If you're going on business, may as well find a week-end to
tarry for a while.

A most worth-while city all round.

As a seasoned traveler, I will advise an open mind. If you
like New York, you'll love London. Those who don't--- well,
either they don't like cities or they should just stay home
or both.

You haven't asked about pubs. I'll recommend one:

The Mitre

Don't know if you're staying in the vicinity, but the food and
ale are first rate. Have a 'Spotted Dick' in my name should you
sup there.

If you have any choice of hotels, the Radisson Edwardians are
really neat--- especially if someone else is paying the bill.

Do take the express trains in from either Gatwick or Heathrow.

Then take the tube everywhere. Only you'll enjoy the London
taxis perhaps at night.

As touristy as it may seem, the double-decker 'city tour'
buses aren't a bad orientation to this city ( or many
other world cities ).

Londoners are very friendly to 'yanks,' so relax and
enjoy one of the greatest cities in the world.

If you're looking for a 'London fog' or terrible soot-
stained buildings, you'll be disappointed...they don't
burn coal any more, so the fogs don't really happen, and
climate change makes that even moreso. Or lessso. And they've
pressure-washed all the buildings, so the stone looks
magnificent. The air is clean and fresh. Sorry.

Don't be afraid to be a tourist. The British Museum is
amazing. In the Cabinet War Rooms you can see where Churchill
gave his 'Their Finest Hour' address...and if you don't feel
a lump in your throat, you're dead.

Speaking of which, as you wander the old city, from Picadilly
Circus outward, note 1950's and 1960's buildings in between
Victorian and Edwardian blocks. Then reflect on the fact that
the reason those buildings are there is that the Victorian
or Edwardian buildings that formerly occupied those spaces
were bombed into nothing during Hitler's 'blitz.'

Oh...don't miss Westminster Abbey. Yes, everyone goes there,
but you're going to stomp all over the graves of folks that
you were forced to read in school.

But seriously--- so long as you're there, you may as well
stay a couple of days extra. Travelocity will find you a hotel
you can afford.

It's a fantastic city.