The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » London http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:27:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Top 10 Things To Do In London Besides The Olympics http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/29/top-10-things-to-do-in-london-besides-the-olympics/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/29/top-10-things-to-do-in-london-besides-the-olympics/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:14:08 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=17165 With the London 2012 Olympics upon us, it seems the entire world has gone sports mad. If you’re lucky enough to be in London for the Olympics, and looking for sights to see outside Olympic Park, here are 10 off the-beaten-track experiences to be had in London that have nothing to [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/07/29/top-10-things-to-do-in-london-besides-the-olympics/feed/ 2 What London Would Be Like If You Were God [Video] http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/12/14/what-london-would-like-like-if-you-were-god-video/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/12/14/what-london-would-like-like-if-you-were-god-video/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:56:12 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=13515 Not because London is a boring city to see, but rather because it would be so much cooler if you could view it like some omnipotent being lording over the U.K. capital, wouldn’t it? Or so were the thoughs of Mario Muth who, as his Vimeo video description states, shot a [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/12/14/what-london-would-like-like-if-you-were-god-video/feed/ 1 April’s Photography Contest Winner: Finding Uniqueness On London’s Tower Bridge http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/05/04/aprils-photography-contest-winner-finding-uniqueness-on-londons-tower-bridge/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/05/04/aprils-photography-contest-winner-finding-uniqueness-on-londons-tower-bridge/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 13:48:50 +0000 Jon Wick http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=10789 This month’s inspiration comes from Jason Rodman and his incredible photo sense. Some people just “get it.” Here’s what I mean: You walk into your 400th Korean temple and take the quintessential photograph of the gate so grandma can scrapbook it once you return home. But, for some reason, that’s [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/05/04/aprils-photography-contest-winner-finding-uniqueness-on-londons-tower-bridge/feed/ 1 Tourists Forcing The U.K. To Switch Time Zones? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/03/02/tourists-forcing-the-u-k-to-switch-time-zones/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/03/02/tourists-forcing-the-u-k-to-switch-time-zones/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:00:04 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=10179 In what may well be the oddest initiative to come across our desks in years, the U.K. is apparently considering changing its time zone and moving ahead one hour — from Greenwich Mean Time — to allow for more daylight in an effort to bring about longer summer evenings in [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/03/02/tourists-forcing-the-u-k-to-switch-time-zones/feed/ 1 The Rise Of The London Cycling Cafe http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/07/13/the-rise-of-the-london-cycling-cafe/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/07/13/the-rise-of-the-london-cycling-cafe/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:33:36 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=7762 The FT is reporting the latest trend in the London coffee scene: bikers! No, the Hells Angels have not taken to sipping Mochachinos and chai lattes in their free time. We’re talking about the old-fashioned, manual kind of bikes, the ones that have become oh-so-popular with the coffee-drinking, Millennial set. [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/07/13/the-rise-of-the-london-cycling-cafe/feed/ 0 Luke’s Europe Trip: Dispatch #1 (London: Your Guide To Leaving The City $150 Richer Than When You Came!) http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/27/lukes-europe-trip-dispatch-1-london-your-guide-to-leaving-the-city-150-richer-than-when-you-came/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/27/lukes-europe-trip-dispatch-1-london-your-guide-to-leaving-the-city-150-richer-than-when-you-came/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:16:22 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=6231 * Disclaimer: TheExpeditioner.com hereby takes no responsibility for your imprisonment or diplomatic incident you cause as a result of mimicking any of the following actions described in this article. As a writer I think I’ve acquired some questionable thought patterns. Where my mind used to say, “That’s illegal, so don’t [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/27/lukes-europe-trip-dispatch-1-london-your-guide-to-leaving-the-city-150-richer-than-when-you-came/feed/ 8 The Coffee Culture Boom: Is London Really The Next Coffee Town? (And The Case For Toronto) http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/03/the-coffee-culture-boom-is-london-really-the-next-coffee-town/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/03/the-coffee-culture-boom-is-london-really-the-next-coffee-town/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:24:20 +0000 Brit Weaver http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=5914 This week the NY Times hailed London, England, as the next city for the coffee craze. Although the major corporations, like Starbucks, are pervasive in this international city, there seems to be a movement towards the smaller, independent shops that see coffee as an art. But, as most people know, [...]

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