brilliant ex-university dans, who each day deliver a dilferent talk: "English History in the 19th Century," "the Magna Charta," "the Boer War." Don't miss a visit to the museum, and to start things off, ask the guards to direct you to the "manuscript rooms" and the "EIgin Marbles." The building is open from 10 to 5, Monday through Saturday, and from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sundays.		The British Museum Parliament The Tower of London Madame Tussaud's St. Paul's Cathedral Along The Strand Charing Cross Westminster The West-End Parks and Palaces The East-End The Surrey Side The Suburbs RESTAURANTS Restaurants in London The Corner Houses The Lyons Tea Shops The Marble Arch Barbecues The Non-Chain Budget Restaurants HOTELS RUSSELL SQUARE Bernard Street Bedford Place Bloomsbury and Gower Streets Guilford and Coram Streets Tavistock Place Cartwright Gardens HISTORY Roman Britain After the Romans Saxon and Norman Tudor Charles II George II London circa 1700-1815 GREAT BRITAIN The life of Metropolitan England Britain is a world by itself The Climates of Britain The English Plain Great Britain Strategic Geography Great Britain - Ireland Great Britain - Scotland