Oxford is the main SHOPPING street, where you are most likely to get ripped off or your wallet snatched. Bond is a bit more up market, any hotel there will be either fairly smart and worth every penny, or else will be a total dive. Hope you get the former. Look in the shops in Bond St. My father in law did a lot of shop fitting down there..... you may see some of his best work, and not realise!!

You will be near several tube (underground) stations, and it is best to get a travel card, if you intend to go lots of places. Walking is OK but a bit of a bind. A one day travel card should cost less than £5.00, gives you unlimited travel on underground and buses after 9.30am within the particular zones limit. Check your zones carefully as they will charge you a lot if you overshoot it. The main ones are 1 2 & 3, which should get you to Kew Gardens in the west, and East Ham to the east. Don't remember the north/south ones, but no-one in their right mind goes south - or as it is known here saaf o' da riva.... The tickets run out at midnight, but if you are already on the bus, they shouldn't kick you off. If you are coming out of a tube station, make sure it is the last one you need, or the machines will eat your ticket after 12.00midnight. Taxis WILL double charge you after then, despite the fact that they shouldn't.

Good luck, and let us know how you get on....

LTS